Pryorsburg Kentucky Map

About Pryorsburg, Kentucky

Pryorsburg is a locality in Graves County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 262. The population density is 81.3 people per km². Pryorsburg is located at 36.6867°N, 88.7142°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 42066.

Pryorsburg emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of western Kentucky as a quiet assembly of frame houses and open fields, defined by the slow, deliberate meander of Obion Creek as it cuts through the silty earth. It lies 22.8 miles west-northwest of Murray, KY (from Murray, KY: bearing 284°T), and is situated 5.7 miles southwest of Mayfield. The air here carries the scent of damp loam and turned soil, a weight that settles over the landscape when the late afternoon sun turns the clouds into bruised shades of violet and gold. Far to the south, the faint, hazy silhouette of Hogskin Ridge occasionally ghosts the horizon, though the immediate terrain remains dominated by the expansive, quiet geometry of agricultural grids. A mile away, the surface of Sunset Lake acts as a dark, polished mirror for the sky, holding the stillness of the afternoon in its quiet depths while the shadows of sycamores lengthen across the water’s edge.

Pryorsburg maintains a rhythm dictated by the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest, a legacy that has anchored its identity since the early days of settlement when the rail lines first brought the promise of commerce to these plains. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, where the industry of the field dictates the pace of the day and the character of the local labor. Life here is punctuated by simple, recurring movements, such as the three-mile drive to Wingo Neighborhood/City Park, a space where the community gathers under the shade of mature oaks to observe the quiet passage of the week. Pryorsburg functions as a steady, unassuming anchor for its residents, grounded by a long familiarity with the land and a persistent, quiet pride in the persistence of its small-scale, agrarian heritage.

About This Pryorsburg Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pryorsburg, Kentucky. Coordinates: 36.686724, -88.714219. 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 Pryorsburg includes the ZIP code (42066), telephone area code (270, 364), county seat of Graves County (Mayfield), and school district assignment (Graves 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.