Crescent Hill is a neighborhood four miles (6 km) east of downtown Louisville, Kentucky USA. Area was originally called "Beargrass" because it sits on a ridge between two forks of Beargrass Creek.

Development first began during the 1850s when the Louisville and Lexington turnpike (now Frankfort Avenue) and the Louisville and Frankfort railroad were built through the area.

The boundaries of Crescent Hill are N Ewing Ave to the St. Matthews city limit (roughly Cannons Lane) by Brownsboro Road to Lexington Road. Frankfort Avenue generally bisects the neighborhood.

Attractions in Crescent Hill include the Louisville Water Company Reservoir, (where you'll find residents walking and running), The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the Peterson-Dumesnil House (offering a meeting place for weddings and parties).  Up and down Frankfort Avenue are many boutiques, bookstores, coffee shops and fine restaurants.

As of 2000, the population of Crescent Hill was 7,566 of which 91.4% are white, 4.2% are listed as other, 3.1% are black, & 1.3% are hispanic. College graduates are 52.3% of the population, people without a high school degree are 8%. Females outnumber males 54.9% to 45.12%.

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