Cleaton, Kentucky

Cleaton is in eastern Muhlenberg County northeast of U.S. Route 431, which forms the western edge of the community. The neighborhood of Holt is in the northern part of the CDP, while Bevier is in the southern part. US 431 leads northwest 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to Central City and southeast 4 miles (6 km) to Drakesboro. Greenville, the county seat, is 6 miles (10 km) to the southwest.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Cleaton CDP has an area of 0.62 square miles (1.61 km²), of which 0.003 square miles (0.008 km²), or 0.48%, are water.^[1] The community is drained to the southeast by a tributary of Pond Creek, which flows north to the Green River.