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 204. The population density is 61.7 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 lies in a landscape of gentle slopes, where fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards the horizon, punctuated by stands of oak and hickory. It lies 28.1 miles south-south-west of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 193°T), and is situated 5.7 miles south-west of Mayfield. The air here, especially in the late afternoons of summer, carries a humid sweetness, a blend of drying earth and distant mown hay. Roads, mostly gravel, wind like sleepy streams between farmsteads, each with its own collection of weathered barns and silos that stand as stoic sentinels against the wide Kentucky sky. The land itself, a rich loam, feels yielding, a quiet promise of sustenance. The history of Pryorsburg is tied to the agricultural pulse of Graves County, a place where generations have worked the soil. Its economy has always been rooted in the bounty of the land, with tobacco once a dominant crop, its scent a familiar part of the autumn air, though its prominence has waned. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring rhythm of planting and harvest, of community gatherings at the local church or the occasional country store, defines the character of Pryorsburg. The quiet hum of tractors and the distant bark of a dog are the prevailing sounds, a testament to a life lived at a human scale, unhurried and deeply connected to the earth.

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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pryorsburg, Kentucky — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 36.686724, -88.714219. 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 Pryorsburg and Graves County.

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). 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 Pryorsburg is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.