Louisa is a home-rule class city located in eastern Kentucky at the merger of the Levisa and Tug Forks into the Big Sandy River, which forms part of the state's border with West Virginia. It is the seat of Lawrence County. The population was 2,467 at the 2010 census and an estimated 2,375 in 2018.
Main Street
General view of the needle dam and lock as originally built in 1896 at Louisa
The Levisa Fork is a tributary of the Big Sandy River, approximately 164 miles (264 km) long, in southwestern Virginia and eastern Kentucky in the United States.
The Levisa Fork in Paintsville
The Levisa Fork in Pikeville