Artemus Kentucky Map

About Artemus, Kentucky

Artemus is a locality in Knox County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 453. The population density is 129.6 people per km². Artemus is located at 36.8334°N, 83.8416°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 40906, 40903.

Artemus holds the slow, deliberate gravity of the Cumberland River as it carves a path through the limestone bedrock of the Kentucky landscape. It lies 45.7 miles east-southeast of Somerset, KY (from Somerset, KY: bearing 113°T), and is situated 3.5 miles southeast of Barbourville. The water moves with a heavy, opaque shimmer, reflecting the limestone bluffs and the thick, verdant canopy that pushes toward the riverbank. Beyond the immediate water, the terrain opens into the expanse of Haults Flats, a basin where the morning mist lingers long after the sun has cleared the ridge-lines. To the southeast, the Cumberland Mountains loom as a jagged, blue-tinted silhouette against the sky, grounding the horizon in a permanent, ancient scale, while the dense woodlands of Kentucky Ridge State Forest provide a wild, untamed boundary to the wider region.

Artemus carries the quiet resonance of a place shaped by the coal-camp memory of the Appalachian east, where the economy once pulled its sustenance directly from the dark, pressurized seams beneath the soil. Life here maintains a cadence dictated by the seasons and the land, far removed from the frantic pace of the urban centers to the north. Residents often find their way toward the still, contemplative waters of Swan Pond or spend an afternoon amidst the quiet greenery of Thompson Park, where the geography offers a respite from the exertion of daily labor. The culture remains rooted in a soft, vernacular tradition, a lingering echo of the past that persists in the way the air cools at dusk and the shadows lengthen across the fields, signaling a day’s end that feels as inevitable as the river’s slow, steady pull toward the west.

About This Artemus Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Artemus, Kentucky. Coordinates: 36.83342, -83.84159. 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 Artemus includes the ZIP code (40906, 40903), telephone area code (606), county seat of Knox County (Barbourville), and school district assignment (Knox 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.