Explore Lovelaceville, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lovelaceville, 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 Lovelaceville.
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 | Lovelaceville |
| State | Kentucky (KY) |
| County | Ballard County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 36.968666 |
| Longitude | -88.83089 |
| Population | 124 |
| Density | 94.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 42060, 42053 |
| Area Code | 270, 364 |
| County Seat | Wickliffe |
| School District | Ballard County School District |
Lovelaceville occupies a quiet expanse of fertile soil where the persistent, winding course of Sugar Creek carves through the fields, defining the rhythm of the local landscape. It lies 15.0 miles west-southwest of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 238°T), and is situated 6.5 miles west-southwest of Massac. The terrain unfolds in broad, unassuming swells of earth, where the light at dusk often hangs heavy and golden, catching the dust of late-season harvests. To the southeast, the faint, hazy silhouette of Redbird Ridge marks the horizon, a distant reminder of the rugged elevations that exist far beyond these immediate, level stretches. The atmosphere here is one of patience, characterized by the slow movement of shadows across open pastures and the constant, subtle shift of seasons that dictates the color of the tall grasses.
Agriculture remains the quiet engine of Lovelaceville, with the surrounding acreage dominated by rows of corn and tobacco that trace the contours of the land toward the nearby West Kentucky Wildlife Management Area. The economy is tethered to these cycles of planting and harvest, a tradition that has persisted since the earliest settlers recognized the value of the well-drained soil along the creek beds. For those seeking the stillness of deeper waters, Lowe Lake provides a modest sanctuary for an afternoon, its surface mirroring the vast, unbroken sky of the interior. Life in Lovelaceville moves with a deliberate, measured pace, indifferent to the clamor of wider worlds, preferring the steady, quiet work of maintaining its place within the broader expanse of the plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lovelaceville, Kentucky. Coordinates: 36.968666, -88.83089. 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 Lovelaceville includes the ZIP code (42060, 42053), 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. |