Barlow Kentucky Map

About Barlow, Kentucky

Barlow is a locality in Ballard County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 653. The population density is 457.6 people per km². Barlow is located at 37.0517°N, 89.0467°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Barlow is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42024.

Barlow anchors itself firmly within the quiet, fertile expanse of western Kentucky, where the landscape stretches out in wide, patient fields of corn and soybean. It lies 24.7 miles west of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 265°T), and is situated 18.7 miles west-southwest of Metropolis. Sodom Creek carves a deliberate path through the low-lying terrain, its waters mirroring the pale, expansive sky as it winds toward the horizon. Two miles to the east, the surface of Brushy Pond remains undisturbed, a glassy stillness that holds the reflection of the surrounding hardwoods. On clear days, the distant silhouette of O'Bryan Ridge provides a faint, jagged inkling of higher ground far beyond the immediate horizon, though the land here remains defined by its broad, rhythmic plains. Barlow City Park serves as the local center of gravity, a green space where the grass grows thick and the evening light catches the dust motes in the cooling air.

Barlow carries the weight of a long agricultural tradition, its economy tethered to the slow turning of the seasons and the yield of the dark, heavy soil. The architecture of the streets recalls a time when the labor of the field dictated the pace of the day, with modest structures built to endure the humid summers and the sharp, sudden shifts of the inland climate. Life in Barlow moves with a deliberate, unforced cadence, shaped by a history of family-held parcels and the quiet industry of those who work the earth. Neighbors often gather near the park, their conversations echoing the soft, measured vernacular of the region that feels as much a part of the landscape as the limestone foundations beneath the soil. Here, the passage of time is measured not in grand events, but in the subtle change of color across the fallow fields and the steady, reliable flow of the creek.

About This Barlow Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Barlow, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.051719, -89.046735. 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 Barlow includes the ZIP code (42024), telephone area code (270, 364), county seat of Ballard County (Wickliffe), and school district assignment (Ballard 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.