Gamaliel Kentucky Map

About Gamaliel, Kentucky

Gamaliel is a locality in Monroe County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 391. The population density is 266.7 people per km². Gamaliel is located at 36.6398°N, 85.7966°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gamaliel is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42140.

Gamaliel anchors a quiet corner of the Kentucky landscape, defined by the persistent, winding presence of Line Creek as it cuts through the limestone-rich soil. It lies 25.4 miles south-southeast of Glasgow, KY (from Glasgow, KY: bearing 165°T), and is situated 7.2 miles southwest of Tompkinsville. The terrain here rises and falls in long, muscular swells of earth, covered in dense woodland and patches of open pasture that catch the low, honeyed light of late afternoon. While the distant, hazy blue shadows of the Appalachian Mountains occasionally haunt the far eastern horizon, the immediate world remains intimate, shaped by the slow erosion of the land and the quiet persistence of the creek bed. Vegetation clings to the damp banks where the air stays cool and heavy, and the soil beneath the surface hides the ancient, brittle bones of the region’s geological past.

Gamaliel maintains a rhythm dictated by the land, where the local economy finds its footing in the steady labor of agriculture and the small-scale commerce that keeps the crossroads alive. History here is felt in the architecture of older barns and the layout of the fields, which have been worked by generations who understood the temper of the local clay. Residents often find their way to the Gamaliel Community Park for a brief respite, a space that serves as a modern gathering point for a population deeply tied to the rhythms of the seasons. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the topography deepens into features like Whitson Hollow, and the occasional traveler might wander toward the quiet waters of Line Creek Lake Number Three B to watch the sun sink behind the ridge line.

About This Gamaliel Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gamaliel, Kentucky. Coordinates: 36.639778, -85.796644. 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 Gamaliel includes the ZIP code (42140), telephone area code (270), county seat of Monroe County (Tompkinsville), and school district assignment (Monroe 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.