Bradfordsville Kentucky Map

About Bradfordsville, Kentucky

Bradfordsville is a locality in Marion County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 270. The population density is 386.1 people per km². Bradfordsville is located at 37.4942°N, 85.1488°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Bradfordsville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 40009.

Bradfordsville emerges from the limestone-rich floor of a gentle basin, defined primarily by the North Rolling Fork as it carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape. It lies 14.9 miles northeast of Campbellsville, KY (from Campbellsville, KY: bearing 45°T), and is situated 7.7 miles southeast of Lebanon. The terrain around Bradfordsville favors a quiet, pastoral geography, where the land rises into modest, wooded ridges that offer a distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains on the clearest of afternoons. Residents often look toward the nearby Turkey Pen Hollow, where the shadows lengthen early, or retreat to the local space of Drye Park to find a moment of stillness under the shade of native hardwoods. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, amber clarity, catching the silt of the river and turning the fields into long stretches of bruised gold before the evening settles in.

History in this region is measured by the steady endurance of the soil and the legacy of agricultural cycles that have dictated the local economy for generations. The influence of the land remains paramount, as the rhythms of the seasons dictate the pace of work and the quiet commerce of the neighborhood. While travelers might head eight miles away to catch the sight of Stacy Falls or seek the quiet waters of Fagan Branch Reservoir, the character of the place itself remains rooted in its inland, terrestrial identity. There is a perceptible dignity in the way the local life organizes itself around the changing color of the crops and the maintenance of the homesteads, reflecting a heritage that values the fiber of the earth above the rush of the modern world.

About This Bradfordsville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bradfordsville, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.494236, -85.148848. 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 Bradfordsville includes the ZIP code (40009), telephone area code (502), county seat of Marion County (Lebanon), and school district assignment (Marion 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.