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Kentucky ZIP Code Map

Download the free 3-digit map. Colour your own 5-digit map online.

A ready-made PDF with ZIP prefixes, highways and towns, or a more detailed map you can make your own. Choose the version that fits your job.

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Speak or type what you need coloured. See your map take shape, then tweak it.

Need to colour individual
5-digit ZIP areas?

Open Kentucky in our map colouring tool. Pick your colours and click the ZIP areas to build a sales territory, delivery area or service coverage map.

  • 704 mapped ZIP areas to colour
  • Add your own map title and colour key
  • Show or hide ZIP labels and place names
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Try it before buying. Map access is needed to save and download your finished map.

Working across state borders? Combine neighbouring states →
Kentucky five-digit ZIP boundaries coloured into example territories
Actual ZIP areas from our Kentucky map. Example colours, ready for your own territories.

Kentucky 3-digit ZIP code map

A simple overview of ZIP prefixes, main highways, towns and cities.

Free Kentucky three-digit ZIP prefix map with roads, towns and surrounding-area contextView larger
The preview and free PDF show 3-digit prefixes, not individual 5-digit ZIP areas.

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Download a vector PDF for a clear, scalable map of Kentucky and its surroundings. It is useful for an overview in a document, a planning discussion or a printed reference.

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PDF · 3-digit ZIP prefixes · No colouring-tool account needed

Free PDF for your own use. Please retain the GBMaps copyright notice and check our map usage and copyright terms before publishing or redistributing artwork.

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Get the supplied map files for your design work, with formats including PNG, PostScript, PowerPoint, SVG, EPS, PDF, Illustrator, JPG. Check the included files and current price before buying.

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Mapping Kentucky

Kentucky extends from the western area around Paducah, through Louisville and the Bluegrass region around Lexington, to the Appalachian east. Its long east-to-west shape makes regional reference points especially useful.

Start with the free PDF for roads and broad ZIP prefixes. Choose the five-digit tool to define Louisville service coverage, a Lexington sales patch or a western Kentucky territory. Rural and mountainous areas may need careful travel planning beyond what a ZIP polygon can show; the map is designed for visual coverage rather than navigation.

Estimated residents
4,606,864US Census Bureau, 1 July 2025
Square miles of land
39,491.61US Census Bureau, 2020 measurement
Residents per square mile
114.1US Census Bureau, 2020 population density
Mapped 5-digit ZIP areas
704Areas in our colouring-map dataset
Which Kentucky map do I need?
What you want to doBest place to start
Download a ready-made ZIP and road overviewFree 3-digit PDF
Edit map artwork in a design package3-digit map-files bundle
Colour individual ZIP areas and add a key5-digit ZIP colouring tool
Make one territory map across state bordersMulti-state map chooser

Kentucky ZIP map questions

Is the free Kentucky ZIP code map 3-digit or 5-digit?

The free PDF and the map preview show three-digit ZIP prefixes, main roads and place names. A prefix groups codes by their first three digits. To colour individual five-digit ZIP areas, open the separate Kentucky map in our online colouring tool.

Can I try the five-digit map before buying?

Yes. Load the map and try colouring areas, adding a key and changing the labels before buying access. Saving and downloading your finished map require the relevant map access. The free three-digit PDF download on this page is separate and does not require colouring-tool access.

Can I edit the map artwork?

The free PDF is a vector map for a clear view at different sizes. For supplied editable artwork and other formats, follow the editable-artwork section on this page. Check the available files and licence before buying; map files are separate from access to the online colouring tool.

Can I combine Kentucky with other states?

Yes. Open the state chooser and select up to three states that form a connected group. Each state must connect to the group, but does not have to touch every other selected state. Load and customise the combined map before buying. You can buy the selected states together, one state or access to all 50. Alaska may be added separately within the same three-state limit.

How should I prepare ZIP codes in a spreadsheet?

Keep the ZIP column as text with all five characters. Some US ZIP codes start with zero: for example, 02108 must not become 2108. Keeping the column as text prevents a spreadsheet from removing a leading zero before you import your codes into the colouring tool.

Are ZIP areas the same as counties or town boundaries?

No. ZIP codes are used for mail delivery; counties and municipalities are different geographies. Our colouring-tool dataset contains 704 mapped ZIP areas for Kentucky. That is a count of areas in this map, not a total of every USPS delivery code, PO Box or unique organisation code.

Your areas. Your colours. Your Kentucky map.

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Kentucky 3-digit ZIP map

Enlarged Kentucky three-digit ZIP map

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