Drakesboro Kentucky Map

About Drakesboro, Kentucky

Drakesboro is a locality in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 481. The population density is 336.4 people per km². Drakesboro is located at 37.2175°N, 87.0489°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Drakesboro is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42337.

Drakesboro emerges from the dark, mineral-rich soil of western Kentucky as a landscape defined by the persistent, winding course of Plum Creek. It lies 25.9 miles east-southeast of Madisonville, KY (from Madisonville, KY: bearing 107°T), and is situated 6.7 miles southeast of Central City. The topography here avoids the dramatic upheaval of distant peaks, favoring instead a vast, quiet expanse of reclaimed earth and woodland that stretches toward the horizon where the faint, hazy silhouette of Chestnut Oak Ridge marks the limit of the sky. Light settles heavily over the fields at dusk, casting a copper glow across the grasses that seem to hold the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has dipped low. Within the quiet perimeter of Mose Rager Park, the air carries a distinct stillness, a reminder that the land is shaped more by the soft, steady erosion of water than by the violent shifts of mountain-building forces.

Drakesboro bears the indelible imprint of a history forged in the subterranean layers of the earth, where the local economy was long tethered to the extraction of coal and the rhythmic labor of the mines. The legacy of this industry remains visible in the town’s character, an austere pride that persists even as the local focus shifts toward modern agricultural rhythms and the quietude of rural life. Residents often look toward the nearby waters of Kirkwood Lake or the deeper recesses of Boggess Hollow when seeking the solitude that defines this corner of the state. Life in Drakesboro moves with a deliberate, unadorned grace, honoring the memory of those who worked the seams of the ground while embracing the slow, seasonal pulse of a region that asks little and provides a sturdy, honest foundation for its people.

About This Drakesboro Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Drakesboro, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.217542, -87.048885. 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 Drakesboro includes the ZIP code (42337), telephone area code (270), county seat of Muhlenberg County (Greenville), and school district assignment (Muhlenberg 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.