Kentucky · Census place 2153472
Morganfield, Kentucky
Morganfield is a city in Union County, Kentucky with an estimated 3,131 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 105th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,131
- #105 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- -3.8%
- -122 people
- Land area
- 2.8 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,114 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
Measure from here
Tools and pages that start from Morganfield
Morganfield population, 2020 to 2024
Morganfield lost 122 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.8%. In the latest year it moved by -26.
Morganfield covers 2.81 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,114 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Morganfield is less dense than the typical town.
What county Morganfield is in
All of Morganfield's residents live in Union County, which had 13,178 residents in 2024. Morganfield holds 23.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Morganfield
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Morganfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42437. 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 Morganfield is
The Census internal point of Morganfield is at 37.688900, -87.881400. Frankfort, the capital, is 167.4 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mount Vernon, IN (6,341 people), 17.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Evansville, IN, 28.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.688900, -87.881400
- DMS
- 37°41'20.04"N 87°52'53.04"W
- UTM
- 16N 422288.9E 4171664.2N
- Geohash
- dn9w2jn9y
- Plus code
- 869JM4Q9+HC
Daylight in Morganfield
At 37.69° N, Morganfield gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Morganfield
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Sturgis, 11.4 miles away, with 1,655 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Morganfield, KY?
3,131 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 122 (3.8%) from 3,253 in July 2020.
What county is Morganfield in?
Union County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Morganfield?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42437.
How far is Morganfield from Frankfort?
167.4 miles (269.4 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Morganfield.
What is the nearest larger city to Morganfield?
Mount Vernon, IN, with 6,341 residents, 17.1 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.