Centertown, KY

Centertown is a home rule-class city in Ohio County, Kentucky, in the United States. The 2020 census counted 416 residents. The city is concentrated along a merged stretch of Kentucky Routes 69 and 85 northeast of Central City. The two highways converge just west of the city, with KY 85 approaching from Island to the northwest, and diverge just east of the city, with KY 69 continuing eastward to Hartford, and KY 85 veering southward to join US 62 near Rockport. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Centertown, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Centertown, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map.