Kentucky · Census place 2123824
Eddyville, Kentucky
Eddyville is a city in Lyon County, Kentucky with an estimated 2,332 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 130th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,332
- #130 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- -2.1%
- -50 people
- Land area
- 6.9 sq mi
- + 0.82 sq mi water
- Density
- 337 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Eddyville population, 2020 to 2024
Eddyville lost 50 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -120.
Eddyville covers 6.93 square miles of land and 0.82 of water, for 337 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Eddyville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Eddyville is in
All of Eddyville's residents live in Lyon County, which had 9,078 residents in 2024. Eddyville holds 25.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Eddyville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Eddyville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42038. 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 Eddyville is
The Census internal point of Eddyville is at 37.077400, -88.074900. Frankfort, the capital, is 191.1 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Princeton, KY (6,223 people), 10.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clarksville, TN, 53.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.077400, -88.074900
- DMS
- 37°04'38.64"N 88°04'29.64"W
- UTM
- 16N 404455.1E 4103999.0N
- Geohash
- dn96gv9zd
- Plus code
- 869H3WGG+X2
Daylight in Eddyville
At 37.08° N, Eddyville gets about 14 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Eddyville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Princeton, 10.7 miles away, with 6,223 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Eddyville, KY?
2,332 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 50 (2.1%) from 2,382 in July 2020.
What county is Eddyville in?
Lyon County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Eddyville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42038.
How far is Eddyville from Frankfort?
191.1 miles (307.6 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Eddyville.
What is the nearest larger city to Eddyville?
Princeton, KY, with 6,223 residents, 10.7 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.