Hartford Kentucky Map
Explore Hartford, 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.
Interactive Map of Hartford, Kentucky
How to Use This Hartford, Kentucky Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hartford, 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 Hartford.
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 | Hartford |
| State | Kentucky (KY) |
| County | Ohio County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 37.45338 |
| Longitude | -86.889849 |
| Population | 2,668 |
| Density | 363.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 42347 |
| Area Code | 270 |
| County Seat | Hartford |
| School District | Ohio County School District |
About Hartford, Kentucky
Hartford is a locality in Ohio County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,668. The population density is 363.1 people per km². Hartford is located at 37.4534°N, 86.8898°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hartford is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42347.Hartford occupies a quiet expanse of Kentucky land where the Rough River traces a slow, deliberate path through the earth, marking the boundary between the quietude of the woods and the persistence of the fields. It lies 25.0 miles south-southeast of Owensboro, KY (from Owensboro, KY: bearing 153°T), and is situated 3.9 miles north-northwest of Beaver Dam. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain rises into the soft, humped silhouettes of Parks Ridge, which anchor the horizon against the pale, washed-out blue of a high-noon sky. The air here carries the scent of damp loam and cooling limestone, a heavy, grounded perfume that lingers long after the sun has begun its retreat toward the west. Near the outskirts, the stillness of Crooked Pond reflects the passing clouds, its surface a dark, polished mirror that seems to hold the weight of the surrounding forest in its depths.
Hartford draws its character from a long, steady lineage of agrarian labor and the quiet industry of those who have worked the soil for generations. Daily life moves with the measured pace of a pendulum, punctuated by the seasonal rhythms of harvest and the upkeep of the local landscape, including the maintained grounds of Ellis Park where the town finds its moments of communal respite. While the economy has evolved from its early reliance on the land, the influence of the region remains visible in the sturdy frame of older buildings and the way the shadows stretch across the town squares as evening approaches. Residents carry a certain resolve, an awareness that they are positioned in a pocket of the world shaped by the slow erosion of the Rough River and the patient, enduring presence of the distant horizon.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Ellis Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 278° W
- Cinema 33 (Cinema) — 0.7 mi, 217° SW
- Ohio County Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 074° E
- Peabody Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 184° S
- Washburn Lake (State Recreation Area) — 4.8 mi, 027° NE
- L.B. Davison Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.3 mi, 055° NE
- Everly Brothers Monument (Monument) — 17.0 mi, 230° SW
- Confederate-Union Veterans Monument (Monument) — 19.4 mi, 144° SE
- Rough River Dam State Resort Park (State Park) — 23.1 mi, 064° NE
- Big Twigs (Monument) — 27.4 mi, 198° S
- Perry County Museum (Museum) — 32.7 mi, 014° N
- AMC Classic Madisonville 8 (Cinema) — 33.5 mi, 254° W
- Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 34.6 mi, 012° N · 204k acres
- Mammoth Cave National Park (National Park) — 37.4 mi, 111° E · 51k acres
- Christ of the Ohio (Public Artwork) — 37.6 mi, 008° N
- Bowling Green Ballpark (Stadium) — 40.1 mi, 142° SE
- Lost River Cave Entrance (Attraction) — 41.4 mi, 146° SE
- Blue Hole 3 (Attraction) — 41.6 mi, 146° SE
- Butterfly House (Attraction) — 41.7 mi, 146° SE
- Blue Hole 2 (Attraction) — 41.8 mi, 146° SE
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About This Hartford Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hartford, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.45338, -86.889849. 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 Hartford includes the ZIP code (42347), telephone area code (270), county seat of Ohio County (Hartford), and school district assignment (Ohio 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. |
