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McDonalds

Ghost town · Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

Madisonville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1909, 1:62,500)
Madisonville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1909, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

McDonalds is a ghost town in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It is one of 29 former communities in Muhlenberg County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 8th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists McDonalds as a historical populated place on the Millport topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 37.3122° N, 87.2508° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMillport
Elevation476 ft
Nearest living townBremen, KY
Distance to it3.9 miles
GNIS feature ID2743024
Coordinates37.31219, -87.25076

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

McDonalds today, aerial view
Madisonville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1909, 1:62,500)

Left: Madisonville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1909, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

McDonalds is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Bremen, KY (population 299), about 3.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 476 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is McDonalds?

McDonalds is in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, at 37.3122, -87.2508.

How many ghost towns are in Muhlenberg County?

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky has 29 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-06.