Kentucky · Census place 2158692
Owenton, Kentucky
Owenton is a city in Owen County, Kentucky with an estimated 1,682 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 161st largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,682
- #161 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- -0.4%
- -7 people
- Land area
- 1.9 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 885 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Owenton population, 2020 to 2024
Owenton lost 7 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +15.
Owenton covers 1.90 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 885 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Owenton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Owenton is in
All of Owenton's residents live in Owen County, which had 11,435 residents in 2024. Owenton holds 14.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Owenton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Owenton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40359. 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 Owenton is
The Census internal point of Owenton is at 38.539000, -84.839200. Frankfort, the capital, is 24.4 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Williamstown, KY (3,971 people), 16.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 40.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.539000, -84.839200
- DMS
- 38°32'20.40"N 84°50'21.12"W
- UTM
- 16N 688325.6E 4267834.1N
- Geohash
- dngejrvcz
- Plus code
- 86CQG5Q6+H8
Daylight in Owenton
At 38.54° N, Owenton 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 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Owenton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Williamstown, 16.0 miles away, with 3,971 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Owenton, KY?
1,682 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 7 (0.4%) from 1,689 in July 2020.
What county is Owenton in?
Owen County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Owenton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 40359.
How far is Owenton from Frankfort?
24.4 miles (39.3 km) in a straight line, heading S from Owenton.
What is the nearest larger city to Owenton?
Williamstown, KY, with 3,971 residents, 16.0 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.