Town file
Cadiz, Kentucky
Cadiz, Kentucky (Trigg County, Kentucky) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 610, "Murder Soup" (4 July 2025). Cadiz, Kentucky, spelt C-A-D-I-Z, is a small town of 2,583 people in Trigg County in the south-western corner of the state, about ninety minutes from Nashville and nearly three hours from Louisville.
- Town
- Cadiz
- County
- Trigg County
- State
- Kentucky
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 610
- Approximate location
- 36.862, -87.817
Episode 610 / 4 July 2025 / 71 min / express
Murder Soup
"We are going to Cadiz, Kentucky, spelled C A D I Z, in southwestern Kentucky, in Trigg County, Trigg with two Gs." about 0:04:30
The case: Murder of the Champion family (October 24, 2014). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2025
- Population
- 2,583
- Median household income
- $37,805
- Median home value
- $1060
History, in brief
- An 1884 book, History of Trigg County, does not explain the origin of the town's Spanish name. about 0:05:22
- In 1820 Trigg County chose this land, not yet a town, as the site of its county seat, platted it in blocks and named it Cadiz. about 0:05:51
- The book Kentucky Place Names repeats a local tradition that a Spaniard in the surveying party suggested naming the town after his hometown, Cadiz in Spain. about 0:06:08
- It was definitely not named for the city in Ohio with the same spelling, and it does not take the Spanish pronunciation that the Ohio town uses. about 0:06:31
- Cadiz became a trading and shipping centre, sending ham all over the place. about 0:06:49
The reviews read out
5 stars
"Someone who is not a big fan of small towns found it very charming and the people kind and welcoming."about 0:06:57
5 stars
"A lifelong resident loves their small rural community where everyone knows everyone."about 0:07:34
2 stars
"There is a lot of vacant property and houses have been on the market for some time."about 0:07:46
1 star
"Disputes that it is a small town, says the traffic and speeding are worse than in a major city, that no one controls it, and that the park has tree limbs and dog crap everywhere; do not come here for peace and quiet."about 0:08:02
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Pembroke, Kentucky26 miles
- Benton, Kentucky30 miles
- Tiline, Kentucky32 miles
- Madisonville, Kentucky37 miles
- Depoy, Kentucky40 miles
- Paducah, Kentucky48 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.