Hartford Kentucky Map

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.

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).

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.