Kentucky · Census place 2120224
Dawson Springs, Kentucky
Dawson Springs is a city in Hopkins County, Kentucky with an estimated 2,254 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 138th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,254
- #138 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- -8.1%
- -200 people
- Land area
- 3.8 sq mi
- + 0.08 sq mi water
- Density
- 587 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Dawson Springs population, 2020 to 2024
Dawson Springs lost 200 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -8.1%. In the latest year it moved by +29.
Dawson Springs covers 3.84 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 587 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Dawson Springs is less dense than the typical town.
What county Dawson Springs is in
All of Dawson Springs's residents live in Hopkins County, which had 45,218 residents in 2024. Dawson Springs holds 5.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Dawson Springs
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dawson Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42408. 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 Dawson Springs is
The Census internal point of Dawson Springs is at 37.174200, -87.688600. Frankfort, the capital, is 169.0 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Princeton, KY (6,223 people), 11.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clarksville, TN, 46.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.174200, -87.688600
- DMS
- 37°10'27.12"N 87°41'18.96"W
- UTM
- 16N 438870.7E 4114419.2N
- Geohash
- dn9ekx757
- Plus code
- 869J58F6+MH
Daylight in Dawson Springs
At 37.17° N, Dawson Springs gets about 14 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Dawson Springs
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Princeton, 11.8 miles away, with 6,223 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Dawson Springs, KY?
2,254 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 200 (8.1%) from 2,454 in July 2020.
What county is Dawson Springs in?
Hopkins County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Dawson Springs?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42408.
How far is Dawson Springs from Frankfort?
169.0 miles (272.0 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Dawson Springs.
What is the nearest larger city to Dawson Springs?
Princeton, KY, with 6,223 residents, 11.8 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.