Phelps Kentucky Map

About Phelps, Kentucky

Phelps is a locality in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 301. The population density is 18.7 people per km². Phelps is located at 37.5129°N, 82.1501°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 41553.

Phelps exhales a quiet breath into the Kentucky hills, a scattering of homes clinging to the folds of the land like moss to ancient stone. It lies 63.4 miles north of Bristol, TN (from Bristol, TN: bearing 2°T), and is situated 7.6 miles south of Matewan. The terrain here is a study in patient erosion, where the mountains have softened their edges over millennia, leaving behind rounded peaks cloaked in a verdant, almost somber, green. Creeks, silver threads in the shadowed hollows, murmur their secrets to the wind, their waters carrying the scent of damp earth and pine. The sky, when it breaks free of the forested slopes, can be a vast, indifferent blue, or a bruised, dramatic canvas at dusk, painting the ridges in strokes of fading ochre and deep violet. The story of Phelps is etched not in grand monuments, but in the persistent spirit of its people and the echoes of industry that once thrummed through its valleys. For generations, the rhythm of this place was dictated by the earth’s hidden veins, by the dark, glittering promise of coal. Though the mines that defined its economy have largely fallen silent, the memory of that labor, the grit and the communal effort, still clings to the air like the lingering scent of woodsmoke. Local life here unfolds at a pace dictated by the sun’s arc and the changing seasons, a gentle ebb and flow where neighbors know each other’s names and the silence of the mountains is a constant, comforting presence.

About This Phelps Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Phelps, Kentucky — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 37.512885, -82.150133. 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 Phelps and Pike County.

Detailed location data for Phelps includes the ZIP code (41553), telephone area code (859), county seat of Pike County (Pikeville), and school district assignment (Pike County School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Phelps is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.