Cromwell is an
unincorporated community in
Ohio County,
Kentucky, United States.
Education
The north side of the community is home to Southern Elementary School, a part of the Ohio County School System. Secondary students in Cromwell attend Ohio County Middle and High Schools, located in the
Hartford/Beaver Dam area.
Geography and transportation
The community is located in the southern portion of Ohio County on
U.S. Route 231
U.S. Route 231 (US 231) is a north-south United States Numbered Highway System, U.S highway that is a parallel route of U.S. Route 31, US 31. It runs for from St. John, Indiana, St. John, Indiana, at U.S. Route 41 in Indiana, US 41 ...
near its junction with
Kentucky Route 505
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...
. It is located about southeast of
Beaver Dam.
Interstate 165 (formerly the
William H. Natcher Parkway
The William H. Natcher Green River Parkway was the designation for a freeway that ran from Bowling Green to Owensboro in the US commonwealth of Kentucky. The Natcher Parkway was one of nine highways that were a part of Kentucky's parkway syste ...
) provides direct access to Cromwell via the Exit 33 interchange with U.S. 231 just south of the Ohio-
Butler County line. The community is also directly served by the
Western Kentucky Parkway at its Exit 75 interchange on the southern edge of Beaver Dam.
Industry
Cromwell is home to a
Perdue Farms poultry and pork processing plant.
Post office
Cromwell has a
post office with
ZIP code 42333, which opened on May 28, 1846.
References
Unincorporated communities in Ohio County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
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