Floyd County, Kentucky

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Floyd County, Kentucky is a rural county in eastern Kentucky in the Appalachian region, historically known for coal mining and small mountain communities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Floyd County, Kentucky canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
county ⓘ
borderedBy Johnson County, Kentucky ⓘ
Knott County, Kentucky ⓘ
Magoffin County, Kentucky ⓘ
Martin County, Kentucky ⓘ
Pike County, Kentucky ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
hasCharacteristic economically distressed area ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ
population decline associated with coal industry contraction ⓘ
rural population density ⓘ
hasCountySeat Prestonsburg, Kentucky ⓘ
hasEconomicHistory coal industry ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Big Sandy Community and Technical College (campus in Prestonsburg) ⓘ
hasFeature Appalachian culture ⓘ
coal towns ⓘ
small unincorporated communities ⓘ
hasFIPSCode 21-071 ⓘ
hasGNISID 0513380 ⓘ
hasGovernmentType county government ⓘ
hasLargestCity Prestonsburg, Kentucky ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguageDeFacto English ⓘ
hasPostalAbbreviation KY ⓘ
hasPrimaryIndustry coal mining (historical) ⓘ
healthcare ⓘ
retail trade ⓘ
service sector ⓘ
hasPrimaryLanguage English ⓘ
hasRegion Appalachia ⓘ
Central Appalachian coalfield ⓘ
Eastern Kentucky Coalfield ⓘ
hasRiver Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River ⓘ
hasSettlementType rural county ⓘ
historicallyKnownFor coal mining ⓘ
small mountain communities ⓘ
isPartOf United States Appalachian region ⓘ
locatedIn Appalachian region ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
United States Census Bureau East South Central region ⓘ
United States South ⓘ
eastern Kentucky ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter John Floyd ⓘ
linked to: John B. Floyd
partOf Appalachian coalfield ⓘ
subdivisionOf Commonwealth of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky
subdivisionType county ⓘ
usesAreaCode 606 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kentucky Route 80 → passesThrough → Floyd County, Kentucky ⓘ
Kentucky Route 7 → passesThrough → Floyd County, Kentucky ⓘ
Eastern Kentucky → contains → Floyd County, Kentucky ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Kentucky
Prestonsburg, Kentucky → locatedIn → Floyd County, Kentucky ⓘ
Prestonsburg, Kentucky → isCountySeatOf → Floyd County, Kentucky ⓘ
Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River → flowsThrough → Floyd County, Kentucky ⓘ
Kentucky Route 15 → passesThrough → Floyd County, Kentucky ⓘ
Magoffin County, Kentucky → borders → Floyd County, Kentucky ⓘ