Water Valley Kentucky Map

About Water Valley, Kentucky

Water Valley is a locality in Graves County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 235. The population density is 169.9 people per km². Water Valley is located at 36.5656°N, 88.8112°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 42085.

Water Valley emerges from the flat, fertile expanse of the Purchase region, where the horizon stretches wide and the light holds a singular, golden clarity during the long afternoons of harvest. It lies 27.7 miles west of Murray, KY (from Murray, KY: bearing 264°T), and is situated 5.7 miles northeast of South Fulton. The landscape surrounding Water Valley is defined by the steady, industrious pulse of agriculture, marked by fields that surrender to the rhythmic geometry of corn and soybean rows. A mile to the east, the South Fork Bayou de Chien traces a meandering path through the earth, its water reflecting the shifting moods of the sky, while the quiet surface of Stephens Lake sits four miles away, offering a still, glassy mirror to the passing clouds. On clear days, the faint, hazy silhouette of Hickory Ridge might be discerned far to the east, a distant suggestion of height against the otherwise level plains that anchor the local geography.

Farmers and local families form the bedrock of Water Valley, maintaining a legacy of cultivation that has defined the rhythm of the seasons for generations. The economy remains tethered to the soil, an enduring commitment to the land that dictates the pace of life and the shared values of the people who reside here. Beyond the immediate fields, the proximity to Fulton City Park/Browder Street Park provides a space for common gathering, where the shade of mature trees offers relief from the summer heat and a place for the community to congregate. There is a profound, quiet gravity to the way the day concludes in Water Valley, as the shadows lengthen across the dust of the backroads and the cooling air carries the scent of turned earth and drying stalks, signaling a return to the hearth.

About This Water Valley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Water Valley, Kentucky. Coordinates: 36.565615, -88.811168. 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 Water Valley includes the ZIP code (42085), telephone area code (270, 364), county seat of Graves County (Mayfield), and school district assignment (Graves 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.