Piney Grove
Ghost town · Caldwell County, Kentucky

Piney Grove is a ghost town in Caldwell County, Kentucky. It is one of 10 former communities in Caldwell County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 44th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Piney Grove as a historical populated place on the Dawson Springs 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 37.1285° N, 87.7114° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Dawson Springs |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 609 ft |
| Nearest living town | Dawson Springs, KY |
| Distance to it | 3.4 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 2743604 |
| Coordinates | 37.12847, -87.71145 |
What's there now
Piney Grove is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Dawson Springs, KY (population 1,973), about 3.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 609 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Claxton Crossroadsghost town · Caldwell County · 2.5 mi
- Sixseamghost town · Hopkins County · 4 mi
- Walnut Groveghost town · Hopkins County · 4.7 mi
- Union Templeghost town · Hopkins County · 5.9 mi
- Lebanonghost town · Caldwell County · 5.9 mi
- Mitchellghost town · Christian County · 8.4 mi
- Castleberryghost town · Christian County · 8.8 mi
- Adamsghost town · Christian County · 9.2 mi
- Bethanyghost town · Caldwell County · 9.7 mi
- Briarfieldghost town · Caldwell County · 9.9 mi
- Rock Springghost town · Caldwell County · 10.5 mi
- Briarfield-Union Groveghost town · Caldwell County · 10.6 mi
Questions
Where is Piney Grove?
Piney Grove is in Caldwell County, Kentucky, at 37.1285, -87.7114.
How many ghost towns are in Caldwell County?
Caldwell County, Kentucky has 10 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
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 2026-11-05.