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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Prestonsburg
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Floyd County
- Population
- 3681
- Area
- 33.412539
- Elevation
- 193
- Body of water
- Levisa Fork
- Capital of
- Floyd County
- Official website
- www.prestonsburgky.org
- Image
- Front north of Ford in Prestonsburg.jpg
- Households
- 1201
- Dialing code
- 606
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- postal code
- 41653
- Commons category
- Prestonsburg, Kentucky
- nickname
- Star City of Eastern Kentucky
- inception
- 1818-01-01
- different from
- Prestonville
- water as percent of area
- 1.5231
- per capita income
- 19849
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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.