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Prestonsburg is a small home rule-class city [6] in and the county seat of Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. [7] It is in the eastern part of the state in the valley of the Big Sandy River. The population was 3,255 at the time of the 2010 census, [8] down from 3,612 at the 2000 census.
Jenny Wiley State Resort Park was founded as Dewey Lake State Park on January 1, 1954, with Dewey Lake near Prestonsburg, Kentucky as its centerpiece. It was renamed in the early 1950s for Virginia "Jenny" Wiley, a pioneer woman who is remembered as a survivor of captivity by Native Americans. It became one of the resort parks in the state in ...
A memorial to the disaster sits in front of the old Floyd County Courthouse in Prestonsburg. The collision and plunge into Big Sandy River involving a school bus near Prestonsburg, Kentucky, on February 28, 1958, resulted in the deaths of 26 students and the bus's driver. It was the third-deadliest bus crash in United States history, tied for ...
80001526 [1] Added to NRHP. April 1, 1980. The Samuel May House is a Federal style residence located at 690 North Lake Drive in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. It built in 1817 by Samuel May, a Kentucky state representative (1832–1834) and a Kentucky state senator (1835–1838) from Floyd County. It now serves as the Samuel May House Living History ...
Congressional district. 5th. Website. www.floydcountykentucky.com. Floyd County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,942. [1] Its county seat is Prestonsburg. [2] The county, founded in 1800, is named for Colonel John Floyd (1750–1783). [3][4]
The Battle of Middle Creek was an engagement fought January 10, 1862, in Eastern Kentucky during the American Civil War. [2] It was the only battle personally commanded by future president James A. Garfield, then a colonel in the Union Army.
89000388 [1] Added to NRHP. May 18, 1989. The Fitzpatrick-Harmon House, at 102 E. Court St. in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, was built in 1890. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1] It was described in 1988 as a two-story central passage plan house with a side-gabled roof. Its main section was built around 1890 and ...
May 18, 1989. Front Street Historic District, in Prestonburg, Kentucky, is a 3 acres (1.2 ha) historic district located roughly Front St. between W. Court St. and Ford Street. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It included six contributing buildings. [1] It included: Hughes Building (1927) Combs Building (c. 1920s)