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id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_natives" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_natives"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notable natives</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_natives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_K%C5%ABn_(Kentucky)" title="Floyd Kūn (Kentucky) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Floyd Kūn (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%B4_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8A%D0%BA%D0%B8)" title="Флойд (окръг, Кентъки) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Флойд (окръг, Кентъки)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_County,_Kentucky" title="Floyd County, Kentucky – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Floyd County, Kentucky" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_County_(kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Kentucky)" title="Floyd County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Kentucky) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Floyd County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_County_(Kentucky)" title="Floyd County (Kentucky) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Floyd County (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_County,_Kentucky" title="Floyd County, Kentucky – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Floyd County, Kentucky" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_County,_Kentucky" title="Floyd County, Kentucky – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Floyd County, Kentucky" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_County_(Kentucky)" title="Floyd County (Kentucky) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Floyd County (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floydi_maakond_(Kentucky)" title="Floydi maakond (Kentucky) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Floydi maakond (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%A6%CE%BB%CF%8C%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%84_(%CE%9A%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B9)" title="Κομητεία Φλόιντ (Κεντάκι) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κομητεία Φλόιντ (Κεντάκι)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Floyd_(Kentucky)" title="Condado de Floyd (Kentucky) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Floyd (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_konderria_(Kentucky)" title="Floyd konderria (Kentucky) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Floyd konderria (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C" title="شهرستان فلوید، کنتاکی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان فلوید، کنتاکی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Floyd_(Kentucky)" title="Comté de Floyd (Kentucky) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Floyd (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%8A)" title="فلوید ٚ شأرستان (کنتاکي) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="فلوید ٚ شأرستان (کنتاکي)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%8C%EB%A1%9C%EC%9D%B4%EB%93%9C%EA%B5%B0_(%EC%BC%84%ED%84%B0%ED%82%A4%EC%A3%BC)" title="플로이드군 (켄터키주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="플로이드군 (켄터키주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D5%AC%D5%B8%D5%B5%D5%A4_%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D4%BF%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AF%D5%AB)" title="Ֆլոյդ շրջան (Կենտուկի) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ֆլոյդ շրջան (Կենտուկի)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%A1_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF,_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF" title="ফ্লয়ড কাউন্টি, কেন্টাকি – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="ফ্লয়ড কাউন্টি, কেন্টাকি" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Floyd_(Kentucky)" title="Contea di Floyd (Kentucky) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Floyd (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lg mw-list-item"><a href="https://lg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_County,_Kentucky" title="Floyd County, Kentucky – Ganda" lang="lg" hreflang="lg" data-title="Floyd County, Kentucky" data-language-autonym="Luganda" data-language-local-name="Ganda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Luganda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_megye_(Kentucky)" title="Floyd megye (Kentucky) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Floyd megye (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C)" title="فلوید شهرستان (کنتاکی) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="فلوید شهرستان (کنتاکی)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_G%C3%B4ng_(Kentucky)" title="Floyd Gông (Kentucky) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Floyd Gông (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_County_(Kentucky)" title="Floyd County (Kentucky) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Floyd County (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89%E9%83%A1_(%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E5%B7%9E)" title="フロイド郡 (ケンタッキー州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="フロイド郡 (ケンタッキー州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%B4_(%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BE,_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B8)" title="Флойд (гуо, Кентукки) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Флойд (гуо, Кентукки)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_County_(Kentucky)" title="Floyd County (Kentucky) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Floyd County (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A6%DA%88_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C" title="فلائڈ کاؤنٹی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="فلائڈ کاؤنٹی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_County_(Kentucky)" title="Floyd County (Kentucky) – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Floyd County (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl 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style="display:none">County in Kentucky, United States</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">County in Kentucky</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive 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.ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Floyd County</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Floyd_County_Courthouse_(new),_Prestonsburg.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Floyd County Courthouse"><img alt="Floyd County Courthouse" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Floyd_County_Courthouse_%28new%29%2C_Prestonsburg.jpg/300px-Floyd_County_Courthouse_%28new%29%2C_Prestonsburg.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Floyd_County_Courthouse_%28new%29%2C_Prestonsburg.jpg/450px-Floyd_County_Courthouse_%28new%29%2C_Prestonsburg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Floyd_County_Courthouse_%28new%29%2C_Prestonsburg.jpg/600px-Floyd_County_Courthouse_%28new%29%2C_Prestonsburg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Floyd County Courthouse</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Floyd_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location within the U.S. state of Kentucky"><img alt="Map of Kentucky highlighting Floyd County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Floyd_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Floyd_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Floyd_County.svg/450px-Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Floyd_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Floyd_County.svg/600px-Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Floyd_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2708" data-file-height="1166" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kentucky_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kentucky's location within the U.S."><img alt="Map of the United States highlighting Kentucky" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Kentucky_in_United_States.svg/300px-Kentucky_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Kentucky_in_United_States.svg/450px-Kentucky_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Kentucky_in_United_States.svg/600px-Kentucky_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Kentucky's location within the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Floyd_County,_Kentucky&params=37.56_N_82.75_W_type:city(35942)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">37°34′N</span> <span class="longitude">82°45′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">37.56°N 82.75°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">37.56; -82.75</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="950" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1800</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Floyd_(pioneer)" title="John Floyd (pioneer)">John Floyd</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Prestonsburg,_Kentucky" title="Prestonsburg, Kentucky">Prestonsburg</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data">Prestonsburg</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">396 sq mi (1,030 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">393 sq mi (1,020 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">2.4 sq mi (6 km<sup>2</sup>)  0.6%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">35,942</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">34,423 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">91/sq mi (35/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional district</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Kentucky's 5th congressional district">5th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.floydcountykentucky.com">www<wbr />.floydcountykentucky<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Floyd County</b> is a <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, the population was 35,942.<sup id="cite_ref-QF_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Prestonsburg,_Kentucky" title="Prestonsburg, Kentucky">Prestonsburg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county, founded in 1800, is named for <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a> <a href="/wiki/James_John_Floyd" class="mw-redirect" title="James John Floyd">John Floyd</a> (1750–1783).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_County,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 13, 1799, the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_General_Assembly" title="Kentucky General Assembly">Kentucky General Assembly</a> passed legislation to form Floyd County as the 40th county of Kentucky.<sup id="cite_ref-kleber_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kleber-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county was made from parts of <a href="/wiki/Fleming_County,_Kentucky" title="Fleming County, Kentucky">Fleming</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Kentucky" title="Montgomery County, Kentucky">Montgomery</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_Kentucky" title="Mason County, Kentucky">Mason County, Kentucky</a>. The legislation became effective on June 1, 1800.<sup id="cite_ref-kleber_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kleber-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county was named for <a href="/wiki/James_John_Floyd" class="mw-redirect" title="James John Floyd">James John Floyd</a>, a pioneer surveyor who helped lay out the city of Louisville. The county seat was Preston's Station, later renamed Prestonsburg. The first court house burned down on April 8, 1808, destroying all the early records, so the earliest records of government activity do not date prior to 1808.<sup id="cite_ref-kleber_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kleber-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prestonsburg was used as a <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_Army" title="Confederate States Army">Confederate</a> stronghold during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a> and two battles took place nearby, the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ivy_Mountain" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Ivy Mountain">Battle of Ivy Mountain</a> on November 8, 1861, and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Middle_Creek" title="Battle of Middle Creek">Battle of Middle Creek</a> on January 10, 1862.<sup id="cite_ref-kleber_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kleber-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both were Union victories. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Harry_Fain,_coal_loader._Inland_Steel_Company,_Wheelwright_%5E1_%26_2_Mines,_Wheelwright,_Floyd_County,_Kentucky._-_NARA_-_541452_-_cropped_and_restored.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Harry_Fain%2C_coal_loader._Inland_Steel_Company%2C_Wheelwright_%5E1_%26_2_Mines%2C_Wheelwright%2C_Floyd_County%2C_Kentucky._-_NARA_-_541452_-_cropped_and_restored.jpg/220px-Harry_Fain%2C_coal_loader._Inland_Steel_Company%2C_Wheelwright_%5E1_%26_2_Mines%2C_Wheelwright%2C_Floyd_County%2C_Kentucky._-_NARA_-_541452_-_cropped_and_restored.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Harry_Fain%2C_coal_loader._Inland_Steel_Company%2C_Wheelwright_%5E1_%26_2_Mines%2C_Wheelwright%2C_Floyd_County%2C_Kentucky._-_NARA_-_541452_-_cropped_and_restored.jpg/330px-Harry_Fain%2C_coal_loader._Inland_Steel_Company%2C_Wheelwright_%5E1_%26_2_Mines%2C_Wheelwright%2C_Floyd_County%2C_Kentucky._-_NARA_-_541452_-_cropped_and_restored.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Harry_Fain%2C_coal_loader._Inland_Steel_Company%2C_Wheelwright_%5E1_%26_2_Mines%2C_Wheelwright%2C_Floyd_County%2C_Kentucky._-_NARA_-_541452_-_cropped_and_restored.jpg/440px-Harry_Fain%2C_coal_loader._Inland_Steel_Company%2C_Wheelwright_%5E1_%26_2_Mines%2C_Wheelwright%2C_Floyd_County%2C_Kentucky._-_NARA_-_541452_-_cropped_and_restored.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2238" data-file-height="2886" /></a><figcaption>A coal miner in <a href="/wiki/Wheelwright,_Kentucky" title="Wheelwright, Kentucky">Wheelwright, Kentucky</a>, 1946</figcaption></figure> <p>Since the early 1900s, coal mining has had a large presence in Floyd County. In 1900, the first commercial coal mine in eastern Kentucky was opened in the Floyd County community of <a href="/wiki/Betsy_Layne,_Kentucky" title="Betsy Layne, Kentucky">Betsy Layne</a>. Soon, coal would become the dominant industry in Floyd County. With the arrival of coal, <a href="/wiki/Coal_town" title="Coal town">coal towns</a> began popping up all over the county. These coal towns included <a href="/wiki/Wheelwright,_Kentucky" title="Wheelwright, Kentucky">Wheelwright</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bypro,_Kentucky" title="Bypro, Kentucky">Bypro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emma,_Kentucky" title="Emma, Kentucky">Emma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Garrett,_Floyd_County,_Kentucky" title="Garrett, Floyd County, Kentucky">Garrett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wayland,_Kentucky" title="Wayland, Kentucky">Wayland</a>, and many more. By 1950, the county had a population of over 50,000 people. With the decline of coal in eastern Kentucky, people began migrating away from the area in large numbers, in what's known as the <a href="/wiki/Hillbilly_Highway" title="Hillbilly Highway">Hillbilly Highway</a>. As of 2016, the county had 23 coal mines in operation, and produced roughly around 640,000 tons of coal.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 28, 1958, the county was the site of <a href="/wiki/Prestonsburg,_Kentucky,_bus_crash" title="Prestonsburg, Kentucky, bus crash">one of the deadliest bus accidents in U.S. history</a>, leaving 27 people dead. </p><p>On June 30, 2022, <a href="/wiki/2022_shooting_of_Kentucky_police_officers" title="2022 shooting of Kentucky police officers">a mass shooting</a> targeting police officers occurred in <a href="/wiki/Allen,_Kentucky" title="Allen, Kentucky">Allen</a>, a city in Floyd County. Three police officers and a <a href="/wiki/Police_dog" title="Police dog">police dog</a> were killed, and four other people were injured. The alleged shooter, 49-year-old Lance Storz, was arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder of a police officer.<sup id="cite_ref-ABC.3Killed_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC.3Killed-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ABC.2Killed_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC.2Killed-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WSAZ.Dead_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSAZ.Dead-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_County,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the county has a total area of 396 square miles (1,030 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 393 square miles (1,020 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 2.4 square miles (6.2 km<sup>2</sup>) (0.6%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_County,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Kentucky" title="Johnson County, Kentucky">Johnson County</a> (north)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_County,_Kentucky" title="Martin County, Kentucky">Martin County</a> (northeast)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pike_County,_Kentucky" title="Pike County, Kentucky">Pike County</a> (east)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knott_County,_Kentucky" title="Knott County, Kentucky">Knott County</a> (southwest)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magoffin_County,_Kentucky" title="Magoffin County, Kentucky">Magoffin County</a> (northwest)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_County,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop 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0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census">1810</a></th><td>3,485</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td>8,207</td><td></td><td>135.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td>4,347</td><td></td><td>−47.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>6,302</td><td></td><td>45.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>5,714</td><td></td><td>−9.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>6,388</td><td></td><td>11.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>7,877</td><td></td><td>23.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>10,176</td><td></td><td>29.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>11,256</td><td></td><td>10.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>15,552</td><td></td><td>38.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>18,623</td><td></td><td>19.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>27,427</td><td></td><td>47.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>41,942</td><td></td><td>52.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>52,986</td><td></td><td>26.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>53,500</td><td></td><td>1.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>41,642</td><td></td><td>−22.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>35,889</td><td></td><td>−13.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>48,764</td><td></td><td>35.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>43,586</td><td></td><td>−10.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>42,441</td><td></td><td>−2.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>39,451</td><td></td><td>−7.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>35,942</td><td></td><td>−8.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">34,423</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2022_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2022-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>−4.2%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1790-1960<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900-1990<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1990-2000<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010-2020<sup id="cite_ref-QF_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coal_mine,_Floyd_County,_Kentucky,_8a09652.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Coal_mine%2C_Floyd_County%2C_Kentucky%2C_8a09652.jpg/210px-Coal_mine%2C_Floyd_County%2C_Kentucky%2C_8a09652.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Coal_mine%2C_Floyd_County%2C_Kentucky%2C_8a09652.jpg/315px-Coal_mine%2C_Floyd_County%2C_Kentucky%2C_8a09652.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Coal_mine%2C_Floyd_County%2C_Kentucky%2C_8a09652.jpg/420px-Coal_mine%2C_Floyd_County%2C_Kentucky%2C_8a09652.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4108" data-file-height="2580" /></a><figcaption>Coal mining has long been a major industry in Floyd County.</figcaption></figure> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a> of 2010, there were 39,451 people living in the county. 98.2% were <a href="/wiki/White_Americans" title="White Americans">White</a>, 0.7% <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">Black or African American</a>, 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Asian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian American">Asian</a>, 0.1% <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a>, 0.2% of some other race and 0.6% <a href="/wiki/Multiracial_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiracial American">of two or more races</a>. 0.6% were <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (of any race). </p><p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR2_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, there were 42,441 people, 16,881 households, and 12,272 families living in the county. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 108 per square mile (42/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 18,551 housing units at an average density of 47 per square mile (18/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the county was 97.73% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">White</a>, 1.29% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">African American</a>, 0.12% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Native American</a>, 0.24% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Asian</a>, 0.08% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.12% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 0.42% from two or more races. 0.61% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Latino</a> of any race. The Kentucky <a href="/wiki/Melungeon" title="Melungeon">Melungeons</a> live primarily in Floyd and <a href="/wiki/Magoffin_County,_Kentucky" title="Magoffin County, Kentucky">Magoffin</a> counties. These families once lived in certain pockets or clusters within Floyd County, some continue to do this. However, most of these Melungeon families have now spread out or moved away, and so they cannot be defined by one valley, ridge, hollow, watershed, area, etc. However, some of their known historic residences were: The upper waters of both the Right and Left Forks of Beaver Creek, as well as its smaller streams, branches, and forks; extending into <a href="/wiki/Knott_County,_Kentucky" title="Knott County, Kentucky">Knott</a> County as well. </p><p>There were 16,881 households, out of which 33.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.50% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 12.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.30% were non-families. 25.20% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.93. </p><p>In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.60% under the age of 18, 9.40% from 18 to 24, 30.30% from 25 to 44, 24.50% from 45 to 64, and 12.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.00 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the county was $21,168, and the median income for a family was $25,717. Males had a median income of $30,242 versus $20,569 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the county was $12,442. About 26.90% of families and 30.30% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 39.80% of those under age 18 and 20.50% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_County,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The county's public schools are operated by the <a href="/wiki/Floyd_County_Schools" class="mw-redirect" title="Floyd County Schools">Floyd County School District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_County,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coal_companies_in_Floyd_County">Coal companies in Floyd County</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_County,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Coal companies in Floyd County"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Blackhawk Mining<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>James River Coal Company<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frasure_Creek_lawsuit" title="Frasure Creek lawsuit">Frasure Creek Mining</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_County,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright sticky-header-multi" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Floyd County, Kentucky<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="2024 United States presidential election in Kentucky">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12,326 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>78.64%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,061 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">19.53% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">286 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.82% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="2020 United States presidential election in Kentucky">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12,250 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>74.91%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,884 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">23.75% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">219 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.34% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="2016 United States presidential election in Kentucky">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">11,993 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>72.51%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,015 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">24.27% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">532 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.22% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="2012 United States presidential election in Kentucky">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,784 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>65.71%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,733 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31.79% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">373 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.51% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="2008 United States presidential election in Kentucky">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">7,741 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>49.43%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,530 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">48.09% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">388 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.48% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="2004 United States presidential election in Kentucky">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,612 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36.97% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">11,132 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>62.24%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">141 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.79% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="2000 United States presidential election in Kentucky">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,068 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">32.92% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">10,088 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>65.53%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">238 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.55% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1996 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,139 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">21.82% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">9,655 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>67.12%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,590 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">11.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1992 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,540 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">18.96% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">13,351 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>71.50%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,783 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9.55% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1988 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,296 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29.81% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">12,327 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>69.39%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">141 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.79% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1984 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,218 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33.57% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">10,259 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>66.00%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">66 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1980 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,179 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">27.16% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">10,975 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>71.34%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">231 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.50% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1976 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,108 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">23.31% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">10,151 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>76.13%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">74 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1972 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,099 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.20% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,544 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.67%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">157 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1968 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,550 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">27.22% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">8,333 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>63.89%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,160 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.89% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1964 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,352 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">16.75% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">11,644 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>82.93%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">45 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.32% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1960 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,010 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33.66% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">9,876 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>66.34%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1956 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,166 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43.77% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,907 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.13%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1952 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,238 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">32.13% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">8,940 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>67.78%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1948 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,127 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">25.88% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">8,823 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>73.03%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">132 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.09% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1944 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,197 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29.26% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,729 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>70.74%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1940 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,711 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">28.97% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">9,100 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>71.03%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1936 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,375 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29.77% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,962 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>70.23%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1932 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,415 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">28.49% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">8,537 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>71.22%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">34 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.28% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1928 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,109 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.17% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,721 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.83%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1924 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,773 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.02% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,220 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49.23%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">579 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6.75% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1920 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,825 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43.68% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,597 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>55.61%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">46 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.71% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1916 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,823 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.84% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,217 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.53%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">26 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.64% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1912 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">961 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">31.74% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,553 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.29%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">514 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">16.97% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Floyd County was historically a Democratic stronghold, voting Democratic from 1912 to 2004. The county voted for Democrats in 1972 and 1984, despite Republicans winning in 49-state landslides. The county gave <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> over 65% in both 1992 and 1996 while <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> never received more than 37% of the county's vote.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like the rest of the state outside of <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Kentucky" title="Jefferson County, Kentucky">Jefferson County</a> (<a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Kentucky" title="Fayette County, Kentucky">Fayette County</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington</a>), the county eventually shifted to the Republican Party, but became one of the last counties in Kentucky to make that transition.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, its votes went to the Republican Party's presidential candidate for the first time in the county's history, and in 2016 <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> won 72.5% of its vote. The county has trended strongly Republican since <a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election" title="2004 United States presidential election">2004</a>, shifting from a 25% margin for the Democrat that year, to a 59.2% margin for the Republican in 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elected_officials">Elected officials</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_County,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Elected officials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3"><b>Elected officials as of January 3, 2025</b><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/U.S._House" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House">U.S. House</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Hal_Rogers" title="Hal Rogers">Hal Rogers</a> (R) </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><span data-sort-value="Kentucky05 !"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Kentucky's 5th congressional district">KY 5</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Senate" title="Kentucky Senate">Ky. Senate</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Madon" title="Scott Madon">Scott Madon</a> (R) </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky%27s_29th_Senate_district" title="Kentucky's 29th Senate district">29</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_House_of_Representatives" title="Kentucky House of Representatives">Ky. House</a> </th> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Ashley_Tackett_Laferty" title="Ashley Tackett Laferty">Ashley Tackett Laferty</a> (D) </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">95 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_County,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities">Cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_County,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allen,_Kentucky" title="Allen, Kentucky">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin,_Kentucky" title="Martin, Kentucky">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prestonsburg,_Kentucky" title="Prestonsburg, Kentucky">Prestonsburg</a> (county seat)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayland,_Kentucky" title="Wayland, Kentucky">Wayland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheelwright,_Kentucky" title="Wheelwright, Kentucky">Wheelwright</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census-designated_places">Census-designated places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_County,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Census-designated places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Auxier,_Kentucky" title="Auxier, Kentucky">Auxier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betsy_Layne,_Kentucky" title="Betsy Layne, Kentucky">Betsy Layne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwale,_Kentucky" title="Dwale, Kentucky">Dwale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maytown,_Kentucky" title="Maytown, Kentucky">Maytown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDowell,_Kentucky" title="McDowell, Kentucky">McDowell</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_unincorporated_places">Other unincorporated places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_County,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Other unincorporated places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alphoretta,_Kentucky" title="Alphoretta, Kentucky">Alphoretta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banner,_Kentucky" title="Banner, Kentucky">Banner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaver,_Kentucky" title="Beaver, Kentucky">Beaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Moon,_Kentucky" title="Blue Moon, Kentucky">Blue Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_River,_Kentucky" title="Blue River, Kentucky">Blue River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonanza,_Kentucky" title="Bonanza, Kentucky">Bonanza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burton,_Kentucky" title="Burton, Kentucky">Burton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bypro,_Kentucky" title="Bypro, Kentucky">Bypro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff,_Kentucky" title="Cliff, Kentucky">Cliff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dana,_Kentucky" title="Dana, Kentucky">Dana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David,_Kentucky" title="David, Kentucky">David</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dema,_Kentucky" title="Dema, Kentucky">Dema</a> (part)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drift,_Kentucky" title="Drift, Kentucky">Drift</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern,_Kentucky" title="Eastern, Kentucky">Eastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma,_Kentucky" title="Emma, Kentucky">Emma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estill,_Kentucky" title="Estill, Kentucky">Estill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garrett,_Floyd_County,_Kentucky" title="Garrett, Floyd County, Kentucky">Garrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glo,_Kentucky" title="Glo, Kentucky">Glo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grethel,_Kentucky" title="Grethel, Kentucky">Grethel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halo,_Kentucky" title="Halo, Kentucky">Halo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold,_Kentucky" title="Harold, Kentucky">Harold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hi_Hat,_Kentucky" title="Hi Hat, Kentucky">Hi Hat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hippo,_Kentucky" title="Hippo, Kentucky">Hippo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hueysville,_Kentucky" title="Hueysville, Kentucky">Hueysville</a></li> <li><a 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High school, collegiate and professional basketball player.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bette_Henritze" title="Bette Henritze">Bette Henritze</a>, stage, film and TV actress, was born on May 23, 1924, at Betsy Layne.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyd_Holbrook" title="Boyd Holbrook">Boyd Holbrook</a>, actor and model, raised in <a href="/wiki/Prestonsburg,_Kentucky" title="Prestonsburg, Kentucky">Prestonsburg</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Rice" title="Kenny Rice">Kenny Rice</a>, Sportscaster. 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href="/wiki/Prestonsburg,_Kentucky" title="Prestonsburg, Kentucky"><span>Prestonsburg</span></a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allen,_Kentucky" title="Allen, Kentucky">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin,_Kentucky" title="Martin, Kentucky">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prestonsburg,_Kentucky" title="Prestonsburg, Kentucky">Prestonsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayland,_Kentucky" title="Wayland, Kentucky">Wayland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheelwright,_Kentucky" title="Wheelwright, Kentucky">Wheelwright</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Location of Floyd County, Kentucky"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Floyd_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Floyd_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Floyd_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Floyd_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Floyd_County.svg/400px-Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Floyd_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2708" data-file-height="1166" /></span><figcaption>Location of Floyd County, Kentucky</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDPs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Auxier,_Kentucky" title="Auxier, Kentucky">Auxier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betsy_Layne,_Kentucky" title="Betsy Layne, Kentucky">Betsy Layne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwale,_Kentucky" title="Dwale, Kentucky">Dwale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maytown,_Kentucky" title="Maytown, Kentucky">Maytown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDowell,_Kentucky" title="McDowell, Kentucky">McDowell</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">Other unincorporated<br />communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alphoretta,_Kentucky" title="Alphoretta, Kentucky">Alphoretta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banner,_Kentucky" title="Banner, Kentucky">Banner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaver,_Kentucky" title="Beaver, Kentucky">Beaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Moon,_Kentucky" title="Blue Moon, Kentucky">Blue Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_River,_Kentucky" title="Blue River, Kentucky">Blue River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonanza,_Kentucky" title="Bonanza, Kentucky">Bonanza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burton,_Kentucky" title="Burton, Kentucky">Burton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bypro,_Kentucky" title="Bypro, Kentucky">Bypro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff,_Kentucky" title="Cliff, Kentucky">Cliff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dana,_Kentucky" title="Dana, Kentucky">Dana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David,_Kentucky" title="David, Kentucky">David</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dema,_Kentucky" title="Dema, Kentucky">Dema</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drift,_Kentucky" title="Drift, Kentucky">Drift</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern,_Kentucky" title="Eastern, Kentucky">Eastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma,_Kentucky" title="Emma, Kentucky">Emma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estill,_Kentucky" title="Estill, Kentucky">Estill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garrett,_Floyd_County,_Kentucky" title="Garrett, Floyd County, Kentucky">Garrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glo,_Kentucky" title="Glo, Kentucky">Glo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grethel,_Kentucky" title="Grethel, Kentucky">Grethel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halo,_Kentucky" title="Halo, Kentucky">Halo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold,_Kentucky" title="Harold, Kentucky">Harold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hi_Hat,_Kentucky" title="Hi Hat, Kentucky">Hi Hat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hippo,_Kentucky" title="Hippo, Kentucky">Hippo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hueysville,_Kentucky" title="Hueysville, Kentucky">Hueysville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivel,_Kentucky" title="Ivel, Kentucky">Ivel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacks_Creek,_Kentucky" title="Jacks Creek, Kentucky">Jacks Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jump_Station,_Kentucky" title="Jump Station, Kentucky">Jump Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lackey,_Kentucky" title="Lackey, Kentucky">Lackey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langley,_Kentucky" title="Langley, Kentucky">Langley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ligon,_Kentucky" title="Ligon, Kentucky">Ligon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melvin,_Kentucky" title="Melvin, Kentucky">Melvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnie,_Kentucky" title="Minnie, Kentucky">Minnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orkney,_Kentucky" title="Orkney, Kentucky">Orkney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Printer,_Kentucky" title="Printer, Kentucky">Printer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyramid,_Kentucky" title="Pyramid, Kentucky">Pyramid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Risner,_Kentucky" title="Risner, Kentucky">Risner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanville,_Kentucky" title="Stanville, Kentucky">Stanville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teaberry,_Kentucky" title="Teaberry, Kentucky">Teaberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tram,_Kentucky" title="Tram, Kentucky">Tram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warco,_Kentucky" title="Warco, Kentucky">Warco</a></li> <li><a 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Kentucky">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Kentucky" title="Clay County, Kentucky">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliott_County,_Kentucky" title="Elliott County, Kentucky">Elliott</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenup_County,_Kentucky" title="Greenup County, Kentucky">Greenup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlan_County,_Kentucky" title="Harlan County, Kentucky">Harlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Kentucky" title="Jackson County, Kentucky">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Kentucky" title="Johnson County, Kentucky">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knott_County,_Kentucky" title="Knott County, Kentucky">Knott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Kentucky" title="Knox County, Kentucky">Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel_County,_Kentucky" title="Laurel County, Kentucky">Laurel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_County,_Kentucky" title="Lawrence County, Kentucky">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Kentucky" title="Lee County, Kentucky">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_County,_Kentucky" title="Leslie County, Kentucky">Leslie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Letcher_County,_Kentucky" title="Letcher County, Kentucky">Letcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magoffin_County,_Kentucky" title="Magoffin County, Kentucky">Magoffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_County,_Kentucky" title="Martin County, Kentucky">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCreary_County,_Kentucky" title="McCreary County, Kentucky">McCreary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menifee_County,_Kentucky" title="Menifee County, Kentucky">Menifee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Kentucky" title="Montgomery County, Kentucky">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_Kentucky" title="Morgan County, Kentucky">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owsley_County,_Kentucky" title="Owsley County, Kentucky">Owsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_County,_Kentucky" title="Perry County, Kentucky">Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pike_County,_Kentucky" title="Pike County, Kentucky">Pike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powell_County,_Kentucky" title="Powell County, Kentucky">Powell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rowan_County,_Kentucky" title="Rowan County, Kentucky">Rowan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitley_County,_Kentucky" title="Whitley County, Kentucky">Whitley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfe_County,_Kentucky" title="Wolfe County, Kentucky">Wolfe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#000000;color:white;;width:1%">Cities and towns<br /> Over 10k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashland,_Kentucky" title="Ashland, Kentucky">Ashland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#000000;color:white;;width:1%">Cities and towns<br />5k-10k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corbin,_Kentucky" title="Corbin, Kentucky">Corbin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flatwoods,_Kentucky" title="Flatwoods, Kentucky">Flatwoods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazard,_Kentucky" title="Hazard, Kentucky">Hazard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London,_Kentucky" title="London, Kentucky">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesboro,_Kentucky" title="Middlesboro, Kentucky">Middlesboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morehead,_Kentucky" title="Morehead, Kentucky">Morehead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Sterling,_Kentucky" title="Mount Sterling, Kentucky">Mount Sterling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pikeville,_Kentucky" title="Pikeville, Kentucky">Pikeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamsburg,_Kentucky" title="Williamsburg, Kentucky">Williamsburg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#000000;color:white;;width:1%">Cities and towns<br />1k-5k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barbourville,_Kentucky" title="Barbourville, Kentucky">Barbourville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beattyville,_Kentucky" title="Beattyville, Kentucky">Beattyville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catlettsburg,_Kentucky" title="Catlettsburg, Kentucky">Catlettsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_City,_Kentucky" title="Clay City, Kentucky">Clay City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal_Run_Village,_Kentucky" title="Coal Run Village, Kentucky">Coal Run Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland,_Kentucky" title="Cumberland, Kentucky">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grayson,_Kentucky" title="Grayson, Kentucky">Grayson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenup,_Kentucky" title="Greenup, Kentucky">Greenup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlan,_Kentucky" title="Harlan, Kentucky">Harlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Kentucky" title="Jackson, Kentucky">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffersonville,_Kentucky" title="Jeffersonville, Kentucky">Jeffersonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenkins,_Kentucky" title="Jenkins, Kentucky">Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisa,_Kentucky" title="Louisa, Kentucky">Louisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester,_Kentucky" title="Manchester, Kentucky">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olive_Hill,_Kentucky" title="Olive Hill, Kentucky">Olive Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paintsville,_Kentucky" title="Paintsville, Kentucky">Paintsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pineville,_Kentucky" title="Pineville, Kentucky">Pineville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prestonsburg,_Kentucky" title="Prestonsburg, Kentucky">Prestonsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raceland,_Kentucky" title="Raceland, Kentucky">Raceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell,_Kentucky" title="Russell, Kentucky">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salyersville,_Kentucky" title="Salyersville, Kentucky">Salyersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Shore,_Kentucky" title="South Shore, Kentucky">South Shore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanton,_Kentucky" title="Stanton, Kentucky">Stanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Liberty,_Kentucky" title="West Liberty, Kentucky">West Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitesburg,_Kentucky" title="Whitesburg, Kentucky">Whitesburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worthington,_Kentucky" title="Worthington, Kentucky">Worthington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wurtland,_Kentucky" title="Wurtland, Kentucky">Wurtland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#000000;color:white;;width:1%">Cities and towns<br />under 1k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allen,_Kentucky" title="Allen, Kentucky">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annville,_Kentucky" title="Annville, Kentucky">Annville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellefonte,_Kentucky" title="Bellefonte, Kentucky">Bellefonte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benham,_Kentucky" title="Benham, Kentucky">Benham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackey,_Kentucky" title="Blackey, Kentucky">Blackey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaine,_Kentucky" title="Blaine, Kentucky">Blaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booneville,_Kentucky" title="Booneville, Kentucky">Booneville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckhorn,_Kentucky" title="Buckhorn, Kentucky">Buckhorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camargo,_Kentucky" title="Camargo, Kentucky">Camargo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campton,_Kentucky" title="Campton, Kentucky">Campton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elkhorn_City,_Kentucky" title="Elkhorn City, Kentucky">Elkhorn City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evarts,_Kentucky" title="Evarts, Kentucky">Evarts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleming-Neon,_Kentucky" title="Fleming-Neon, Kentucky">Fleming-Neon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frenchburg,_Kentucky" title="Frenchburg, Kentucky">Frenchburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindman,_Kentucky" title="Hindman, Kentucky">Hindman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyden,_Kentucky" title="Hyden, Kentucky">Hyden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inez,_Kentucky" title="Inez, Kentucky">Inez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakeview_Heights,_Kentucky" title="Lakeview Heights, Kentucky">Lakeview Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loyall,_Kentucky" title="Loyall, Kentucky">Loyall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynch,_Kentucky" title="Lynch, Kentucky">Lynch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin,_Kentucky" title="Martin, Kentucky">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McKee,_Kentucky" title="McKee, Kentucky">McKee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oneida,_Kentucky" title="Oneida, Kentucky">Oneida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pippa_Passes,_Kentucky" title="Pippa Passes, Kentucky">Pippa Passes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Hook,_Kentucky" title="Sandy Hook, Kentucky">Sandy Hook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vicco,_Kentucky" title="Vicco, Kentucky">Vicco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallins_Creek,_Kentucky" title="Wallins Creek, Kentucky">Wallins Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warfield,_Kentucky" title="Warfield, Kentucky">Warfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayland,_Kentucky" title="Wayland, Kentucky">Wayland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheelwright,_Kentucky" title="Wheelwright, Kentucky">Wheelwright</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#000000;color:white;;width:1%">Statistical areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Huntington-Ashland-Ironton_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Huntington-Ashland-Ironton metropolitan area">Ashland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London,_Kentucky_micropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="London, Kentucky micropolitan area">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesborough,_KY_Micropolitan_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Middlesborough, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area">Middlesboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Sterling,_Kentucky_micropolitan_area" title="Mount Sterling, Kentucky micropolitan area">Mount Sterling</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#000000;color:white;;width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/32px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/48px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png 1.5x, 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Kentucky">Topics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Kentucky-related_articles" title="Index of Kentucky-related articles">Index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Kentucky" title="Cuisine of Kentucky">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Environment_of_Kentucky" title="Category:Environment of Kentucky">Environment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Kentucky" title="Climate change in Kentucky">climate change</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky#Geography" title="Kentucky">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Kentucky" title="History of Kentucky">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_education_in_Kentucky" title="History of education in Kentucky">History of education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Kentucky" title="Music of Kentucky">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_in_Kentucky" title="Category:Mass media in Kentucky">Mass media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Kentucky" title="List of newspapers in Kentucky">newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Kentucky" title="List of radio stations in Kentucky">radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Kentucky" title="List of television stations in Kentucky">TV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Kentucky" title="List of people from Kentucky">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in Kentucky">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Kentucky_state_symbols" title="List of Kentucky state symbols">Symbols</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seal_of_Kentucky" title="Seal of Kentucky">seal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Kentucky" title="Flag of Kentucky">flag</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_theaters_in_Kentucky" title="List of theaters in Kentucky">Theater</a></li> <li><a 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Kentucky">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Kentucky" title="Demographics of Kentucky">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky#Economy" title="Kentucky">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Kentucky" title="Education in Kentucky">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Kentucky" title="Elections in Kentucky">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Kentucky" title="Gun laws in Kentucky">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Kentucky">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Kentucky">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky#Politics" title="Kentucky">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Kentucky" title="Sports in Kentucky">Sports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Kentucky" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Plateau" title="Allegheny Plateau">Allegheny Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_region" title="Bluegrass region">The Bluegrass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Mountains" title="Cumberland Mountains">Cumberland Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Plateau" title="Cumberland Plateau">Cumberland Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Kentucky_Coalfield" title="Eastern Kentucky Coalfield">Eastern Kentucky Coalfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Rim" title="Highland Rim">Highland Rim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knobs_region" title="Knobs region">The Knobs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Alluvial_Plain" title="Mississippi Alluvial Plain">Mississippi Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Kentucky" title="Northern Kentucky">Northern Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennyroyal_Plateau" title="Pennyroyal Plateau">Pennyroyal Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Purchase" title="Jackson Purchase">The Purchase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge-and-Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley" title="Tennessee Valley">Tennessee Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Coal_Field" title="Western Coal Field">Western Coal Fields</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Kentucky" title="List of cities in Kentucky">25 largest<br /> cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green,_Kentucky" title="Bowling Green, Kentucky">Bowling Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owensboro,_Kentucky" title="Owensboro, Kentucky">Owensboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covington,_Kentucky" title="Covington, Kentucky">Covington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Kentucky" title="Richmond, Kentucky">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Kentucky" title="Georgetown, Kentucky">Georgetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence,_Kentucky" title="Florence, Kentucky">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkinsville,_Kentucky" title="Hopkinsville, Kentucky">Hopkinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholasville,_Kentucky" title="Nicholasville, Kentucky">Nicholasville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabethtown,_Kentucky" title="Elizabethtown, Kentucky">Elizabethtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence,_Kentucky" title="Independence, Kentucky">Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson,_Kentucky" title="Henderson, Kentucky">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankfort,_Kentucky" title="Frankfort, Kentucky">Frankfort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffersontown,_Kentucky" title="Jeffersontown, Kentucky">Jeffersontown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paducah,_Kentucky" title="Paducah, Kentucky">Paducah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radcliff,_Kentucky" title="Radcliff, Kentucky">Radcliff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashland,_Kentucky" title="Ashland, Kentucky">Ashland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murray,_Kentucky" title="Murray, Kentucky">Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erlanger,_Kentucky" title="Erlanger, Kentucky">Erlanger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester,_Kentucky" title="Winchester, Kentucky">Winchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madisonville,_Kentucky" title="Madisonville, Kentucky">Madisonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Washington,_Kentucky" title="Mount Washington, Kentucky">Mount Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Matthews,_Kentucky" title="St. Matthews, Kentucky">St. Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_Kentucky" title="Danville, Kentucky">Danville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_statistical_area" title="Metropolitan statistical area">Metropolitan<br />areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Huntington%E2%80%93Ashland_metropolitan_area" title="Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area">Ashland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_metropolitan_area,_Kentucky" title="Bowling Green metropolitan area, Kentucky">Bowling Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksville_metropolitan_area" title="Clarksville metropolitan area">Clarksville, TN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabethtown_metropolitan_area" title="Elizabethtown metropolitan area">Elizabethtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evansville_metropolitan_area" title="Evansville metropolitan area">Evansville, IN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington%E2%80%93Fayette_metropolitan_area" title="Lexington–Fayette metropolitan area">Lexington–Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville_metropolitan_area" title="Louisville metropolitan area">Louisville/Jefferson County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_metropolitan_area" title="Cincinnati metropolitan area">Northern Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owensboro_metropolitan_area" title="Owensboro metropolitan area">Owensboro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Kentucky" title="List of counties in Kentucky">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adair_County,_Kentucky" title="Adair County, Kentucky">Adair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_County,_Kentucky" title="Allen County, Kentucky">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anderson_County,_Kentucky" title="Anderson County, Kentucky">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballard_County,_Kentucky" title="Ballard County, Kentucky">Ballard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barren_County,_Kentucky" title="Barren County, Kentucky">Barren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bath_County,_Kentucky" title="Bath County, Kentucky">Bath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_County,_Kentucky" title="Bell County, Kentucky">Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boone_County,_Kentucky" title="Boone County, Kentucky">Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bourbon_County,_Kentucky" title="Bourbon County, Kentucky">Bourbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyd_County,_Kentucky" title="Boyd County, Kentucky">Boyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyle_County,_Kentucky" title="Boyle County, Kentucky">Boyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bracken_County,_Kentucky" title="Bracken County, Kentucky">Bracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breathitt_County,_Kentucky" title="Breathitt County, Kentucky">Breathitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breckinridge_County,_Kentucky" title="Breckinridge County, Kentucky">Breckinridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bullitt_County,_Kentucky" title="Bullitt County, Kentucky">Bullitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butler_County,_Kentucky" title="Butler County, Kentucky">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_County,_Kentucky" title="Caldwell County, Kentucky">Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calloway_County,_Kentucky" title="Calloway County, Kentucky">Calloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_County,_Kentucky" title="Campbell County, Kentucky">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_County,_Kentucky" title="Carlisle County, Kentucky">Carlisle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Kentucky" title="Carroll County, Kentucky">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carter_County,_Kentucky" title="Carter County, Kentucky">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casey_County,_Kentucky" title="Casey County, Kentucky">Casey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_County,_Kentucky" title="Christian County, Kentucky">Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clark_County,_Kentucky" title="Clark County, Kentucky">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Kentucky" title="Clay County, Kentucky">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_County,_Kentucky" title="Clinton County, Kentucky">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crittenden_County,_Kentucky" title="Crittenden County, Kentucky">Crittenden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Kentucky" title="Cumberland County, Kentucky">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daviess_County,_Kentucky" title="Daviess County, Kentucky">Daviess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmonson_County,_Kentucky" title="Edmonson County, Kentucky">Edmonson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliott_County,_Kentucky" title="Elliott County, Kentucky">Elliott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estill_County,_Kentucky" title="Estill County, Kentucky">Estill</a></li> <li><a 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