Beechmont Kentucky Map

About Beechmont, Kentucky

Beechmont is a locality in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 776. The population density is 164.7 people per km². Beechmont is located at 37.1693°N, 87.0391°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 40214, 42323.

Beechmont occupies a quiet expanse of Kentucky earth where the land gathers into subtle folds and ancient, wooded depressions. It lies 27.8 miles east-southeast of Madisonville, KY (from Madisonville, KY: bearing 112°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south-southeast of Central City. Hazel Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the local terrain, its waters drawing a dark line across the landscape that holds the reflection of the sky even during the deepest droughts. To the horizon, the silhouette of Chestnut Oak Ridge rises like a jagged spine against the pale, bruised light of dusk, while the local topography remains defined by the low, steady gravity of Boggess Hollow. At the center of the day-to-day, Beechmont Community Park provides a quiet anchor for the residents, where the grass grows thick and the air carries the scent of damp soil and drying timber.

History in Beechmont remains tethered to the slow, persistent labor of the land and the quiet industry that once moved through the region’s veins. The economy has long mirrored the temperament of the soil, shifting from the early extractive rhythms of the earth to the patient cycles of agriculture that define the present. While the distance to Kirkwood Lake offers a cooling reprieve for those who wander four miles from the center, the life here is grounded primarily in the immediate, tangible reality of the fields and the seasonal turn of the hardwood canopy. Beechmont maintains a character carved by the steady passage of time, where the vernacular of the work-day is spoken in a low, deliberate cadence that respects the weight of the surrounding hills.

About This Beechmont Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Beechmont, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.169309, -87.039144. 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 Beechmont includes the ZIP code (40214, 42323), telephone area code (502, 270), county seat of Muhlenberg County (Greenville), and school district assignment (Muhlenberg 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.