Bellemeade, KY

Bellemeade’s entire map fits inside a small home rule city in northeastern Jefferson County, formally incorporated in 1956 and kept separate when Louisville and Jefferson County merged. Lyndon and Hurstbourne sit along its north, west, and south edges, while Louisville touches the east, giving Bellemeade the compact, interlocked map common to this part of the county. The 2020 census counted 909 residents. Living in Bellemeade comes with its own small municipal layer: a mayor and four commissioners, monthly commission meetings, city-maintained streets, and Tuesday trash, recycling, and yard-waste collection. The commission meets on the second Monday of each month, and the city sends a quarterly Neighborhood News newsletter to households. Mail is split between the Middletown and Lyndon postal branches, with 40223 and 40222 ZIP codes dividing the city’s addresses. Bellemeade’s defining local detail is a city handling its own streets, taxes, meetings, and household pickup inside the larger Louisville urban system.