Liberty Heights, Lexington
| Liberty Heights | |
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| Neighborhood of Lexington, Kentucky | |
Liberty and Henry Clay Boulevard
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 Liberty Heights
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| Coordinates: 38°02′17″N 84°27′54″W / 38.037926°N 84.464953°WCoordinates: 38°02′17″N 84°27′54″W / 38.037926°N 84.464953°W | |
| 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 |
| • Density | 3,500/sq mi (1,400/km2) |
| Demonym(s) | Lexingtonian |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area Code | 859 |
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) railroad tracks to the west and south.
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.
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. The former C & O passenger station building now houses a church.
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