Stanley Kentucky Map

About Stanley, Kentucky

Stanley is a locality in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 309. The population density is 142.7 people per km². Stanley is located at 37.8234°N, 87.2439°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 42301.

Stanley rests upon the low-slung, fertile plains of the Kentucky interior, defined by the persistent, rhythmic presence of the Fulkerson Ditch as it carves a path through the dark, mineral-heavy earth. It lies 7.9 miles west-northwest of Owensboro, KY (from Owensboro, KY: bearing 296°T), and is situated 4.9 miles north of Sorgho. Fern Hill stands as a modest sentinel four miles to the east, its silhouette softening into a hazy indigo when the late afternoon light begins to bruise the horizon. Within the quiet boundaries of Stanley Park, the air holds a stillness that tastes of damp limestone and drying corn husks, a sensory anchor for those who walk the perimeter where the soil transitions from cultivated fields to wilder, scrub-filled thickets. The land here does not demand attention; it simply persists, holding the cool, subterranean memory of the earth in its dense, clay-rich grip.

Stanley draws its character from the slow, deliberate pulse of agricultural cycles that have dictated the pace of life since the earliest settlers broke the stubborn topsoil. While the local economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, the influence of the wider region—with its legacy of distillery craft and the quiet endurance of the Upper South—pervades the conversation in the local shops. History is less a written record here than a series of heavy, recurring seasons, marked by the occasional traveler passing through toward the distant basin of the Willow Pond Bed or the glassy surface of Vance Lake. Life in Stanley operates on a frequency of patience, where the turning of the year is marked not by grand monuments, but by the subtle shifting of shadows across the barn roofs and the persistent, quiet work of the fields.

About This Stanley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Stanley, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.82338, -87.24389. 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 Stanley includes the ZIP code (42301), telephone area code (270), county seat of Daviess County (Owensboro), and school district assignment (Daviess 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.