Murray Hill Kentucky Map

About Murray Hill, Kentucky

Murray Hill is a locality in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 565. The population density is 1652.6 people per km². Murray Hill is located at 38.2903°N, 85.5883°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Murray Hill is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 40241, 40242.

Murray Hill reveals itself through the quiet persistence of Little Goose Creek, which carves a modest, verdant path through the land. It lies 2.4 miles north-northeast of Lyndon, KY (from Lyndon, KY: bearing 17°T), and is situated 9.6 miles east-northeast of Louisville. The terrain here favors the subtle geometry of limestone plains, where the sun at dusk catches the edges of the soil, turning the gray stone a bruised, metallic violet. While the distant Appalachian Mountains remain a mere suggestion of shadow on the horizon, the immediate landscape is defined by a soft, inland humidity that clings to the skin during the long, verdant summers. Residents move through their days under a canopy of deciduous trees, finding a quiet, singular respite at Briarwood Park, where the air feels heavy with the scent of damp earth and cooling grass.

Murray Hill maintains a character forged by the steady, deliberate rhythm of regional commerce and the preservation of its mid-century residential identity. Long ago, the land transitioned from rural acreage into the structured, leafy avenues that define the local economy today, functioning largely as a peaceful enclave within the larger metropolitan reach. Life here lacks the frantic urgency of industrial centers, favoring instead the slow turnover of seasons and the maintenance of established family homes. Though the stillness is occasionally punctuated by the hum of modern transit, the spirit of Murray Hill remains rooted in a quiet, domestic endurance that keeps the memory of the land’s original, quiet character intact, far removed from the deeper wilderness of the Jefferson County Memorial Forest.

About This Murray Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Murray Hill, Kentucky. Coordinates: 38.290348, -85.588294. 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 Murray Hill includes the ZIP code (40241, 40242), 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.