Crittenden Kentucky Map

About Crittenden, Kentucky

Crittenden is a locality in Grant County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,023. The population density is 456.2 people per km². Crittenden is located at 38.7828°N, 84.6052°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Crittenden is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 41030, 41035.

Crittenden occupies a quiet expanse of Northern Kentucky where the light at dusk often turns the limestone-rich fields into a bruised violet. It lies 11.6 miles south-southwest of Independence, KY (from Independence, KY: bearing 197°T), and is situated 6.4 miles south of Walton. Kittle Run meanders through the landscape just a mile away, its banks lined with the steady, unpretentious growth of local timber that shelters the local wildlife. The terrain here is defined by a gentle, undulating persistence, marked by the presence of Curtis Gates Lloyd Wildlife Management Area, which serves as a sprawling sanctuary of open woods and native grasses. While the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains waits far to the east, the immediate surroundings of Crittenden remain focused on the interplay of earth and sky, with Leary Lake offering a singular, glassy mirror to the passing clouds.

Agriculture and a slow-turning, industrious economy have historically defined the rhythm of life in Crittenden, keeping the pace deliberate and tethered to the seasons. The legacy of the land is found in the way the soil yields to modern cultivation, a practice that has sustained the families here through generations of change. Residents navigate a landscape that feels both expansive and intimate, moving between the quiet duties of their work and the relative solitude of the nearby rural expanses. Even as the modern world brushes against the perimeter, the character of the place remains anchored in the stubborn, honest labor of the Upper South, where the air smells faintly of turned earth and the long, quiet afternoons are measured by the shifting shadows on the barn walls.

About This Crittenden Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Crittenden, Kentucky. Coordinates: 38.782844, -84.605221. 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 Crittenden includes the ZIP code (41030, 41035), telephone area code (859), county seat of Grant County (Williamstown), and school district assignment (Grant 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.