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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Carter
- Named after
- Landowner William Grayson
- Mayor
- Troy Combs
- Total
- 2.83 sq mi (7.32 km )
- Land
- 2.77 sq mi (7.17 km )
- Water
- 0.058 sq mi (0.15 km )
- Elevation
- 584 ft (178 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 3,702
- Density
- 1,384.3/sq mi (534.47/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 21-32572
- Website
- www .graysonky .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Grayson
- Population
- 3834
- Area
- 7.484109
- Elevation
- 193
- Official website
- www.graysonky.net
- Image
- Carter County, Kentucky courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 1294
- Dialing code
- 606
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- Commons category
- Grayson, Kentucky
- postal code
- 41143
- inception
- 1844-01-01
- P8168
- Gentile
- water as percent of area
- 1.9509
- per capita income
- 17571
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Grayson is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Carter County, Kentucky, United States, on U.S. Route 60 and Interstate 64 in the state's northeastern region. It is approximately 21 miles west of Ashland. As of the 2020 census, Grayson had a population of 3,834. Along with Carter County, the city is closely associated with the nearby Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area and is often erroneously included in the MSA being just 9 miles west of the MSA's western boundary.
The city has grown in size substantially since the opening of Interstate 64 in 1975 through Carter County. Immediately afterwards, Grayson experienced several years of commercial sector growth, mainly to serve the Interstate 64 traffic. Since 1990, the city has also seen significant growth in the residential sector with the Interstate making for a faster trip to and from Ashland. Beginning in 1995, AA Highway terminates in Grayson making the city a gateway to the Huntington-Ashland urban area.