Nebo Kentucky Map

About Nebo, Kentucky

Nebo is a locality in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 211. The population density is 328.5 people per km². Nebo is located at 37.3832°N, 87.6416°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Nebo is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 42345, 42441.

Nebo occupies a quiet expanse of western Kentucky where the horizon stretches wide across low, cultivated fields and thickets of oak. It lies 17.8 miles east-southeast of Madisonville, KY (from Madisonville, KY: bearing 110°T), and is situated 5.3 miles southwest of Central City. The landscape is defined by the steady, unassuming presence of Little Cypress Creek, which meanders through the lowlands just a mile from the center of Nebo, pulling moisture into the soil and feeding the dense, green undergrowth. To the east, the silhouette of Rapid Ridge marks the edge of the far distance, a faint, jagged line against the pale sky that reminds those who live here of the vastness of the state beyond the immediate plains. During the late afternoon, the light turns a bruised, heavy gold, catching the dust kicked up from gravel roads and illuminating the stillness of the nearby Muhlenberg County Park, where the trees stand in orderly, quiet congregation.

History in Nebo remains tied to the earth, echoing a legacy of extraction and agrarian labor that once defined the regional economy. While the coal-camp memory of the surrounding territory has faded into the quietude of modern farmland, the rhythm of life here still follows the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons. Two miles to the north, the calm surface of Luzerne Lake reflects the changing clouds, acting as a silent witness to the generations who have worked this soil. The local character is shaped by a deep, internal resilience, a preference for the modest and the functional over the ornamental. Residents move through their days with a pragmatic grace, finding a particular, stark beauty in the way the shadows of the woods lengthen across the fallow ground as the sun dips toward the horizon.

About This Nebo Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Nebo, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.383211, -87.641568. 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 Nebo includes the ZIP code (42345, 42441), telephone area code (270), county seat of Muhlenberg County (Greenville), 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.