Marrowbone Kentucky Map

About Marrowbone, Kentucky

Marrowbone is a locality in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 147. The population density is 44.6 people per km². Marrowbone is located at 36.8348°N, 85.5031°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 41522, 42717, 42759.

Marrowbone emerges from the landscape as a quiet confluence of limestone bluffs and the persistent, low-slung currents of the Russell Fork. It lies 77.8 miles south of Ashland, KY (from Ashland, KY: bearing 171°T), and is situated 9.7 miles southeast of Pikeville. The terrain here favors the heavy, verdant growth of hardwoods that cling to the steep embankments, casting shadows that lengthen across the soil long before the sun actually dips below the horizon. Two miles to the east, the topography narrows into the shadowed basin of Cox Hollow, where the air holds a persistent, cool dampness that seems to pause the very movement of the afternoon. While the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the eastern limit of the horizon, the immediate character of the land is defined by this intricate, folded earth, which traps the golden light of dusk against the limestone, turning the gray rock into a soft, glowing amber.

Marrowbone maintains a steady, deliberate pace that reflects the enduring weight of its agricultural and timber-driven history. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, with local livelihoods often drawing from the quiet utility of the nearby Fishtrap Recreation Area, a place where the water and woods dictate the seasonal flow of labor and leisure. Life here is punctuated by the occasional transit of goods and the slow, cyclical maintenance of the homesteads, a process as predictable as the seasonal rise of the Russell Fork. Though the modern world hums somewhere far beyond these ridges, the people of Marrowbone move with a particular, measured gravity, as if the soil itself necessitates a careful, unhurried hand in every daily task.

About This Marrowbone Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Marrowbone, Kentucky. Coordinates: 36.834803, -85.503116. 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 Marrowbone includes the ZIP code (41522, 42717, 42759), telephone area code (859, 270), county seat of Pike County (Pikeville), and school district assignment (Cumberland 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.