Hillview is a city in Bullitt County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 7,037 at the 2000 census. The primary road through the area is Kentucky Route 61 (Preston Highway). Long a rural farming community, it was connected to what became Interstate 65 in 1954 grew in the 1950s and especially 1960s as a suburb of Louisville. The larger subdivisions included Maryville, Overdale, and Lone Acres, and they incorporated in 1974 to form Hillview.