Wingo Kentucky Map

About Wingo, Kentucky

Wingo is a locality in Graves County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 573. The population density is 226.9 people per km². Wingo is located at 36.6423°N, 88.7389°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wingo is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42088.

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.

About This Wingo Map Page

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).

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.