Centertown Kentucky Map

About Centertown, Kentucky

Centertown is a locality in Ohio County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 416. The population density is 513.2 people per km². Centertown is located at 37.4173°N, 86.9961°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Centertown is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42328.

Centertown emerges from the flat, agrarian expanse of the region, defined primarily by the persistent, winding presence of Big Run as it carves through the local silt and clay. It lies 25.5 miles south-southeast of Owensboro, KY (from Owensboro, KY: bearing 165°T), and is situated 6.7 miles west of Beaver Dam. The landscape here is characterized by broad fields that flatten into a horizon broken only by the distant, hazy silhouette of Backbone Ridge. During the late afternoon, the light takes on a singular, amber quality, casting long shadows across the fallow earth and illuminating the dust kicked up by the wind. While the terrain remains largely open, the atmosphere is heavy with the scent of damp soil and the quiet, persistent growth of tangled thickets that cling to the banks of the nearby waterways.

Centertown maintains a steady, deliberate pace of life that reflects its deep-rooted history in agriculture and the extraction industries that once defined the broader economy of the region. Families have occupied these plots for generations, keeping a careful watch over the modest storefronts and the infrastructure that connects the area to the wider state. When the day’s work concludes, residents often retreat toward the quiet seclusion of Tucker Hollow or find relief from the heat in the wooded shade surrounding Mchenry Community Park. The memory of coal-camp life and the labor of the past still linger in the vernacular of the elders, though the current reality of Centertown is one of quiet transition, where the stillness of a summer evening is interrupted only by the rustle of dry stalks and the distant, rhythmic hum of a passing tractor.

About This Centertown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Centertown, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.417268, -86.996106. 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 Centertown includes the ZIP code (42328), telephone area code (270), county seat of Ohio County (Hartford), and school district assignment (Ohio 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.