Official Name: | Chevy Chase |
Settlement Type: | Neighborhood of Lexington, Kentucky |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kentucky |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Fayette |
Subdivision Type3: | City |
Subdivision Name3: | Lexington |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Water Km2: | 0.0 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | .258 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.0 |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Total: | 1,026 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 3,973 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 38.02°N -84.487°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 40502 |
Area Code: | 859 |
Chevy Chase is a neighborhood in southeastern Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Its boundaries are Cooper Drive to the south, Tates Creek Road to the west, Fontaine Road to the north, and Chinoe Road to the east.[1]
Chevy Chase was named after a golf club in Maryland that the subdivision's founder, Henry Clay Simpson, joined while working in Washington, D.C. in the 1920s.[2]