Kevil Kentucky Map
Kevil, Kentucky — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Kevil, Ballard County.
Interactive Map of Kevil, Kentucky
| City | Kevil |
| State | Kentucky (KY) |
| County | Ballard |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 37.085054 |
| Longitude | -88.886728 |
| Population | 624 |
| Density | 444.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Kevil, Kentucky
Kevil is a locality in Ballard County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 624. The population density is 444.7 people per km². Kevil is located at 37.0851°N, 88.8867°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 42053.
Kevil, a whisper of a place in Ballard County, unfurls across a land where the soil runs deep and the sky feels vast enough to swallow the horizon. It lies 15.8 miles west of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 271°T), and is situated 9.7 miles west-south-west of Metropolis. Here, the earth hums with the slow, steady work of agriculture, a verdant quilt stitched with the emerald of young corn and the pale gold of ripening wheat. The air, especially in the languid afternoons of late summer, carries the dry, sweet scent of cut hay and the fainter, more elusive perfume of wild phlox blooming along the dusty shoulders of the road. The land itself is a gentle swell, a rolling canvas that catches the sun in shifting patterns, painting the fields in hues of ochre and moss, and blurring the edges of the distant tree lines into soft, hazy washes. The history of Kevil is written in the quiet persistence of its people and the enduring rhythm of the seasons, a story tied inextricably to the fertile ground and the nearby waters. For generations, the economy of Kevil has been rooted in the cultivation of the land, a legacy passed down through calloused hands and an intimate knowledge of the earth's bounty. While farming remains the bedrock, the occasional glint of machinery on a distant tractor hints at a more modern approach to time-honored traditions. There’s a palpable sense of continuity here, a feeling that the past isn't so much buried as it is woven into the very fabric of the present, evident in the weathered barns that stand sentinel over fields that have yielded harvests for decades, each one a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of this Ballard County corner.
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About This Kevil Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Kevil, Kentucky with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Kevil and Ballard County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Kevil is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Kevil is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
