Simpsonville, KY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Simpsonville, Kentucky, shaded from 700 ft on the southeast side to 830 ft on the south side
Elevation
830 ft 255 m800 ft 245 m780 ft 240 m750 ft 230 m720 ft 220 m700 ft 215 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Simpsonville sits at about 780 ft (240 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
780 ft 240 m
most residents: 770–800 ft
Lowest
700 ft 215 m
on the southeast side
Highest
830 ft 255 m
on the south side
Average
780 ft 235 m
all land inside city limits

Simpsonville spans about 130 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
780 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
830 ft255 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
700 ft215 m
Town center
USGS map point for Simpsonville
800 ft245 m
Average of all land780 ft235 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Simpsonville, Kentucky, shaded from 700 ft on the southeast side to 830 ft on the south side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Shelby County, Kentucky, United States
Population
3,119 2024 est.
Land area
3.3 sq mi
Density
935 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.2226° N, 85.3552° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
Salt River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
40067
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Simpsonville780 ft
  2. Shelbyville760 ft
  3. Crestwood760 ft
  4. Pewee Valley760 ft
  5. Coldstream740 ft
  6. Elk Creek740 ft
  7. Worthington Hills740 ft
  8. Middletown730 ft
  9. Woodland Hills720 ft
  10. Anchorage720 ft
  11. Douglass Hills700 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Gathright Hill840 ft
  • Elk Hill810 ft
  • Snow Hill780 ft
  • Pleasant Hill, Jefferson County770 ft
  • Long Run Hill760 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.