Maytown, Kentucky

Maytown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.[1]

Maytown, Kentucky
Census-designated place
Maytown
Location in Kentucky
Coordinates: 37°31′58″N 82°47′57″W
Country United States
State Kentucky
CountyFloyd
Area
 • Total0.57 sq mi (1.48 km2)
 • Land0.57 sq mi (1.48 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
909 ft (277 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total243
 • Density426/sq mi (164.4/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code21-51060
GNIS feature ID2629650
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Maytown, Kentucky

Songwriter Paul Gilley (1929-1957) was born in Maytown.[2]

Population

The 2010 United States Census reported that Maytown's population was 243, of which 242 persons were white and 1 person was Asian.[3] In 2020 the population is 294.[4]

Geography

Maytown is located west of the center of Floyd County, along the Right Fork of Beaver Creek, a tributary of the Levisa Fork. Kentucky Route 80 passes just east of the community, leading north 14 miles (23 km) to Prestonsburg (via U.S. Route 23) and southwest 38 miles (61 km) to Hazard. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Maytown CDP has an area of 0.57 square miles (1.48 km2), all land.[5]

gollark: On the other hand, they then make up the difference by overpricing games, and you can't use a console as a general-purpose computer because they are very deliberately locked dowj.
gollark: I mean, on the one hand, consoles are very cheap to buy because they are sold below cost or something.
gollark: 🇫
gollark: If you generate random numbers sampled out of the range from 1 to infinity then... 100% minus some infinitesimally small amount are too big to fit in the universe?
gollark: It's not a "99.99999999% chance". We're dealing with infinities here.

References
  1. "Feature Detail Report for: Maytown, Kentucky." USGS. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Maytown, Kentucky Retrieved May 12, 2011.
  2. Appalachian Attitude Audio: new biography on Morgan Co. Paul Gilley
  3. United States Census 2010 US Census report for Kentucky
  4. "Maytown, Kentucky Population 2020 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  5. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Maytown CDP, Kentucky". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2016.



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.