Taylorsville Kentucky Map

About Taylorsville, Kentucky

Taylorsville is a locality in Spencer County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,256. The population density is 533.5 people per km². Taylorsville is located at 38.0317°N, 85.3425°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Taylorsville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 40071.

Taylorsville sits along the banks of the Salt River, where the water moves with a heavy, deliberate grace through the limestone-rich earth of Kentucky. It lies 11.1 miles east of Mount Washington, KY (from Mount Washington, KY: bearing 96°T), and is situated 5.0 miles south-southeast of Elk Creek. The landscape unfolds in a series of green, swelling rises that define the character of the land, far removed from the distant, jagged shadows of the Appalachian Mountains. Light at dusk here possesses a particular quality, turning the fields into a bruised violet before the evening settles into a deep, quiet gray. Just a short distance away, the expansive surface of Taylorsville Lake mirrors the shifting clouds, while the nearby Spencer County Community Park Project offers a quiet reprieve of meadows and wooded edges. Even the air feels heavy with the scent of damp soil and the slow, persistent growth of the season, grounding the observer in a terrain that seems to hold its breath between the turning of the sun and the arrival of the stars.

History in Taylorsville is written in the architecture of its modest centers and the preservation of long-standing agricultural traditions that continue to shape the local economy. The rhythms of daily life are dictated by the land, with the surrounding countryside serving as a quiet witness to the generations that have worked the soil or navigated the path toward Feather Bed Hollow. While the influence of the regional distillery heritage lingers in the local vernacular and the slow pace of the afternoon, there is a modern persistence to the way the people maintain their connections to the river and the surrounding fields. It is a place that finds its identity in the steady, unadorned labor of its residents, far from the noise of larger corridors, maintaining a character that is as solid and enduring as the limestone foundations beneath the roadbeds.

About This Taylorsville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Taylorsville, Kentucky. Coordinates: 38.03173, -85.342453. 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 Taylorsville includes the ZIP code (40071), telephone area code (502), county seat of Spencer County (Taylorsville), and school district assignment (Spencer 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.