Kentucky · Census place 2151024

Maysville, Kentucky

Maysville is a city in Mason County, Kentucky with an estimated 8,711 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 50th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,711
#50 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
-1.6%
-144 people
Land area
19.0 sq mi
+ 2.38 sq mi water
Density
459 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Maysville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

Maysville population, 2020 to 2024

Maysville lost 144 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +38. Among 79 Kentucky places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 71st; the median place changed by +2.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kentucky has 10,541 people, so Maysville is 83% of it.

8,85520208,73820218,68620228,67320238,7112024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,852. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Maysville covers 18.97 square miles of land and 2.38 of water, for 459 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Maysville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Maysville is in

All of Maysville's residents live in Mason County, which had 16,956 residents in 2024. Maysville holds 51.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Maysville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Maysville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 41056. 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 Maysville is

The Census internal point of Maysville is at 38.650000, -83.793000. Frankfort, the capital, is 66.7 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Alexandria, KY (10,819 people), 38.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cincinnati, OH, 51.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.650000, -83.793000
DMS
38°39'0.00"N 83°47'34.80"W
UTM
17N 256940.9E 4281639.5N
Geohash
dnu7vhpb9
Plus code
86CRM624+2R

Daylight in Maysville

At 38.65° N, Maysville gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Maysville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Augusta, 14.0 miles away, with 1,101 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Maysville, KY?

8,711 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 144 (1.6%) from 8,855 in July 2020.

What county is Maysville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Maysville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 41056.

How far is Maysville from Frankfort?

66.7 miles (107.4 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Maysville.

What is the nearest larger city to Maysville?

Alexandria, KY, with 10,819 residents, 38.7 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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