Prestonsburg
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city and county seat of Floyd County, Kentucky
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Floyd
- Established
- January 2, 1818
- Incorporated
- March 9, 1867
- Named after
- John Preston, a local landowner
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- Rick Hughes (Interim)
- Total
- 14.75 sq mi (38.20 km )
- Land
- 14.55 sq mi (37.68 km )
- Water
- 0.20 sq mi (0.52 km )
- Elevation
- 709 ft (216 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 3,638
- Density
- 253/sq mi (97.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 21-62940
- Website
- prestonsburgcity .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Prestonsburg is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. It is in the eastern part of the state in the valley of the Big Sandy River. As of the 2020 census, Prestonsburg had a population of 3,681.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Prestonsburg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.