Hazel Kentucky Map

About Hazel, Kentucky

Hazel is a locality in Calloway County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 390. The population density is 430.2 people per km². Hazel is located at 36.5055°N, 88.3253°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hazel is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 42459, 42049.

Hazel unfolds across a landscape of flat, productive plains where the horizon remains wide and unobstructed, inviting the sky to settle heavily upon the fields. It lies 7.5 miles south of Murray, KY (from Murray, KY: bearing 185°T), and is situated 13.8 miles north of Paris. The air here holds the damp, fertile scent of black soil, carrying the quiet hum of insects from the nearby East Fork Clarks River, which meanders through the landscape just a mile away. Hazel City Park/James R. Latner Park offers a small, quiet space for the afternoon light to stretch long across the grass, grounding the town in the unassuming elegance of the rural Midwest. Beyond the immediate reach of the park, the land dips toward the distant shadows of Bullfrog Hollow, providing a subtle relief to the otherwise level expanse that defines the physical character of the region.

Hazel traces its history back to the expansion of the rail lines, which once served as the primary pulse for the local economy and dictated the orientation of its modest storefronts. While the clatter of trains has faded, the mercantile spirit persists in the antique shops and local businesses that occupy the old buildings, maintaining a steady, deliberate pace of commerce. Farmers still work the surrounding acreage with a focus on the seasonal cycles of the soil, their efforts forming the silent backbone of the local livelihood. Ten miles to the east, the presence of Kentucky Lake influences the humidity of the summer evenings, while the distant, singular rise of Owens Hill provides a fixed point of reference in an otherwise expansive, agricultural world.

About This Hazel Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hazel, Kentucky. Coordinates: 36.505471, -88.325254. 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 Hazel includes the ZIP code (42459, 42049), telephone area code (270, 364), county seat of Calloway County (Murray), and school district assignment (Calloway 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.