White Plains Kentucky Map

About White Plains, Kentucky

White Plains is a locality in Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 829. The population density is 98.4 people per km². White Plains is located at 37.1694°N, 87.3789°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. White Plains is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42464.

White Plains exists as a quiet accumulation of limestone foundations and open fields, where the horizon remains wide and unobstructed by the jagged silhouettes of distant mountain ranges. It lies 11.8 miles south-southeast of Madisonville, KY (from Madisonville, KY: bearing 148°T), and is situated 16.2 miles west-southwest of Central City. The local topography favors a gentle, sweeping terrain that invites the morning light to settle long and thin across the soil, illuminating the modest expanse of White Plains City Park. To the west, the land dips toward the path of Drakes Creek, a waterway that marks the landscape with a persistent, quiet fluidity, while the more distant Barnsley Hills provide a faint, hazy boundary to the east. Beyond the immediate clearings, the earth holds the memory of ancient geological shifts, creating a subtle, undulating expanse that feels distinct from the rugged, forested elevation found miles away in the Pennyrile State Forest.

Economic life in White Plains draws its endurance from the persistent rhythm of the land, reflecting a legacy built upon the deep, fertile earth and the steady labor of those who work it. History here is felt in the weight of the soil and the way the light catches the dust on a harvest afternoon, rather than in grand monuments or stone-carved records. Life moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, occasionally punctuated by the quietude found near the edges of Long Pond or the sheltered depth of Beech Hollow. While the modern world presses in with its own frantic requirements, the identity of White Plains remains anchored in its regional character, maintaining a stoic patience that persists long after the sun has slipped behind the western rise of the fields.

About This White Plains Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of White Plains, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.169433, -87.378922. 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 White Plains includes the ZIP code (42464), telephone area code (270), county seat of Hopkins County (Madisonville), and school district assignment (Hopkins 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.