Explore Calvert City, Kentucky, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Calvert City, Kentucky. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Kentucky or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Calvert City.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Calvert City |
| State | Kentucky (KY) |
| County | Marshall County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 37.046422 |
| Longitude | -88.395537 |
| Population | 2,514 |
| Density | 54.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 42029, 42044 |
| Area Code | 270, 364 |
| County Seat | Benton |
| School District | Marshall County School District |
Calvert City occupies a flat expanse of western Kentucky where the air often carries the heavy, humid weight of the inland plains. It lies 14.2 miles east-southeast of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 104°T), and is situated 10.1 miles east of Reidland. Cypress Creek winds through the low-lying terrain, its sluggish progress carving a path through the dense vegetation that defines the local drainage. To the horizon, the silhouette of Saunders Ridge breaks the monotony of the fields, a reminder of the geological shifts that shaped this region long ago. Open Pond sits quietly just a short distance away, its still surface reflecting the changing sky while North Park offers a modest clearing for those seeking the shade of hardwood trees. The light here at dusk settles in a thick, golden haze, catching the persistent moisture that rises from the damp soil and turns the evening sky a bruised, hazy violet.
Calvert City emerged as a node of industrial ambition, drawing its strength from the infrastructure of chemical manufacturing that anchors the modern local economy. The legacy of these large-scale facilities dictates the rhythm of the work day, with the hum of machinery providing a constant, low-frequency pulse beneath the sounds of daily life. While the surrounding land remains rooted in the quiet tradition of agrarian cycles, the presence of these plants has drawn a steady labor force that balances the demands of technical industry with the slow, deliberate pace of life in the interior. Residents often gather near the public spaces that break up the sprawl of storage tanks and loading docks, finding a sense of stability in the intersection of heavy commerce and the enduring, quiet fields of the Kentucky basin.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Calvert City, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.046422, -88.395537. 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 Calvert City includes the ZIP code (42029, 42044), telephone area code (270, 364), county seat of Marshall County (Benton), and school district assignment (Marshall County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |