Anthoston Kentucky Map

About Anthoston, Kentucky

Anthoston is a locality in Henderson County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 225. The population density is 134.7 people per km². Anthoston is located at 37.7595°N, 87.5383°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 42420.

Anthoston emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the western Kentucky plains, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by the jagged shadows of distant peaks. It lies 6.0 miles south-southeast of Henderson, KY (from Henderson, KY: bearing 152°T), and is situated 14.9 miles south of Evansville. The air here holds the heavy, sweet scent of disturbed earth and drying corn stalks, a quiet testament to the soil’s generosity. To the east, the low silhouette of Hickory Ridge marks the limit of the view, a soft blur against the deepening blue of an afternoon sky. East Fork Canoe Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the limestone-rich fields, its waters moving with a deliberate, sluggish patience that dictates the slow pulse of the local landscape.

Anthoston exists as a quiet intersection of agrarian tradition and the enduring rhythms of land stewardship, where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest. The legacy of the area is written in the fences that divide the acreage and the weathered barns that stand as silent sentinels over the fields. Residents often find their way to Doc Hosbach Park for a moment of stillness, or toward the quiet banks near Sportsman Lake when the heat of the day begins to fracture into long, golden shards of light. Life in Anthoston proceeds with a steady, predictable gravity, grounded in the seasonal turns of a landscape that asks for little more than a persistent hand and an observant eye.

About This Anthoston Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Anthoston, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.759488, -87.538343. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Anthoston includes the ZIP code (42420), telephone area code (270), county seat of Henderson County (Henderson), and school district assignment (Henderson County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.