Ekron Kentucky Map

About Ekron, Kentucky

Ekron is a locality in Meade County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 175. The population density is 417.1 people per km². Ekron is located at 37.9292°N, 86.1794°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Ekron is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 40117.

Ekron occupies a quiet reach of Kentucky where the earth hums with the slow, deliberate weight of limestone and deep-rooted clay. It lies 14.0 miles west-northwest of Radcliff, KY (from Radcliff, KY: bearing 296°T), and is situated 4.8 miles south of Brandenburg. The horizon is defined by the subtle, persistent rise of Pilot Ridge, casting long, bruised shadows that stretch across the fields as the sun begins its descent. Moisture lingers in the low-lying pockets of the land, feeding the thickets of hardwood that stand in patient, silent rows against the sky. A few miles away, the cool, dark currents of Doe Run carve a path through the limestone, while the serene, still surface of Doe Valley Lake mirrors the passing clouds with a clarity that feels almost heavy. The air here holds the scent of damp earth and coming rain, a persistent, grounding presence that defines the rhythm of the day as it shifts from the sharp clarity of morning to the amber, thickening light of dusk.

Ekron bears the quiet marks of a landscape defined by agriculture and the slow passage of generations who have worked the soil. The economy remains tethered to the land, an inheritance of labor that finds its echo in the nearby expanse of Meade-Olin Park Annex, where the wilder edges of the forest reclaim the spaces left behind by industry. While the grandeur of The Big Falls pulls the curious toward its rushing descent, the local character of Ekron is found in the stillness of the back roads and the way the light catches the dust on a porch rail. History here is not written in grand monuments but in the way the fences follow the contours of the terrain and how the proximity to Froman Hollow shapes the wind. It is a place that demands little and offers a steady, unadorned peace to those who recognize the value in the quiet, limestone-filtered light that settles over the fields at the end of a long, honest day.

About This Ekron Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ekron, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.929235, -86.179414. 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 Ekron includes the ZIP code (40117), telephone area code (502), county seat of Meade County (Brandenburg), and school district assignment (Meade 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.