Kentucky · Census place 2169114
Scottsville, Kentucky
Scottsville is a city in Allen County, Kentucky with an estimated 4,574 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 86th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,574
- #86 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- +6.6%
- +283 people
- Land area
- 6.6 sq mi
- Density
- 693 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Scottsville population, 2020 to 2024
Scottsville added 283 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.6%. In the latest year it moved by +44.
Scottsville covers 6.60 square miles of land, for 693 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Scottsville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Scottsville is in
All of Scottsville's residents live in Allen County, which had 22,037 residents in 2024. Scottsville holds 20.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Scottsville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Scottsville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42164. 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 Scottsville is
The Census internal point of Scottsville is at 36.749300, -86.207600. Frankfort, the capital, is 123.3 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lafayette, TN (5,919 people), 18.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Nashville-Davidson, TN, 51.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.749300, -86.207600
- DMS
- 36°44'57.48"N 86°12'27.36"W
- UTM
- 16N 570736.1E 4067354.7N
- Geohash
- dnd9n6181
- Plus code
- 868MPQXR+PX
Daylight in Scottsville
At 36.75° N, Scottsville gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Scottsville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Franklin, 19.5 miles away, with 10,524 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Scottsville, KY?
4,574 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 283 (6.6%) from 4,291 in July 2020.
What county is Scottsville in?
Allen County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Scottsville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42164.
How far is Scottsville from Frankfort?
123.3 miles (198.5 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Scottsville.
What is the nearest larger city to Scottsville?
Lafayette, TN, with 5,919 residents, 18.4 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.