Goshen Kentucky Map

About Goshen, Kentucky

Goshen is a locality in Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 892. The population density is 1748.2 people per km². Goshen is located at 38.4034°N, 85.5837°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Goshen is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 40484, 40026.

Goshen occupies a landscape defined by the quiet accumulation of limestone and the deep, fertile patience of Kentucky soil. It lies 12.4 miles east-southeast of Danville, KY (from Danville, KY: bearing 121°T), and is situated 4.5 miles south of Lancaster. The terrain here rises and falls in long, muscular swells, a topography that keeps the eye moving across open pastures and dense, sudden thickets of hardwood. Only a mile away, the dark waters of Stingy Creek carve a narrow path through the earth, a constant, low-frequency presence that shapes the drainage of the surrounding meadows. While the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the eastern horizon, the immediate world of Goshen is one of intimate fields and the pervasive, soft light of the inland plains, where the sun seems to linger longer against the pale trunks of sycamores at the day’s end.

Goshen maintains a character forged in the legacy of the agrarian South, where the rhythm of the seasons still dictates the cadence of the morning. The local economy finds its roots in the stewardship of the land, with broad swaths of acreage dedicated to the cultivation of bluegrass and the careful tending of livestock. A short distance away, the Bouteloua Barrens State Nature Preserve offers a protected sanctuary for the native grasses that once defined this region, providing a sharp contrast to the managed thoroughbred farms that dot the perimeter. Life in Goshen moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands its own boundaries, whether looking toward the quiet expanse of the Stanford Reservoir or observing the quiet shift of commerce within the nearby Hamilton Valley, far removed from the frantic noise of modern industrial centers.

About This Goshen Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Goshen, Kentucky. Coordinates: 38.403427, -85.58372. 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 Goshen includes the ZIP code (40484, 40026), telephone area code (502), county seat of Lincoln County (Stanford), and school district assignment (Oldham 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.