Wildwood, KY

Wildwood is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County with 281 people at the 2020 census. At 0.07 square miles, it is one of those tiny Kentucky municipalities that can disappear into a metro map unless you know what to look for. Wildwood sits east of Louisville, with U.S. 60 forming its southern boundary, Lyndon to the west, and consolidated Louisville and Jefferson County around the remaining sides. Downtown Louisville is 10 miles west.

Local government is Wildwood's clearest through-line. Jefferson County lists Wildwood among its satellite and home-rule cities, with its own mayor and commissioners, while Louisville Metro treats it as one of the suburban cities inside the larger county geography. The neighborhood streets include Wildwood Lane, Longwood Circle, and Tanglewood Trail; nearby Shelbyville Road and Hurstbourne Parkway carry regional traffic. The local scoop is a very small Kentucky city whose civic boundary is easy to miss but whose separate government is part of how eastern Jefferson County is stitched together.