McRoberts Kentucky Map
McRoberts, 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 McRoberts, Letcher County.
Interactive Map of McRoberts, Kentucky
| City | McRoberts |
| State | Kentucky (KY) |
| County | Letcher |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 37.207604 |
| Longitude | -82.671823 |
| Population | 556 |
| Density | 20.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About McRoberts, Kentucky
McRoberts is a locality in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 556. The population density is 20.9 people per km². McRoberts is located at 37.2076°N, 82.6718°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 41835.
McRoberts clings to the steep slopes of the Cumberland Mountains, a place where the sky feels both vast and intimately close. It lies 43.9 miles north of Marshall, TN (from Marshall, TN: bearing 359°T), and is situated 3.3 miles north-west of Jenkins. The terrain here is a testament to the region's geological drama, with hollows and ravines that carve deep into the earth, their sides cloaked in a dense, mixed hardwood forest. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in luminous shafts, illuminating the damp, moss-covered rocks and the intricate patterns of fallen leaves. The air carries the perpetual scent of pine and damp soil, a fragrance deepened by the recent passage of rain, and the distant murmur of water can be heard, a constant reminder of the small creeks that thread their way through the landscape. The houses, often built close to the narrow roads that follow the contours of the land, seem to be part of the mountain itself, their weathered paint and sturdy construction speaking of resilience. The story of McRoberts is inextricably linked to the coal that once pulsed through its veins. For generations, the rhythm of life here was dictated by the mine shafts that burrowed into the mountainside, a powerful engine that fueled both the local economy and the broader nation. The company store, now a quiet relic, once hummed with the activity of miners and their families, a central hub for goods and gossip. While the deep seams are largely depleted, the legacy of that era remains in the stoic character of its people, a blend of hard-won independence and a deep sense of community forged in shared labor and challenge. The landscape itself, scarred in places by past extraction but also vigorously re-claimed by nature, tells a silent, powerful narrative of boom and bust, of human endeavor against the formidable, enduring beauty of Appalachia.
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About This McRoberts Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of McRoberts, 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 McRoberts and Letcher County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for McRoberts 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 McRoberts 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. |
