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Paducah

City of Paducah
City
Broadway downtown
Broadway downtown
Location of Paducah within Kentucky.
Location of Paducah within Kentucky.
Coordinates: 37°4′20″N 88°37′39″W / 37.07222°N 88.62750°W / 37.07222; -88.62750Coordinates: 37°4′20″N 88°37′39″W / 37.07222°N 88.62750°W / 37.07222; -88.62750
Country  United States
State  Kentucky
County McCracken
Settled c. 1821
Established 1830
Incorporated 1838
Named for the Comanche Indians
Government
 • Type Council-Manager
 • Mayor Brandi Harless
 • City Manager Jeffrey Pederson
Area
 • City 51.8 km2 (20.0 sq mi)
 • Land 51.5 km2 (19.9 sq mi)
 • Water 0.3 km2 (0.1 sq mi)
Elevation 104 m (341 ft)
Population (2010)
 • City 25,024
 • Metro 98,765 (2,000)
Demonym(s) Paducahan
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP Code 42001-42002-42003
Area code(s) 270 & 364
FIPS code 21-58836
GNIS feature ID 0500106
Website www.paducahky.gov

Paducah (/pəˈdkə/) is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. The largest city in the Jackson Purchase region, it is located at the confluence of the Tennessee and the Ohio Rivers, halfway between St. Louis, Missouri, to the northwest and Nashville, Tennessee, to the southeast. The population was 24,864 in 2015, down from 25,024 during the 2010 U.S. Census. Twenty blocks of the city's downtown have been designated as a historic district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Paducah is the hub of its micropolitan area, which includes McCracken, Ballard and Livingston counties in Kentucky and Massac County in Illinois.

Paducah was first settled as Pekin by James and William Pore c. 1821. The community – favorably located at the confluence of several waterways – occupied a site previously noted as a Chickasaw trading center.


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