Kentucky · Census place 2124400
Elkton, Kentucky
Elkton is a city in Todd County, Kentucky with an estimated 2,330 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 131st largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,330
- #131 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- +12.9%
- +266 people
- Land area
- 2.8 sq mi
- Density
- 826 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Elkton population, 2020 to 2024
Elkton added 266 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +12.9%. In the latest year it moved by +84.
Elkton covers 2.82 square miles of land, for 826 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Elkton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Elkton is in
All of Elkton's residents live in Todd County, which had 12,757 residents in 2024. Elkton holds 18.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Elkton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elkton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42220. 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 Elkton is
The Census internal point of Elkton is at 36.816100, -87.161100. Frankfort, the capital, is 157.1 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Russellville, KY (7,431 people), 14.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clarksville, TN, 20.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.816100, -87.161100
- DMS
- 36°48'57.96"N 87°09'39.96"W
- UTM
- 16N 485631.5E 4074484.2N
- Geohash
- dnd12w5jr
- Plus code
- 868JRR8Q+CH
Daylight in Elkton
At 36.82° N, Elkton gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Elkton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Guthrie, 11.6 miles away, with 1,362 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Elkton, KY?
2,330 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 266 (12.9%) from 2,064 in July 2020.
What county is Elkton in?
Todd County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Elkton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42220.
How far is Elkton from Frankfort?
157.1 miles (252.8 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Elkton.
What is the nearest larger city to Elkton?
Russellville, KY, with 7,431 residents, 14.8 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.