Smithfield Kentucky Map

About Smithfield, Kentucky

Smithfield is a locality in Oldham County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 124. The population density is 352.0 people per km². Smithfield is located at 38.3858°N, 85.2568°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Smithfield is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 40068.

Smithfield remains a quiet witness to the slow, deliberate movement of the Little Kentucky River as it carves a path through the limestone-rich earth of the region. It lies 6.8 miles east-southeast of La Grange, KY (from La Grange, KY: bearing 103°T), and is situated 9.9 miles east of Buckner. The landscape here is defined by an expansive, undulating terrain where the light of late afternoon catches the tall grasses, casting long, violet shadows across the fields that seem to stretch toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. Two miles from the center, the stillness of New Pond mirrors the sky, providing a sanctuary for the local fauna amidst the quietude of the pastures. Drennon Falls lies nine miles away, a hidden verticality in the land that punctuates the otherwise horizontal grace of these plains.

Smithfield functions as a steady anchor for the agricultural rhythms that have long sustained the families of this district. The economy draws its strength from the fertile soil and the legacy of the surrounding farms, where the cultivation of tobacco and the grazing of livestock form the backbone of daily labor. Residents often traverse the five miles to the Eminence Pool Renovation for recreation, maintaining a connection to the public spaces that serve as the modern hearth of the area. Life in Smithfield is marked by the soft, drawling cadence of the Upper South, a place where the passage of time is measured not by the clock, but by the changing hues of the bluegrass and the seasonal cycle of the harvest.

About This Smithfield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Smithfield, Kentucky. Coordinates: 38.38581, -85.25684. 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 Smithfield includes the ZIP code (40068), telephone area code (502), county seat of Oldham County (La Grange), and school district assignment (Henry 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.