Whitesville Kentucky Map

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.

About This Whitesville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Whitesville, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.683107, -86.87138. 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 Whitesville includes the ZIP code (42378), 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.