Island is a home rule-class city in McLean County, Kentucky, in the United States.

The city is named for Judge William Worthington's early 19th-century 8-square-mile (21 km2) estate, known as "The Island" from the way high water on the Green and other nearby rivers would maroon it from adjacent land.

[2] As of the census[7] of 2000, there were 435 people, 182 households, and 123 families residing in the city.

The racial makeup of the city was 99.31% White, 0.23% Native American, 0.46% from other races.

29.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.