Coordinates: 38°01′12″N 84°29′13″W / 38.020°N 84.487°W / 38.020; -84.487

Chevy Chase, Lexington, Kentucky

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Chevy Chase, Lexington)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Chevy Chase
Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 197: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Coordinates: Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyFayette
CityLexington
Area
 • Total
.258 sq mi (0.67 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total
1,026
 • Density3,973/sq mi (1,534/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
40502
Area code859

Chevy Chase is a neighborhood in southeastern Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Its boundaries are Cooper Drive to the south, Tates Creek Road to the west, Fontaine Road to the north, and Chinoe Road to the east.[1]

Name origin

[edit | edit source]

Chevy Chase was named after a golf club in Maryland that the subdivision's founder, Henry Clay Simpson, joined while working in Washington, D.C., in the 1920s.[2]

Neighborhood statistics

[edit | edit source]
  • Area: 0.258 square miles (0.67 km2)
  • Population: 1,026
  • Population density: 3,973 people per square mile
  • Median household income: $61,924[1]

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ a b Chevy Chase Neighborhood Profile Retrieved 2013-03-11.
  2. ^ The Housing Stock of Chevy Chase: An Early Automobile Suburb Susan Lewis, University of Kentucky, July 4, 2011
[edit | edit source]