Mortons Gap Kentucky Map

About Mortons Gap, Kentucky

Mortons Gap is a locality in Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 728. The population density is 237.4 people per km². Mortons Gap is located at 37.2367°N, 87.4753°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mortons Gap is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 42440, 42431.

Mortons Gap emerges from the landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings anchored to the western Kentucky earth. It lies 6.4 miles south-southeast of Madisonville, KY (from Madisonville, KY: bearing 168°T), and is situated 19.8 miles west-southwest of Central City. The terrain surrounding the settlement consists of low-lying ridges and drainage paths, where the shadows of Moss Hill stretch long across the ground as the afternoon sun begins its descent. To the west, the land dips into the quiet seclusion of Beech Hollow, while the proximity of Flat Creek ensures that the soil remains damp and heavy with the scent of dark loam. Visitors often linger at Frank Stafford Memorial Park, where the wide, open grass provides a vantage point to observe the way the light turns a bruised, metallic violet over the horizon at dusk.

History in Mortons Gap remains tethered to the deep, subterranean veins of coal that once defined the regional industry and shaped the architecture of the local streets. While the heavy machinery of the past has largely quieted, the economy continues to find its rhythm in the slow, persistent pulse of Kentucky life, far removed from the bustle of the larger hubs. Those seeking the cooling influence of deeper waters might travel eight miles to reach the edges of Lake Peewee, though the residents of Mortons Gap often prefer the familiar, humbler character of their own immediate fields and woodlots. Daily life here moves with a steady, unforced cadence, defined less by sudden change than by the quiet endurance of a landscape that has seen generations come and go beneath the shifting Midwestern sky.

About This Mortons Gap Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mortons Gap, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.236712, -87.475276. 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 Mortons Gap includes the ZIP code (42440, 42431), telephone area code (270), county seat of Hopkins County (Madisonville), and school district assignment (Hopkins 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.