St. Charles Kentucky Map

About St. Charles, Kentucky

St. Charles is a locality in Marion County, Kentucky, United States. St. Charles is located at 37.1866°N, 87.5555°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 42442.

St. Charles lies low in the rolling terrain of Marion County, a place where the land seems to hold its breath, softened by the generous green of Kentucky's heartland. It lies 22.5 miles north of Hopkinsville, KY (from Hopkinsville, KY: bearing 351°T), and is situated 7.7 miles east of Dawson Springs. The sky here feels vast, an endless canvas of blue that deepens to a bruised violet at dusk, casting long, languid shadows across fields of corn and tobacco that stretch to the horizon. Old oaks, their branches gnarled like the hands of ancient farmers, stand sentinel along the roads, their leaves whispering secrets to the humid air that hangs thick and sweet with the scent of honeysuckle and damp earth. The houses, mostly modest dwellings with porches that invite lingering, seem to have grown organically from the soil, their paint weathered by seasons of sun and rain, mirroring the quiet resilience of the people who call St. Charles home. This quiet corner of Kentucky carries the echoes of a simpler past, its economy once deeply tied to the fertile ground that surrounds it, fostering generations of farming families. Though the agricultural rhythms persist, a hardy spirit of self-reliance has always been the bedrock of St. Charles. The general store, a fixture of the landscape, still serves as a gathering point, its worn wooden floors creaking underfoot as neighbors trade news and the occasional piece of local lore. The nearby landscape, sculpted by time and the gentle flow of small creeks, offers a constant, understated beauty, a reminder of the enduring connection between the people and the land they have worked for so long.

About This St. Charles Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of St. Charles, Kentucky — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 37.1866, -87.555476. 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 St. Charles and Marion County.

Detailed location data for St. Charles includes the ZIP code (42453), telephone area code (270), county seat of Marion County (Lebanon), and school district assignment (Hopkins 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 St. Charles is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.