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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.
US Post Office-Prestonsburg: May 18, 1989 : Central Ave. and E. Court St. Prestonsburg: 14: West Prestonsburg Bridge: West Prestonsburg Bridge: May 18, 1989 : Over Levisa Fork between Prestonsburg and West Prestonsburg
Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr., educator and author, 2022 Kentucky Teacher of the Year. Kelly Coleman Wayland, Kentucky. High school, collegiate and professional basketball player. Bette Henritze, stage, film and TV actress, was born on May 23, 1924, at Betsy Layne. [26] [27] Boyd Holbrook, actor and model, raised 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 fatalities with the Carrollton, Kentucky bus collision in 1988.
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.
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 Museum. Relatives still living include Jack ...
Jenny Wiley State Park is located at 419 Jenny Wiley Drive, Prestonsburg, KY 41653. Buckhorn Lake State Resort can be found at 4441 KY-1833, Buckhorn, KY 41721.
The First United Methodist Church in Prestonburg, Kentucky is a historic church. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1989. It is a historic Methodist church building on S. Arnold Avenue between Ford Street and W. Graham Street in Prestonsburg, Kentucky.