Liberty Heights, Lexington

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Liberty Heights
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Liberty Heights
Coordinates: 38°02′17″N84°27′54″W / 38.037926°N 84.464953°W / 38.037926; -84.464953
Country United States
Commonwealth Commonwealth of Kentucky
Urban County Lexington-Fayette
Area
  Total
0.7 sq mi (1.9 km2)
Population
 (2010)
  Total
2,585
  Density3,500/sq mi (1,400/km2)
Demonym Lexingtonian
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area Code859

Liberty Heights is a neighborhood in southeastern Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Its boundaries are Winchester Road to the north, New Circle Road to the east, and R. J. Corman (former CSX) [1] railroad tracks to the west and south.

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Overview

The neighborhood has a mixture of postwar and recent single family home subdivisions, as well as apartment homes. The business consists of light industrial, service, wholesale and retail. Lexington's first shopping center, Eastland, is located adjacent to Liberty Heights.

History

Most of Liberty Heights was outside the Lexington city limits until the merger of the city and Fayette County. Despite this, pockets of city coexisted with pockets of "county," sometimes causing confusion of jurisdiction for law enforcement, as there were formerly both Lexington and Fayette County police departments.

When the Union Depot in downtown Lexington was demolished, the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (C & O, now CSX) continued passenger service on its George Washington streamliner through Lexington until the 1970s, utilizing a newly built Netherlands yard passenger station on Delaware Avenue. [2] [3] The former C & O passenger station building now houses a church. [4]

Amenities

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Picnic shelter, Johnson Heights Park

Industry

Notable residents

Neighborhood statistics

References

  1. "Central Kentucky Lines". Shortlines. R.J. Corman Railroad Company. pp. Central Kentucky Lines. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  2. "The George Washington". The Chessie System. American-Rails. Archived from the original on March 17, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  3. "The Lexington Subdivision Ashland to Lexington, KY". Archived from the original on August 9, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  4. 1 2 Cox, Jim (2011). "Appendix "E" Terminals in KY". Rails Across Dixie. McFarland. p. 335. ISBN   9780786461752. Located on Delaware Ave. at Netherlands yard ~ Mt Olivet Baptist Church 1008 Delaware Ave.
  5. "Park Facts". Johnson Heights Park. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. Archived from the original on October 6, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
  6. "Unicomp corporate website". Archived from the original on April 26, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  7. "Mona von Bismarck". Mona Bismarck Foundation. Filson Historical Society. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  8. Staff (1958). "World's Best Dressed Women". The International Hall of Fame: Women. Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on July 12, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2011.