Chevy Chase is a neighborhood in southeastern Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Its boundaries are Cooper Drive to the south, Tates Creek Road to the west, Fontaine Road to the north, and Chinoe Road to the east. Name origin Chevy Chase was named after a golf club in Maryland that the subdivision's founder, Henry Clay Simpson, joined while working in Washington, D.C. in the 1920s. Neighborhood statistics Area: Population: 1,026 Population density: 3,973 people per square mile Median household income: $61,924 References External links Chevy Chaser Magazine Neighborhoods in Lexington, Kentucky