Jackson Kentucky Map

About Jackson, Kentucky

Jackson is a locality in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,237. The population density is 344.4 people per km². Jackson is located at 37.5654°N, 83.3762°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Jackson is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 40330, 41339.

Jackson possesses a landscape defined by the deliberate, rhythmic folding of earth that characterizes this interior region, where the horizon is defined by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. It lies 13.5 miles north-northwest of Danville, KY (from Danville, KY: bearing 337°T), and is situated 4.6 miles north-northwest of Harrodsburg. The ground here is heavy with limestone, a bedrock that influences the mineral clarity of the local springs and the sharp, sudden quality of light during the late afternoon. Salt River carves a narrow, persistent path through the terrain, its banks lined with dense thickets that catch the silvered, humid air of the evening, while the nearby Anderson Dean Community Park offers a quiet expanse of mown grass and cooling shade. The atmosphere carries a faint, dry scent of soil and turning leaves, a sensory reminder that the land is far removed from the cooling influence of any open water, save for the stillness found at Herrington Lake.

Jackson remains a place where the memory of an industrious past is etched into the very grain of its architecture, reflecting a history shaped by the extraction of resources and the slow, steady labor of those who settled these slopes. The local economy persists through a quiet endurance, moving at a pace dictated by the seasons rather than the frantic pulse of larger hubs, with the soft vernacular of the Upper-South coloring the daily commerce of the streets. Education and community service form the bedrock of social life, keeping the town anchored even as the wider world changes beyond its borders. In the quiet hours of dusk, as shadows lengthen across the porch fronts and the heat of the day dissipates into the cooling limestone, Jackson reveals a character marked by a profound, unpretentious stability.

About This Jackson Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jackson, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.565446, -83.376244. 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 Jackson includes the ZIP code (40330, 41339), telephone area code (502, 859), county seat of Mercer County (Harrodsburg), and school district assignment (Breathitt 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.