Bellemeade Kentucky Map

About Bellemeade, Kentucky

Bellemeade is a locality in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 909. The population density is 1197.8 people per km². Bellemeade is located at 38.2523°N, 85.5922°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Bellemeade is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 40222, 40223.

Bellemeade emerges from the quiet, verdant folds of the Kentucky landscape as a collection of shaded lanes and private, well-tended lawns. The Middle Fork Beargrass Creek traces a deliberate path near the boundary, its waters moving with a hushed persistence through the limestone-rich earth that defines the region’s bedrock. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy of local hardwoods, casting long, fractured shadows across the pavement of Romara Place, a local park that serves as a quiet anchor for the neighborhood. On the distant horizon, the faint, blue-hued suggestion of the Appalachian Mountains provides a permanent, silent backdrop to the daily transit of light across the open sky.

Bellemeade maintains a character defined by its residential tranquility and the enduring legacy of its mid-century development. While the local economy is largely integrated into the broader professional vitality of the surrounding region, the immediate atmosphere remains focused on the maintenance of its quiet, wooded aesthetics and private properties. Residents often look toward the nearby Jefferson County Memorial Forest for a deeper immersion into the native woodland, or perhaps toward the horizon where the land settles into its familiar, ancient contours. There is a specific, heavy stillness here at dusk, when the air cools against the creek bed and the sounds of the day retreat into the rustle of leaves, leaving Bellemeade to its own measured pace.

About This Bellemeade Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bellemeade, Kentucky. Coordinates: 38.252293, -85.592183. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Bellemeade includes the ZIP code (40222, 40223), telephone area code (502), county seat of Jefferson County (Louisville), and school district assignment (Jefferson County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.