Providence Kentucky Map

About Providence, Kentucky

Providence is a locality in Webster County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,892. The population density is 185.2 people per km². Providence is located at 37.3991°N, 87.7517°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Providence is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 42134, 40906, 40011.

Providence occupies a broad expanse of Western Kentucky where the light at dusk settles heavy and gold against the flat, verdant fields of the region. It lies 15.3 miles west-northwest of Madisonville, KY (from Madisonville, KY: bearing 288°T), and is situated 10.2 miles south-southeast of Williams. Owens Creek moves with a deliberate, muddy patience through the low-lying terrain, its banks lined with the tangled growth of sycamores and oaks that lean toward the water as if listening to the current. To the distant horizon, the faint, hazy line of Stony Ridge cuts a jagged silhouette against the sky, providing a stark contrast to the immediate, gentle relief of the land. Within the town limits, Westerfield Park offers a quiet expanse of green, a place where the air holds the scent of damp earth and the cooling transition of the seasons.

Providence emerged from the hard-won labor of the coal industry, a history that lingers in the weathered brick of the downtown storefronts and the quiet, stoic demeanor of its residents. The economy, once tethered tightly to the extraction of deep-earth seams, now finds its rhythm in the slow, steady pulse of agricultural life and the small-scale commerce that keeps the streets occupied. A short distance away, the still surface of Providence City Lake reflects the shifting clouds, providing a mirror for the wide, open skies that define this part of the state. Life in Providence moves with a gravity of its own, grounded in a lineage of work and the unassuming endurance of those who remain to tend the soil and maintain the quiet order of their daily lives.

About This Providence Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Providence, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.39908, -87.751666. 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 Providence includes the ZIP code (42134, 40906, 40011), telephone area code (502, 270), county seat of Webster County (Dixon), and school district assignment (Webster 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.