Smithland Kentucky Map

About Smithland, Kentucky

Smithland is a locality in Livingston County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 240. The population density is 183.1 people per km². Smithland is located at 37.1389°N, 88.4034°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Smithland is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42081.

Smithland occupies a quiet confluence where the Cumberland River pulls the light of the sky into its slow, silken current. It lies 11.5 miles east-northeast of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 70°T), and is situated 7.9 miles north-northwest of Calvert City. The earth here is defined by a low-slung, limestone-heavy topography, where the land yields to the subtle incisions of Steep Hollow and the distant, hazy blue silhouette of Oak Ridge rising against the western horizon. Beyond the immediate banks, the countryside settles into a quiet expanse of dense woodland and fertile soil, occasionally broken by the stillness of Burgess Pond. Within the boundaries of Buzzards Roost, the air carries a heavy, humid sweetness, smelling of damp earth and the deep, persistent shade of hardwood trees that have long marked the passage of seasons.

Smithland holds the memory of early river commerce in the worn brick and steady pace of its streets, reflecting an economy once anchored to the movement of goods along the water. The life of the residents remains tethered to the rhythm of the Cumberland River, which functions as both a historical thoroughfare and a quiet witness to the steady, unpretentious work of the region. Local industry and agricultural persistence define the daily labor, creating a character forged in the silence of the woods and the persistent flow of the river. Even as the sun tilts low, casting long, bruised shadows across the fields, the place retains a gravity that suggests a deep, lingering connection to the land, unchanged by the shifting currents of the modern world.

About This Smithland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Smithland, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.138944, -88.403372. 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 Smithland includes the ZIP code (42081), telephone area code (270, 364), county seat of Livingston County (Smithland), and school district assignment (Livingston 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.