Todd County is a county in Kentucky, United States, on the Tennessee state line in the south-central part of the commonwealth. It had a population of 12,243 at the 2020 census and covers 377 square miles (980 km2) centred near 36\u00b050\u2032N 87\u00b011\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Elkton is the county seat and its postal code is 42220. The county has 3 incorporated cities, 2 census-designated places, and a scatter of small unincorporated communities, and sits in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n
Todd County has three incorporated cities — Elkton, Guthrie, and Trenton — plus two census-designated places (CDPs) and a number of unincorporated crossroads communities that carry historic names but no town government. Kentucky counties do not use civil townships, so the table below omits that column.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkton<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | 2,056<\/td>\n | 42220<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Guthrie<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | 1,330<\/td>\n | 42234<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Trenton<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 42286<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Allensville<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 42204<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Fairview<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Allegre<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Anderson<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bradshaw<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Britmart<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cedar Grove<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Claymour<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Clifty<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 42216<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Darnell<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Daysville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hadensville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hermon<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Jason<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Kirkmansville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Liberty<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mays Store<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mount Tabor<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pinchem<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sharon Grove<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 42280<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tabernacle<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tiny Town<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tress Shop<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tyewhoppety<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wilhelmina<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Zion<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\nZIP Codes<\/h2>\nFairview and the county’s smaller unincorporated crossroads share the mailing ZIP of their nearest post office town rather than carrying their own code.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nTodd County splits into two landscapes: a rolling sandstone upland in the north and a lower Pennyroyal-region plain in the south, where the dark “Pembroke” soil series has long supported some of Kentucky’s most productive dark-fired tobacco and grain ground. The county has no major lake or navigable river; drainage runs mostly southwest toward the Red River system. Todd County borders Muhlenberg County to the north, Logan County to the east, Christian County to the west, and Robertson County and Montgomery County in Tennessee to the south across the state line.<\/p>\n Links: Muhlenberg County<\/a> (north), Logan County<\/a> (east), Christian County<\/a> (west), Robertson County, Tennessee<\/a> and Montgomery County, Tennessee<\/a> (south).<\/p>\n Todd County had 12,243 residents at the 2020 census, giving it a density of about 33 people per square mile. Elkton (2,056) and Guthrie (1,330) are the county’s two largest communities; most of the remaining population lives in unincorporated rural areas. Household income in Todd County runs below the Kentucky median of $61,118, reflecting the county’s agricultural, low-density economic base.<\/p>\n Agriculture is still the backbone of Todd County’s economy: dark-fired and burley tobacco, corn, soybeans, and cattle dominate the working landscape, particularly on the Pennyroyal-region farmland south of Elkton. Guthrie sits on a rail line that has supported light industry and grain shipping for well over a century. Elkton’s courthouse square anchors county government and local retail.<\/p>\n Todd County was formed on January 1, 1820, from parts of Christian and Logan counties, and named for Colonel John Todd, a Kentucky pioneer and militia officer killed at the Battle of Blue Licks in 1782. Fairview, near the Christian County line, is the birthplace of Jefferson Davis, the only president of the Confederate States of America, commemorated today by a 351-foot obelisk at Jefferson Davis Monument State Historic Site. Novelist and poet Robert Penn Warren, the first U.S. Poet Laureate, was also born in the county, in Guthrie.<\/p>\n U.S. Route 68\/KY 80 crosses the county through Elkton, linking it to Hopkinsville to the west and Franklin to the east; US 41 skirts the eastern edge near Guthrie.<\/p>\n The nearest commercial airport is Nashville International Airport, roughly an hour’s drive south.<\/p>\n Where is Todd County, Kentucky?<\/strong> What is the population of Todd County?<\/strong> How big is Todd County?<\/strong> What is the Todd County seat?<\/strong> How many towns are in Todd County?<\/strong> |