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Prestonsburg is a small home rule-class city [6] in and the county seat of Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. [7] It is in the eastern part of the state in the valley of the Big Sandy River . The population was 3,255 at the time of the 2010 census , [ 8 ] down from 3,612 at the 2000 census.
Kentucky Route 114 (KY 114) is a 17.543-mile-long (28.233 km) state highway in Kentucky. It runs from U.S. Route 460 (US 460) southeast of Salyersville to KY 1428 in Prestonsburg . 2020
3 miles west of Prestonsburg at the junction of Kentucky Routes 114 and 404 37°39′02″N 82°48′50″W / 37.650556°N 82.813806°W / 37.650556; -82.813806 ( Middle Creek Battlefield
Map of the United States with Kentucky highlighted. Kentucky, a state in the United States, has 418 active cities. [1] The two largest, Louisville and Lexington, are designated "first class" cities. A first class city would normally have a mayor-alderman government, but that does not apply to the merged governments in Louisville and Lexington.
Prestonsburg was used as a Confederate stronghold during the Civil War and two battles took place nearby, the Battle of Ivy Mountain on November 8, 1861, and the Battle of Middle Creek on January 10, 1862. [5] Both were Union victories. A coal miner in Wheelwright, Kentucky, 1946. Since the early 1900s, coal mining has had a large presence in ...
U.S. Route 23 (US 23) is a 157.765-mile-long (253.898 km) United States Numbered Highway in the state of Kentucky.It travels from the Virginia state line near Jenkins to the Ohio state line west of South Shore via Jenkins, Pikeville, Coal Run Village, Prestonsburg, Paintsville, Louisa, Catlettsburg, Ashland, Russell, Flatwoods, Raceland, Wurtland, Greenup, and South Shore.
Kentucky Route 404 (KY 404) is a 10.848-mile-long (17.458 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway connects mostly rural areas of Magoffin and Floyd counties with Prestonsburg .
Front Street Historic District, in Prestonburg, Kentucky, is a 3 acres (1.2 ha) historic district located roughly Front St. between W. Court St. and Ford Street. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.