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Shively, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Louisville South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40216. The Survey maps it on the Louisville West quadrangle. 15,636 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 456 feet above sea level.

Shively within Jefferson County

On record in Shively

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

3 figures

Shively grew from 15,157 to 15,636 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
200015,157
201015,264+107 (+1%)
202015,636+372 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Shively: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Neely Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

30 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shively in 30 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2016Thunderstorm WindShively$50,000Local broadcast media reported trees down on 3 houses on Churchman Avenue.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindShively$30,000Trees were reported down on Churchman Avenue.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindShively$20,000Trees were reported down on a building.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindShively$15,000The local broadcast media reported several trees and large limbs down in the St. Dennis neighborhood near Shively. Several neighborhoods lost power.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindShively$10,000A porch was destroyed when a tree was blown on to it.
February 1999Thunderstorm WindShively$5,000Roof damage
May 2025Thunderstorm WindShively-A tree was blown onto a home on the 2500 block of Adrienne Way.
July 2025Flash FloodShively-A vehicle was stranded in flood water and a water rescue was needed near the intersection of 7th Street and Berry Boulevard.
July 2024Flash FloodShively-Seventh Street between Berry Boulevard and Nobel Place was blocked off due to flooding.
June 2024Flash FloodShively-Cars were submerged near 7th Street and Berry Boulevard.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindShively-Trees were downed by strong winds near Shively.
May 2023HailShively-Golf ball sized hail fell near Shively.
June 2023HailShively-Ping pong ball sized hail was observed near Pleasure Ridge Park.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindShively-A tree fell on a house.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindShively-A few larger trees were downed or snapped in the St. Denis neighborhood.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindShively-Metrosafe reported tree damage and power outages near Dixie Highway.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindShively-Broadcast media relayed a public report of a tree that was on a building near Dixie Highway and Noble Road.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindShively-A large tree fell on a yard near the intersection of Manslick and Knight Road.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindShively-A trained spotter reported a 62 mph wind gust.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindShively-A broadcast media meteorologist relayed a report of a tree down in the area.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindShively-A public report was received of a 62 mph wind gust.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindShively-The Louisville fire department reported several trees down on Eastern Parkway near Bradley.
October 2010Funnel CloudShively-A funnel cloud was reported at the intersection of Dixie Highway and Heaton.
May 2009Flash FloodShively-Seventh and Berry Streets were closed due to high water. Other intersections were closed due to high water. Manhole covers were blown off in some locations.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindShively-Power lines were downed in Shively and along Preston Highway.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindShively-Power lines were downed along Dixie Highway.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindShively-A tree was reported down
April 2003HailShively-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindShively-no account filed
March 1997HailShively-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Heatherfield0.3 miles18
Saint Denis0.5 miles18
Saint Dennis1.5 miles18
Hunters Trace1.9 miles18
Jacobs Addition1.9 miles18
South Parkland2.1 miles18
Oakdale2.4 miles18
Hazelwood2.7 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on ShivelyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2018823The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 503400. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.