Hillview, Kentucky

Hillview is a home rule-class city in Bullitt County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 8,172 at the 2010 census. The primary road through the area is Kentucky Route 61 (the Preston Highway).Long a rural farming community, Hillview was connected to what became Interstate 65 in 1954 and grew in the 1950s and 1960s as a suburb of Louisville. Its larger subdivisions included Maryville, Overdale, and Lone Acres, and they incorporated in 1974 to form the present city.GeographyHillview is located in northern Bullitt County at, south of downtown Louisville. The northern border of Hillview is the southern border of Louisville-Jefferson County. Hillview is bordered to the east by Pioneer Village, and other nearby cities include Hunters Hollow to the west, Hebron Estates to the southeast, and Fox Chase to the south. The unincorporated community of Brooks is to the west across I-65.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.6km2, of which 0.07sqkm, or 0.86%, is water.