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Yelvington Kentucky Map

Explore Yelvington, 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 Yelvington, Kentucky

How to Use This Yelvington, Kentucky Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Yelvington, 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 Yelvington.

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

Latitude	37.849144
Longitude	-86.977855
Population	437
Density	222.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	42355
Area Code	270
County Seat	Owensboro
School District	Daviess County School District

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About Yelvington, Kentucky

Yelvington is a locality in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 437. The population density is 222.6 people per km². Yelvington is located at 37.8491°N, 86.9779°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 42355.

Yelvington rises from the flat, industrious stretches of the Ohio River valley, where the earth holds the damp, heavy scent of alluvial soil and the quiet persistence of rural Kentucky. It lies 9.8 miles northeast of Owensboro, KY (from Owensboro, KY: bearing 55°T), and is situated 5.0 miles northeast of Thruston. Kelly Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the landscape, its banks thick with willow and sycamore that trace the water’s slow progress toward the larger river systems. To the south, the horizon is punctuated by the faint, blue-gray silhouette of the Bon Harbor Hills, serving as a distant anchor to a terrain otherwise defined by expansive fields and the low, marshy depressions of Tywhapity Bottoms. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, singular gold, catching the surface of Kingfisher Lakes and casting long, thin shadows across the dormant machinery of the local fields.

Yelvington maintains a quiet relationship with the land, its economy anchored in the rhythms of agriculture and the steady, unpretentious labor that has defined this region for generations. History here is not written in monuments but in the persistent patterns of the harvest and the small, weathered structures that have survived the shifting demands of the local trade. While the proximity of Kingfisher Lakes offers a rare, stillness-filled respite for those who seek the water’s edge, the daily pulse of Yelvington remains tied to the movement of grain and the maintenance of the homesteads that dot the plains. Life proceeds with a deliberate, singular gravity, shaped by the isolation of the inland basin and the unwavering, seasonal demands of the Kentucky soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Carpenter Lake (State Recreation Area) — 0.0 mi, 198° S
Kingfisher Lakes (State Recreation Area) — 0.2 mi, 122° SE
Yellow Creek Park (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 217° SW
Confederate Monument (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 235° SW
Cinema 66 (Cinema) — 13.4 mi, 063° NE
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 13.5 mi, 061° NE · 204k acres
Perry County Museum (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 071° E
Christ of the Ohio (Public Artwork) — 13.9 mi, 045° NE
Town of Troy Veterans Memorial Wall (Monument) — 13.9 mi, 045° NE
Bloomfield Barrens Managed Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.3 mi, 337° NW
Lincoln State Park (State Park) — 16.4 mi, 356° N
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennal Plaza (Monument) — 18.0 mi, 357° N
Santa’s Candy Castle (Attraction) — 18.6 mi, 012° N
Hoosier Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 18.7 mi, 071° E · 35 acres
Sloughs Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.0 mi, 259° W
Scales Lake State Beach (State Park) — 20.4 mi, 314° NW
Green River National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Partnership Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.7 mi, 274° W · 2,073 acres
Newburgh Academy Of Dance (Arts Centre) — 24.3 mi, 287° W
Traditional Arts Today (Arts Centre) — 26.6 mi, 013° N
Mound B (Historic Ruins) — 26.7 mi, 284° W
Mound A (Historic Ruins) — 26.8 mi, 284° W
Cinema 33 (Cinema) — 28.3 mi, 171° S
Alhambra Theater (Theatre) — 33.0 mi, 284° W
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.3 mi, 348° N · 20k acres
Victory Theatre (Theatre) — 33.3 mi, 285° W
Audubon Mill Park (Nature Reserve) — 33.6 mi, 269° W
Merchand Bridge Overlook (Viewpoint) — 34.4 mi, 285° W
Harrison-Crawford State Forest (Nature Reserve) — 44.3 mi, 058° NE
Gibson County Visitors & Tourism (Attraction) — 47.7 mi, 317° NW
Mammoth Cave National Park (National Park) — 56.6 mi, 135° SE · 51k acres

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