Kentucky · Census place 2133022
Greenville, Kentucky
Greenville is a city in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky with an estimated 4,353 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 88th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,353
- #88 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- -2.8%
- -126 people
- Land area
- 5.1 sq mi
- + 0.14 sq mi water
- Density
- 847 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Greenville population, 2020 to 2024
Greenville lost 126 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +0.
Greenville covers 5.14 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 847 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Greenville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Greenville is in
All of Greenville's residents live in Muhlenberg County, which had 30,512 residents in 2024. Greenville holds 14.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Greenville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Greenville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42345. 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 Greenville is
The Census internal point of Greenville is at 37.210500, -87.177600. Frankfort, the capital, is 142.8 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Central City, KY (5,744 people), 6.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clarksville, TN, 45.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.210500, -87.177600
- DMS
- 37°12'37.80"N 87°10'39.36"W
- UTM
- 16N 484241.5E 4118239.0N
- Geohash
- dnd58jzny
- Plus code
- 869J6R6C+6X
Daylight in Greenville
At 37.21° N, Greenville gets about 14 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Greenville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Central City, 6.5 miles away, with 5,744 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Greenville, KY?
4,353 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 126 (2.8%) from 4,479 in July 2020.
What county is Greenville in?
Muhlenberg County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Greenville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42345.
How far is Greenville from Frankfort?
142.8 miles (229.8 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Greenville.
What is the nearest larger city to Greenville?
Central City, KY, with 5,744 residents, 6.5 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.