McRoberts Kentucky Map

About McRoberts, Kentucky

McRoberts is a locality in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 741. The population density is 51.1 people per km². McRoberts is located at 37.2211°N, 82.6680°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 41835.

McRoberts unfolds where the Wright Fork carves a narrow, persistent path through the jagged terrain, cutting deep into the landscape to define the valley's quiet geometry. It lies 43.9 miles north of Marshall, TN (from Marshall, TN: bearing 359°T), and is situated 19.1 miles north of Norton. The air here holds a heavy, damp stillness, often caught between the steep slopes that rise sharply toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. Below the ridges, the earth reveals itself in layers of dark shale and limestone, while the light at dusk settles into the hollows like a cooling liquid, turning the dense foliage into shades of charcoal and bruised plum. Beyond the immediate banks of the Wright Fork, the land levels briefly into the sheltered expanse of Bandmill Bottom, where the shadows stretch long and thin, grounding the geography in a stark, unadorned reality.

History in McRoberts remains etched into the very soil, a lingering echo of the industrial currents that once defined the regional economy through the extraction of coal. The remnants of that labor-intensive era are quiet now, yet they inform the rhythm of daily life, where the pace is governed by the shifting weather and the slow, steady reclamation of the land by forest growth. Nearby, the water at Fishpond Lake, situated within the bounds of Little Laurel Park Home to Fish Pond Lake, offers a reflective surface that mirrors the changing seasons, a place where the stillness is broken only by the occasional movement of wildlife. Those who seek to traverse the wider landscape might venture toward the Pine Mountain Trail, though McRoberts itself remains a place of inward focus, where the legacy of the mines and the resilience of the surrounding woods create a distinct, enduring identity.

About This McRoberts Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of McRoberts, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.221077, -82.667983. 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 McRoberts includes the ZIP code (41835), telephone area code (606), county seat of Letcher County (Whitesburg), and school district assignment (Jenkins Independent 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.