Pleasant Ridge Kentucky Map

About Pleasant Ridge, Kentucky

Pleasant Ridge is a locality in Ohio County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 578. The population density is 63.6 people per km². Pleasant Ridge is located at 37.5984°N, 86.9872°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 42376.

Pleasant Ridge emerges from the landscape as a quiet stretch of Kentucky where the horizon is defined by the modest, persistent rise of Hoover Hill and the deep, silent shadows of Tucker Hollow. It lies 14.0 miles south-southeast of Owensboro, KY (from Owensboro, KY: bearing 150°T), and is situated 5.9 miles south-southeast of Masonville. Sunlight here catches the limestone dust on the roads, turning the late afternoon air into a pale, translucent gold that hangs over the fields. The land is defined by the steady, unassuming presence of North Fork Barnett Creek, which carves a narrow, winding path through the soil, offering a constant, low murmur against the stillness of the woods. Further out, the landscape holds the memory of a slower pace, where the earth feels heavy and ancient under the weight of the summer heat.

Pleasant Ridge carries the quiet inheritance of agricultural roots, where the economy remains tied to the cycles of the soil and the endurance of the local farmer. Families here have long worked the land, finding a rhythm in the turning seasons that predates the modern scramble of the nearby world. While the daily life of Pleasant Ridge is marked by the hum of machinery and the persistent growth of crops, residents often look toward the broader horizon, perhaps venturing toward Utica Park to walk the trails or finding a moment of reflection near the distant waters of Taylor Lake. The character of the place is built not on grand monuments, but on the stubborn persistence of its people, who treat the land with a familiarity that suggests they belong to it as much as it belongs to them.

About This Pleasant Ridge Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pleasant Ridge, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.598382, -86.987216. 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 Pleasant Ridge includes the ZIP code (42376), telephone area code (270), county seat of Ohio County (Hartford), and school district assignment (Daviess 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.