Explore Wingo, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Wingo, 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 Wingo.
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 | Wingo |
| State | Kentucky (KY) |
| County | Graves County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 36.642281 |
| Longitude | -88.738942 |
| Population | 573 |
| Density | 226.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 42088 |
| Area Code | 270, 364 |
| County Seat | Mayfield |
| School District | Graves County School District |
Wingo anchors itself firmly within the quiet, fertile plains of the Jackson Purchase, where the land stretches out in broad, uncomplicated swaths of dark earth. It lies 23.6 miles west of Murray, KY (from Murray, KY: bearing 275°T), and is situated 8.9 miles southwest of Mayfield. Cane Creek carves a shallow, persistent path near the perimeter, its water moving with a slow, deliberate gravity that mirrors the pace of the surrounding fields. The horizon remains wide and unobstructed, though on the clearest days, the faint, hazy suggestion of Hogskin Ridge might occupy the distant edge of the sky. Within the center of the grid, Wingo Neighborhoold/City Park offers a modest expanse of green where the sunlight strikes the grass at a low, golden angle during the late afternoon, turning common clover into something briefly luminous.
History in Wingo remains bound to the heavy, nutrient-rich soil that has long dictated the local economy, favoring the steady cultivation of tobacco and corn over the fleeting bustle of modern industry. The rhythm of the days is measured not by the clock, but by the seasonal turning of crops and the occasional stillness that settles over the crossroads. While Sunset Lake lies five miles away as a quiet place for reflection, the life of the inhabitants stays tethered to the flat, hardworking geography of the immediate vicinity. This is a place where the architecture of daily existence is built upon the endurance of the land, preserving a sense of grounded continuity that persists long after the harvest has been gathered and stored.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wingo, Kentucky. Coordinates: 36.642281, -88.738942. 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 Wingo includes the ZIP code (42088), telephone area code (270, 364), county seat of Graves County (Mayfield), and school district assignment (Graves County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |