Enter your search query in the box below.

Whitesville Kentucky Map

Explore Whitesville, Kentucky, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Whitesville, Kentucky

How to Use This Whitesville, Kentucky Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Whitesville, Kentucky. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Kentucky or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Whitesville.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Whitesville
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	Daviess County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	37.683107
Longitude	-86.87138
Population	580
Density	519.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	42378
Area Code	270
County Seat	Owensboro
School District	Daviess County School District

🌦 Goto Whitesville Weather Page: Whitesville, Kentucky — Weather Warnings, Forecast, Radar, Satellite & Current Conditions

About Whitesville, Kentucky

Whitesville is a locality in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 580. The population density is 519.6 people per km². Whitesville is located at 37.6831°N, 86.8714°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Whitesville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42378.

Whitesville anchors a quiet expanse of Kentucky where the horizon is defined by the modest, rounded silhouette of Barnetts Knob. It lies 14.6 miles east-southeast of Owensboro, KY (from Owensboro, KY: bearing 115°T), and is situated 8.9 miles east of Masonville. The land unfolds in a series of fertile swells that catch the amber light of late afternoon, casting long, soft shadows across the fields toward the winding path of North Fork Panther Creek. Life here maintains a steady, deliberate pace, anchored by the open green spaces of Whitesville City Park, where the air often carries the scent of damp earth and distant, sun-warmed limestone. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain dips into the quiet, shaded depression of Dark Hollow, a reminder of the subtle, ancient shifts in the regional topography that shape the local drainage and growth.

Whitesville emerged from a tradition of agrarian resilience, serving as a social and commercial clearinghouse for the surrounding farms that have defined the local economy for generations. While the broader region is marked by the legacy of distillery culture and the steady labor of the soil, the people of Whitesville have cultivated a character defined by neighborly independence and a deep, unspoken familiarity with the rhythms of the seasons. The local economy remains tethered to the productivity of the land, though the modern day finds residents looking toward Vance Lake for recreation when the summer heat settles firmly over the plains. There is a persistent, quiet dignity in the way the morning mist clings to the fence lines, suggesting a place that values the slow accumulation of history over the frantic pace of the outside world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Whitesville City Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 091° E
Ohio County Park North (Local Park) — 6.9 mi, 115° SE
Washburn Lake (State Recreation Area) — 11.4 mi, 174° S
L.B. Davison Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.5 mi, 139° SE
Carpenter Lake (State Recreation Area) — 12.6 mi, 332° NW
Confederate Monument (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 295° NW
Cinema 33 (Cinema) — 16.5 mi, 185° S
Perry County Museum (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 024° NE
Cinema 66 (Cinema) — 18.7 mi, 019° N
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 19.0 mi, 019° N · 204k acres
Rough River Dam State Resort Park (State Park) — 20.2 mi, 102° E
Peabody Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.4 mi, 184° S
Town of Troy Veterans Memorial Wall (Monument) — 21.7 mi, 011° N
Christ of the Ohio (Public Artwork) — 21.7 mi, 011° N
Lincoln State Park (State Park) — 28.7 mi, 346° N
Santa’s Candy Castle (Attraction) — 29.7 mi, 356° N
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennal Plaza (Monument) — 30.2 mi, 347° N
Green River National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Partnership Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.3 mi, 294° NW · 2,073 acres
Newburgh Academy Of Dance (Arts Centre) — 34.5 mi, 303° NW
Mound B (Historic Ruins) — 36.5 mi, 300° NW
Mound A (Historic Ruins) — 36.5 mi, 299° NW
Traditional Arts Today (Arts Centre) — 37.4 mi, 001° N
Audubon Mill Park (Nature Reserve) — 40.9 mi, 286° W
Alhambra Theater (Theatre) — 42.5 mi, 297° NW
Victory Theatre (Theatre) — 43.0 mi, 298° NW
Merchand Bridge Overlook (Viewpoint) — 44.0 mi, 298° NW
Mammoth Cave National Park (National Park) — 44.6 mi, 130° SE · 51k acres
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.8 mi, 344° N · 20k acres
Harrison-Crawford State Forest (Nature Reserve) — 47.2 mi, 042° NE
Squire Boone Caverns (Attraction) — 48.1 mi, 057° NE

Latest News: Whitesville

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News