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Floyd County, Kentucky

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
15historic places
—earliest paper
1800formed
35,942pop. 2020
36cemeteries
2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 15 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1980; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Prestonsburg, Wheelwright.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Kentucky is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Floyd titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

12 of 15 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

15 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Callihan, G. D., HousePrestonsburgBuilding1989
Combs, B. F., HousePrestonsburgBuilding1989
Fitzpatrick-Harmon HousePrestonsburgBuilding1989
Front Street Historic DistrictPrestonsburgDistrict1989
Harkins Law Office BuildingPrestonsburgBuilding1989
Harkins, Joseph D., HousePrestonsburgBuilding1989
May, Samuel, HousePrestonsburgBuilding1980
May-Fitzpatrick HousePrestonsburgBuilding1989
May-Latta HousePrestonsburgBuilding1989
Methodist Episcopal Church, SouthPrestonsburgBuilding1989
Middle Creek Battlefield NHLPrestonsburgSite1992
Town Branch BridgePrestonsburgStructure1989
US Post Office-PrestonsburgPrestonsburgBuilding1989
West Prestonsburg BridgePrestonsburgStructure1989
Wheelwright Commercial DistrictWheelwrightDistrict1980

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Floyd was formed in 1800 (1800-06-01) from Fleming, Mason, Montgomery.

FLOYD created from FLEMING, MASON, and MONTGOMERY.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Floyd County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

54k27k47818001840188019101920196020002020
1800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4788,2076,3026,38810,17615,55227,42752,98653,50041,64248,76442,44135,942

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

36 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 36 of 36 listed
NameLatLon
Allen Cemetery37.50537-82.8171
Allen Cemetery37.51731-82.83655
Atkins Cemetery37.53037-82.84182
Bays Cemetery37.68231-82.87655
Bob Prater Cemetery37.66426-82.89016
Bradley Cemetery37.42148-82.80738
Burke Cemetery37.35565-82.73515
Collins Cemetery37.42426-82.81043
Cook Cemetery37.31537-82.7346
Damron Cemetery37.53093-82.6246
Davidson Cemetery37.6726-82.7721
Davidson Memorial Gardens37.59509-82.67876
Davidson Memorial Gardens Cemetery37.59546-82.67839
Endicott Church Cemetery37.65758-82.63099
Fitzpatrick Cemetery37.51954-82.83655
Frazer Cemetery37.55065-82.82988
Governors Cemetery37.73342-82.7596
Hicks Cemetery37.53937-82.86715
Holbrook Cemetery37.67148-82.91488
Hollybush Cemetery37.41951-82.64874
Lee Alley Cemetery37.47159-82.63595
Lockhart Cemetery37.69323-82.72842
May Cemetery37.68315-82.77627
Mayo Cemetery37.66899-82.74044
Patton Cemetery37.52731-82.77543
Pitts Cemetery37.5887-82.80682
Porter Cemetery37.68256-82.7795
Prater Cemetery37.52815-82.84155
Prater Cemetery37.66481-82.90127
Ratliff Cemetery37.54481-82.83044
Slone Cemetery37.37371-82.67237
Tackett Cemetery37.3426-82.6946
Thomas Hamilton Cemetery37.41063-82.63782
Turner Cemetery37.5187-82.82571
Van Burenvaughn Cemetery37.70164-82.7835
Van Burenvaughn Cemetery37.70125-82.78388
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Hueysville37.49511-82.84361

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Ivy Mountain4507.5 kmKY003
Middle Creek91212.8 kmKY005

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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