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Kentucky Map

Every county, city and town in Kentucky on one zoomable map, with interstates, US highways, rivers and lakes. Switch on towns and counties above the map and zoom in for every name; tap a county to see its seat, population and largest towns.

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Free to print for class and home: Kentucky with its cities and towns, a county map with every county and county seat, and a blank outline map. PDFs fit one A4 or US Letter page.

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About Kentucky

Kentucky has 120 counties, 418 cities and 136 Census-designated communities, and about 4,606,864 people (2025 estimate) on 102,267 km² (39,485 sq mi) of land. The capital is Frankfort; the largest city is Louisville, with 641,962 people. It borders Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

Jefferson County is the most populous county (795,222 people) and Robertson County the least (2,325); Pike County is the largest by land area (2,036 km²) and Gallatin County the smallest (255 km²).

Largest cities in Kentucky

The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 554 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.

#CityCountyPopulation
1LouisvilleJefferson County641,962
2LexingtonFayette County329,751
3Bowling GreenWarren County78,505
4OwensboroDaviess County60,892
5CovingtonKenton County41,847
6GeorgetownScott County40,883
7RichmondMadison County40,663
8ElizabethtownHardin County35,448
9FlorenceBoone County34,018
10NicholasvilleJessamine County33,857
11HopkinsvilleChristian County30,411
12IndependenceKenton County30,198
13JeffersontownJefferson County29,193
14FrankfortFranklin County28,657
15HendersonHenderson County27,822
16PaducahMcCracken County26,730
17RadcliffHardin County22,576
18AshlandBoyd County20,996
19ErlangerKenton County20,158
20WinchesterClark County19,514
21MadisonvilleHopkins County19,428
22Mount WashingtonBullitt County18,989
23MurrayCalloway County18,964
24ShelbyvilleShelby County18,453
25St. MatthewsJefferson County17,868

Populations are US Census Bureau estimates for July 2025, within city or town limits.

Counties of Kentucky

All 120 counties with their county seats. Select one to show it on the map.

Counties of Kentucky. Select a column heading to sort; select a name to show it on the map.
Columbia19,4231,050
Scottsville22,536890
Lawrenceburg25,225524
Wickliffe7,594640
Glasgow45,6411,262
Owingsville13,176720
Pineville22,829930
Burlington145,316638
Paris20,243750
Catlettsburg47,751414
Danville31,632467
Brooksville8,511525
Jackson12,5581,275
Hardinsburg21,5031,476
Shepherdsville86,454769
Morgantown12,5201,104
Princeton12,609893
Murray39,421997
Newport95,441392
Bardwell4,747491
Carrollton11,141333
Grayson26,1491,061
Liberty16,2051,151
Hopkinsville70,1151,859
Winchester37,888654
Manchester19,4651,215
Albany9,139510
Marion8,807931
Burkesville5,992790
Owensboro104,8981,187
Brownsville12,749784
Sandy Hook7,265607
Irvine13,962655
Lexington329,751735
Flemingsburg15,787903
Prestonsburg34,4011,019
Frankfort52,649538
Hickman6,218533
Warsaw8,840255
Lancaster18,207596
Williamstown26,181668
Mayfield37,0501,429
Leitchfield27,4061,294
Greensburg11,644741
Greenup35,213892
Hawesville9,050486
Elizabethtown113,4821,616
Harlan24,7251,206
Cynthiana19,627794
Munfordville20,1171,069
Henderson44,2551,130
New Castle16,447741
Clinton4,372628
Madisonville45,1271,404
McKee13,325894
Louisville795,222986
Nicholasville57,147446
Paintsville22,051678
Covington and Independence175,779415
Hindman13,321910
Barbourville29,5321,001
Hodgenville15,184676
London63,7461,123
Louisa15,7651,076
Beattyville7,297541
Hyden9,6271,038
Whitesburg19,952875
Vanceburg12,9011,251
Stanford25,353862
Smithland8,863811
Russellville28,6691,430
Eddyville9,123554
Richmond101,6961,134
Salyersville11,110799
Lebanon20,115890
Benton31,659783
Inez10,697595
Maysville16,936622
Paducah67,553644
Whitley City17,1241,105
Calhoun9,064654
Brandenburg30,699791
Frenchburg6,430527
Harrodsburg23,733646
Edmonton10,583750
Tompkinsville11,191853
Mount Sterling28,822511
West Liberty14,415987
Greenville30,6341,210
Bardstown49,0361,084
Carlisle7,949506
Hartford23,9341,521
La Grange70,986485
Owenton11,601908
Booneville3,932511
Falmouth14,800718
Hazard26,555880
Pikeville54,7212,036
Stanton12,812464
Somerset67,3841,704
Mount Olivet2,325258
Mount Vernon16,148820
Morehead24,476725
Jamestown18,608656
Georgetown62,262731
Shelbyville51,243984
Franklin20,788607
Taylorsville20,998483
Campbellsville26,763690
Elkton12,972970
Cadiz14,5121,143
Bedford8,701383
Morganfield12,839888
Bowling Green149,3751,403
Springfield12,368770
Monticello19,5971,186
Dixon12,929860
Williamsburg37,2971,134
Campton6,298575
Versailles27,883491

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Sources

  • Counties, state borders, city and town locations and highways: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files, Gazetteer files and TIGER/Line roads (2023).
  • Populations: US Census Bureau Population Estimates, Vintage 2025; Census-designated communities: 2020 Census.
  • County seats and founding years: National Association of Counties (NACo) County Explorer.