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Ashland
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city in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Boyd
- Settled
- Poage's Landing, 1786
- Incorporated
- Ashland, 1854
- Mayor
- Chuck D. Charles
- City manager
- Tony Grubb
- City
- 10.77 sq mi (27.89 km )
- Land
- 10.73 sq mi (27.80 km )
- Water
- 0.031 sq mi (0.08 km )
- Elevation
- 551 ft (168 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 21,342
- Density
- 2,014.4/sq mi (777.76/km )
- Metro
- 376,155 (US: 150th )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 41101, 41102, 41105
- Fips code
- 21-02368
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Encyclopedic overview
Ashland is a city in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. It is located on the southern bank of the Ohio River at the state border with Ohio and near West Virginia. The population was 21,625 at the 2020 census, making it the most populous city in Boyd County. It is a principal city of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area, referred to locally as the "Tri-State area" and home to 376,155 residents in 2020. Ashland serves as an important economic and medical center for northeastern Kentucky. Ashland is a home-rule class city under Kentucky law.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ashland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.