Poplar Hills, Kentucky

About Poplar Hills

Poplar Hills, KY is a tiny community located in central Kentucky counting 387 people who proudly call it home.

Poplar Hills holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.03 square miles, giving it one of the denser urban centers in the region at roughly 12,900 residents per square mile.

📰 Poplar Hills News Today

• A new Kentucky law is dissolving “ghost cities” – including one in Jefferson County Louisville Public Media · Sep 26
• Louisville Democrat drops out of House race after video shows him taking election mail Kentucky Lantern · May 14
• Several Louisville families displaced after fire at apartment building in Poplar Hills - The Courier-Journal The Courier-Journal · Mar 14
• Hollow Creek, Kentucky Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 22
• Louisville Metro Police arrest 2 men in connection to September murder WHAS11 · Nov 1

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What Makes Poplar Hills Unique

• The only place in America named Poplar Hills — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.03 sq mi.
• Big-city energy: 12,900 people per square mile.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 2 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Poplar Hills

• Around The Grill — burger
• Roosters

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