Worthington Kentucky Map

About Worthington, Kentucky

Worthington is a locality in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,501. The population density is 510.2 people per km². Worthington is located at 38.5511°N, 82.7350°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Worthington is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 40241, 41183.

Worthington reveals itself through the steady, low-slung movement of Wolf Pen Branch as it cuts through the dense, clay-heavy earth. It lies 4.6 miles north-northeast of Lyndon, KY (from Lyndon, KY: bearing 28°T), and is situated 9.9 miles east-northeast of Jeffersonville. The landscape here is defined by a deep, quiet persistence, where the light at dusk flattens against the horizon, washing the surrounding fields in a pale, bruised gold. Beyond the immediate tree line, the land rises in slow, measured increments toward the distant, hazy suggestion of the Appalachian Mountains, though the terrain remains firmly anchored in the limestone-rich soil of the central plains. Only two miles away, E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park provides a sprawling expanse of managed green, offering a sharp contrast to the wilder, unkempt thickets that border the local drainage paths.

Worthington maintains a character forged by the steady, utilitarian rhythm of the regional economy, where the memory of earlier industrial shifts still informs the pace of daily affairs. The architecture of the older residential sections speaks to a time of modest, deliberate construction, with sturdy wood-frame structures weathered by the humid, heavy air of the changing seasons. Residents maintain a quiet connection to the geography of the nearby countryside, often traveling toward the quiet basin of Rabbit Hollow or the water’s edge at Tucker Lake when the work week relents. Life in Worthington persists without the need for grand gestures, defined instead by the way the evening shadows stretch across the asphalt and the persistent, low-frequency hum of a landscape that knows its own boundaries well.

About This Worthington Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Worthington, Kentucky. Coordinates: 38.551106, -82.734954. 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 Worthington includes the ZIP code (40241, 41183), telephone area code (502, 859), county seat of Jefferson County (Louisville), and school district assignment (Raceland-Worthington Independent 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.