Scottsville Kentucky Map

About Scottsville, Kentucky

Scottsville is a locality in Allen County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,299. The population density is 263.3 people per km². Scottsville is located at 36.7493°N, 86.2076°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Scottsville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42164.

Scottsville occupies a landscape defined by the steady, quiet passage of the West Bays Fork, which cuts through the limestone-rich terrain of the region. It lies 21.5 miles east of Franklin, KY (from Franklin, KY: bearing 84°T), and is situated 18.4 miles north-northwest of Lafayette. The air here holds a particular weight, smelling faintly of dampened soil and the deep, enduring minerals of the earth, while the horizon remains flat and expansive, save for the distant, hazy suggestion of the Appalachian Mountains far to the east. Within the town limits, White Plains Park offers a quiet intersection of green space and local life, where the light at dusk settles in long, amber slats against the trunks of hardwoods. Beyond the immediate center, the ground yields to the subtle depressions of the earth, including the nearby Wagoner Hollow, where the shadows gather earlier than on the open plains.

Scottsville maintains an economy rooted in the legacy of the land, once shaped by the industry of early frontier trade and now sustained by the steady output of regional agriculture. The history of the place is etched not in grand monuments, but in the limestone foundations of its architecture and the unhurried way the local pace aligns with the seasons. Residents often look toward the nearby Barren River Lake for recreation, a vast, still body of water that reflects the changing Kentucky sky with a mirror-like precision. As the workday wanes, the town feels less like a collection of streets and more like a shared habit, where the soft vernacular of the Upper-South echoes against storefronts that have observed the slow, inevitable shifts of the local economy for generations.

About This Scottsville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Scottsville, Kentucky. Coordinates: 36.749261, -86.207621. 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 Scottsville includes the ZIP code (42164), telephone area code (270), county seat of Allen County (Scottsville), and school district assignment (Allen 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.