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Floyd County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- John Floyd
- Seat
- Prestonsburg
- Largest city
- Prestonsburg
- Judge executive
- Robbie Williams (I)
- Total
- 396 sq mi (1,030 km )
- Land
- 393 sq mi (1,020 km )
- Water
- 2.4 sq mi (6.2 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 34,401
- Density
- 91.5/sq mi (35.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- www .floydcountykentucky .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Capital
- Prestonsburg
- Population
- 35942
- Area
- 1024
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Magoffin County
- Official website
- www.floydcountykentucky.com
- Image
- Floyd County Courthouse (new), Prestonsburg.jpg
- Households
- 14700
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- Commons category
- Floyd County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Floyd County, Kentucky
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Floyd County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1799-12-13
- different from
- Floyd County
- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- Floyd County
- per capita income
- 19932
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Encyclopedic overview
Floyd County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,942. Its county seat is Prestonsburg. The county, founded in 1800, is named for Colonel John Floyd (1750–1783).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Floyd County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.