Kentucky · Census place 2103574

Barbourville, Kentucky

Barbourville is a city in Knox County, Kentucky with an estimated 3,081 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 108th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,081; #108 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020: -4.2%; -134 people
Land area: 2.7 sq mi; + 0.06 sq mi water
Density: 1,158 / sq mi; State median 1,588

Orange pin: Barbourville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

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Barbourville population, 2020 to 2024

Barbourville lost 134 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.2%. In the latest year it moved by -25.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,219. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Barbourville covers 2.66 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,158 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Barbourville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Barbourville is in

All of Barbourville's residents live in Knox County, which had 29,657 residents in 2024. Barbourville holds 10.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Barbourville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Barbourville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40906. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Barbourville is

The Census internal point of Barbourville is at 36.865700, -83.883200. Frankfort, the capital, is 106.2 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Corbin, KY (7,891 people), 12.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 62.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 36.865700, -83.883200
DMS: 36°51'56.52"N 83°52'59.52"W
UTM: 17N 242983.1E 4083855.7N
Geohash: dns3epnn7
Plus code: 868RV488+7P

Daylight in Barbourville

At 36.87° N, Barbourville gets about 14 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Barbourville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Pineville, 12.7 miles away, with 1,566 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Barbourville, KY?

3,081 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 134 (4.2%) from 3,215 in July 2020.

What county is Barbourville in?

Knox County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Barbourville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 40906.

How far is Barbourville from Frankfort?

106.2 miles (171.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Barbourville.

What is the nearest larger city to Barbourville?

Corbin, KY, with 7,891 residents, 12.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.