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Paintsville
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city in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Johnson
- Established
- February 24, 1834
- Incorporated
- February 5, 1843
- Named after
- Paint Creek
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- Bill Mike Runyon
- Total
- 6.75 sq mi (17.48 km )
- Land
- 6.62 sq mi (17.14 km )
- Water
- 0.14 sq mi (0.35 km )
- Elevation
- 614 ft (187 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 4,129
- Density
- 651.7/sq mi (251.64/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 21-58962
- Gnis feature id
- 0500128
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Paintsville
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Johnson County
- Population
- 4312
- Area
- 7.144333
- Elevation
- 187
- Capital of
- Johnson County
- Image
- Paintsville Christmas.jpg
- Households
- 1627
- Dialing code
- 606
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- Commons category
- Paintsville, Kentucky
- postal code
- 41240
- inception
- 1834-02-24
- P8168
- Landeck
- date of incorporation
- 1843-02-05
- water as percent of area
- 3.4267
- per capita income
- 18510
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Paintsville ( locally /ˈpeɪntsvəl/) is a home rule-class city in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States. Located along Paint Creek, it is the county seat of Johnson County. The population was 4,312 at the 2020 census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paintsville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.