Cunningham Kentucky Map

About Cunningham, Kentucky

Cunningham is a locality in Carlisle County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 272. The population density is 100.1 people per km². Cunningham is located at 36.9076°N, 88.8898°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 42035.

Cunningham anchors itself amidst a sprawling, fertile expanse where the horizon is defined by the subtle, rhythmic swell of agricultural plains rather than the jagged peaks of distant elevations. It lies 20.1 miles southwest of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 233°T), and is situated 18.1 miles northwest of Mayfield. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, honeyed thickness in the late afternoon, catching the dust motes above fallow fields and casting long, thin shadows that stretch toward the quiet passage of Heflin Creek. To the west, the land pulls away into a muted, verdant geometry, occasionally interrupted by the silhouettes of distant, hazy rises like O'Bryan Ridge, which offer a static contrast to the fluid movement of the wind through the tall, dry grasses. The stillness of the air is broken only by the low, mechanical hum of regional machinery or the sharp, singular cry of a hawk circling above the open, expansive terrain.

Cunningham persists as a quiet testament to the agrarian persistence that has long defined this corner of the state, where the economy remains tethered to the slow, deliberate cycles of sowing and harvest. While industrial modernization has shifted the patterns of local labor, the legacy of the soil remains the primary architect of daily existence, drawing the focus of residents toward the seasonal rhythms of the surrounding earth. Families often venture toward the quiet, reflective waters of Lowe Lake or seek the modest, managed expanses of Carlisle County Park to mark the passage of the year beyond the furrowed rows of local farms. The spirit of Cunningham is found in this grounded endurance, a place where the social fabric is stitched together by the shared understanding of the land’s temperament and the understated, enduring patience of those who cultivate it.

About This Cunningham Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cunningham, Kentucky. Coordinates: 36.907555, -88.889782. 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 Cunningham includes the ZIP code (42035), telephone area code (270, 364), county seat of Carlisle County (Bardwell), and school district assignment (Carlisle 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.