Shively, Kentucky
| City of Shively | |
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| City | |
 City of Shively
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| Coordinates: 38°11′35″N 85°48′58″W / 38.19306°N 85.81611°WCoordinates: 38°11′35″N 85°48′58″W / 38.19306°N 85.81611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Jefferson |
| Incorporated | 1938 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sherry S. Conner |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.6 sq mi (12.0 km2) |
| • Land | 4.6 sq mi (12.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 456 ft (139 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 15,157 |
| • Density | 3,271.1/sq mi (1,263.0/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 40216, 40256 |
| Area code(s) | 502 |
| FIPS code | 21-70284 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2405462 |
| Website | www |
Shively is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States and a suburb of Louisville within the Louisville Metro government. As of the 2010 Census, the city's population was 15,264, reflecting an increase of 107 (+0.7%) from 15,157 in 2000.
Following the settlement of Louisville at the Falls of the Ohio in 1778, farms spread out into the nearby countryside. Early landowners included Col. William Pope, Maj. Abner Field, and the Shivelys, Christian William and Jacob. Christian opened a mill and tavern on the section of his 1,000 acres (400 ha) tract near Mill Creek and the road—later incorporated as the Louisville and Nashville Turnpike—connecting Louisville to the Salt River. This became the focus of a settlement known as the Shively precinct. He donated the land for a church in 1816 that is now known as Parkview Methodist.
A stagecoach stop was opened in 1831. The Elizabethtown and Paducah Railroad arrived in the 1870s.
Shortly before the Civil War, the area became popular among German immigrants, mostly from Bavaria, and they erected St. Helen's Catholic Church in 1897. The community was commonly known as St. Helen's for the next few years, but the post office (est. 1902) could not adopt it owing to another community with that name in Lee County.
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