Explore Frenchburg, Kentucky, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Frenchburg, Kentucky. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Kentucky or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Frenchburg.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Frenchburg |
| State | Kentucky (KY) |
| County | Menifee County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 37.950916 |
| Longitude | -83.625745 |
| Population | 601 |
| Density | 276.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 40322 |
| Area Code | 502 |
| County Seat | Frenchburg |
| School District | Menifee County School District |
Frenchburg maintains a quiet presence where the land rises into the persistent, limestone-streaked undulations of the Kentucky landscape. It lies 30.3 miles east of Winchester, KY (from Winchester, KY: bearing 95°T), and is situated 18.8 miles east-southeast of Mount Sterling. Blythes Branch cuts a narrow, winding path through the local terrain, its waters carving a subtle boundary that defines the drainage of the immediate valley floors. Beyond the edge of the settled ground, the earth deepens into the rugged shadows of Dock Hollow, where the moisture clings to the mossy limestone and the air carries the cool, damp scent of decaying leaves. While the Appalachian Mountains loom as a distant, hazy silhouette against the eastern horizon, the proximity of Williams Park provides a localized sanctuary of open, managed green space that anchors the center of the community. In the late afternoon, the light here turns a bruised, honeyed gold, catching the dust of gravel roads and illuminating the sharp, weathered lines of the surrounding topography.
Frenchburg reflects an economy long shaped by the rhythms of timber, small-scale agriculture, and the enduring patience of those who work the inland soil. The legacy of the region is written in the modest architecture and the slow, deliberate pace of commerce that favors local trade over the frantic pulse of larger hubs. Residents often look toward the nearby Olympia State Forest for the quietude of dense woodland, or they travel the short distance to Cave Run Lake when the seasonal warmth demands the stillness of deeper, open water. For those seeking the physical challenge of the terrain, the Carrington Rock Trail offers a route through the harder, ancient stone that characterizes the bedrock of this interior territory. Life in Frenchburg continues with a steady, unadorned resolve, grounded by the seasonal shifts of the Kentucky climate and the quiet persistence of a place that remains deeply attuned to the land it occupies.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Frenchburg, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.950916, -83.625745. 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 Frenchburg includes the ZIP code (40322), telephone area code (502), county seat of Menifee County (Frenchburg), and school district assignment (Menifee County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |