La Center Kentucky Map
Explore La Center, 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 La Center, Kentucky
How to Use This La Center, Kentucky Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for La Center, 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 La Center.
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 | La Center |
| State | Kentucky (KY) |
| County | Ballard County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 37.07672 |
| Longitude | -88.973676 |
| Population | 872 |
| Density | 556.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 42056 |
| Area Code | 270, 364 |
| County Seat | Wickliffe |
| School District | Ballard County School District |
About La Center, Kentucky
La Center is a locality in Ballard County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 872. The population density is 556.5 people per km². La Center is located at 37.0767°N, 88.9737°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. La Center is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42056.La Center emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Jackson Purchase, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky claims a vast portion of the daily view. It lies 20.6 miles west of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 269°T), and is situated 14.3 miles west-southwest of Metropolis. Hinkle Creek traces a quiet, winding path through the landscape, its banks softened by thickets of willow and the insistent growth of wild grasses that sway in the humid, heavy air of late afternoon. Beyond the immediate fields, the distant silhouette of Butter Ridge provides a subtle anchor to the western view, a faint suggestion of elevation in an otherwise level terrain. Lacenter City Park serves as the local gathering point, a green expanse where the light filters through the canopy in long, golden shafts, illuminating the quiet persistence of the soil.
Agriculture has long defined the rhythm of La Center, with rows of crops stitching the earth into a patchwork of deep greens and browns that shift with the turning of the seasons. The local economy remains tethered to this land, a heritage of hard work and patient observation that survives in the steady pace of the storefronts and the modest, sturdy houses that line the streets. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, far removed from the frantic pulse of larger hubs, yet deeply connected to the legacy of the surrounding plains. Should a traveler venture five miles to the quiet waters of Brushy Pond, they would find the same stillness that characterizes the town itself—a place where the history of the region is felt in the weight of the air and the uncomplicated, enduring presence of the landscape.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Lacenter City Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 009° N
- Ballard County Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 231° SW
- Ballard Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 302° NW
- Boatwright Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 251° W
- Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site (State Park) — 9.7 mi, 221° SW
- Burial Mound (Historic Ruins) — 9.8 mi, 222° SW
- Chief's Mound (Historic Ruins) — 9.8 mi, 222° SW
- Fort Defiance Park (State Park) — 11.2 mi, 235° SW
- Proceeding On (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 235° SW
- Lowest Point in Illinois (Viewpoint) — 11.2 mi, 235° SW
- Caboose (Attraction) — 11.8 mi, 244° SW
- Cairo River Wall Murals (Public Artwork) — 11.8 mi, 245° SW
- GEM Theatre (Cinema) — 11.9 mi, 244° SW
- Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.1 mi, 339° N · 33k acres
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (Monument) — 12.3 mi, 244° SW
- Desert Storm Memorial (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 248° W
- Superman Museum & Gift Shop (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 068° E
- Mermet Swamp Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 14.3 mi, 034° NE
- Lois Lane Statue (Attraction) — 14.4 mi, 068° E
- Tunnel Hill (State Recreation Area) — 14.6 mi, 358° N
- Fort Massac (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 072° E
- Lower Cache River Access Area (Nature Reserve) — 15.9 mi, 344° N
- Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 17.0 mi, 292° W · 274k acres
- Noble Park Amphitheater (Theatre) — 18.4 mi, 088° E
- Bricolage Art Collective (Gallery) — 20.8 mi, 088° E
- Market House Museum (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 088° E
- Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 22.3 mi, 314° NW · 7,712 acres
- Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.5 mi, 104° E · 19k acres
- Apple Valley Hillbilly Garden And Toyland (Attraction) — 27.9 mi, 104° E
- Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 41.7 mi, 099° E · 171k acres
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About This La Center Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of La Center, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.07672, -88.973676. 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 La Center includes the ZIP code (42056), telephone area code (270, 364), county seat of Ballard County (Wickliffe), and school district assignment (Ballard 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. |
