Bardwell Kentucky Map

About Bardwell, Kentucky

Bardwell is a locality in Carlisle County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 714. The population density is 319.1 people per km². Bardwell is located at 36.8706°N, 89.0098°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bardwell is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42023.

Bardwell anchors a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of Central Creek, which carves its path through the loam just beyond the edge of the residential grid. It lies 27.0 miles west-southwest of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 237°T), and is situated 18.4 miles west-southwest of Massac. The terrain here rises and dips with a soft, deliberate rhythm, carrying the golden light of late afternoon across fields that seem to hold the heat of the sun long after the shadows lengthen. To the east, the faint, hazy silhouette of O’Bryan Ridge interrupts the horizon, a distant reminder of the structural shifts that shaped this corner of the Commonwealth. Within the immediate vicinity, the verdant, manicured grounds of Bardwell Ralph Graves Memorial City Park offer a reprieve from the open expanse, where the air often carries the heavy, sweet scent of drying hay and the damp earth near the creek bed.

Bardwell serves as a steady, unassuming center for an economy deeply rooted in the cycles of agriculture and the methodical labor of the field. The local identity remains tethered to the patterns of the harvest, reflecting a history of settlement that prioritized the fertility of the soil and the proximity to reliable, if modest, waterways. Life in Bardwell moves at a pace set by the seasonal turn of the crops rather than the frantic pulse of industrial centers, fostering a quietude that persists even as the modern world encroaches. Five miles away, the stillness of Straight Slough offers a natural counterpoint to the town’s daily industry, providing a place where the stillness of the water mirrors the patient, methodical character of those who have made their lives in this particular bend of the Kentucky interior.

About This Bardwell Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bardwell, Kentucky. Coordinates: 36.870611, -89.009787. 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 Bardwell includes the ZIP code (42023), telephone area code (270, 364), county seat of Carlisle County (Bardwell), and school district assignment (Carlisle 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.