Sacramento Kentucky Map

About Sacramento, Kentucky

Sacramento is a locality in McLean County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 429. The population density is 385.2 people per km². Sacramento is located at 37.4159°N, 87.2656°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sacramento is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42372.

Sacramento occupies a quiet expanse of land defined by the steady, unpretentious progression of the Kentucky plains. It lies 14.2 miles east-northeast of Madisonville, KY (from Madisonville, KY: bearing 65°T), and is situated 11.5 miles northwest of Central City. Low-slung fields stretch toward the horizon, where the Tichenor Hills rise in a soft, hazy silhouette against the sky. The air here holds the scent of damp earth and drying corn husks, particularly near the banks of the Pond River, which winds its way through the landscape with a sluggish, deliberate grace. To the north, the terrain dips into the expanse of Cypress Bottom, a basin that catches the morning mist and keeps the soil dark and fertile long after the rains have ceased.

Sacramento carries the weight of a long-standing agricultural heritage, where the rhythm of the seasons still dictates the cadence of the day. The economy remains rooted in the productivity of the surrounding acreage, a legacy that persists even as the modern world encroaches on the edges of the fields. Residents often look toward the Harris-Dickerson Wildlife Management Area for a reprieve from the labor of the harvest, finding a stillness in the woods that echoes the town’s own measured pace. Though Slaughters Lake remains a distant point on the map, the local character is defined less by such landmarks and more by the enduring connection to the soil and the quiet persistence of those who work it.

About This Sacramento Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sacramento, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.415878, -87.265553. 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 Sacramento includes the ZIP code (42372), telephone area code (270), county seat of McLean County (Calhoun), and school district assignment (McLean 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.