Lockwood is an unincorporated community located along U.S. Route 23 and the Big Sandy River in southern Boyd County, Kentucky, United States, approximately 7 mi south of Catlettsburg, the county seat.
Durbin, Kentucky is an unincorporated community situated along Kentucky Route 752 and Durbin Creek in southern Boyd County, Kentucky. The post office was established on March 5, 1900, with Robert Struther as postmaster, and was named for Amos Durbin, an early explorer. It is located within the ZIP Code Tabulation Area for zip code 41129, which includes the city of Catlettsburg.
Kavanaugh, Kentucky is an unincorporated community located in Boyd County, Kentucky, located along U.S. Route 23 directly north of the Lawrence County line. In 1984, the original alignment of U.S. 23 was replaced with a modern four-lane highway. CSX Transportation's Big Sandy Subdivision railroad tracks pass through the community. The railroad was formerly operated by the Chessie System and its predecessor the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company.
Garner is an unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. Garner is located on Pigeon Roost Creek at the junction of Kentucky Route 854 and Kentucky Route 1945, 10.6 miles (17.1 km) southwest of Catlettsburg.
Normal is a residential unincorporated community, located within the city of Ashland, Kentucky along U.S. Route 23 and U.S. Route 60 and the Ohio River. It was annexed by the City of Ashland in 1905. Previously, Normal was an independent community with post office. Normal Presbyterian Church, founded in 1890, is one of the last surviving remnants of the original community of Normal. The originally wooden church was razed in 1957 when the current brick structure was completed across 44th Street. The Normal Post Office was in operation from
Burnaugh, Kentucky is an unincorporated community located in Boyd County, Kentucky along U.S. Route 23. Being located between two communities, Burgess Station, a former C&O Freight and passenger terminal and Kavanaugh, it takes its name from the combination of the two communities. It is located on both the former Mayo Trail (Ky. Rt. 3 prior to 1964) and present-day U.S. Route 23. Burnaugh is located within the ZIP Code Tabulation Area for zip code 41129, which includes the nearby city of Catlettsburg.
Summit is an unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States on US 60 just west of Ashland. Summit serves as a suburb to the city of Ashland and shares the city's ZIP code. Summit is sometimes spelled with two "T's" at the end, although the most common spelling contains only one "T" but either variation is accepted as correct.
Ironville is an unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States, near the intersection of Kentucky Route 5 and Kentucky Route 766. Due to its proximity to Ashland, Ironville is often considered to be a part of Ashland, although officially it is separate from the city and serves as a suburb to the city. It shares its ZIP code with Ashland as well.
Princess is a small unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. Princess is located along Kentucky Route 5, near the intersection of U.S. Route 60 and Kentucky Route 5 (GPS 38.387494,-82.745017).
Meads is an unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. It is located along the U.S. Highway 60 corridor south of Ashland.
Little Garner is an unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. Little Garner is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 5 and Kentucky Route 3293 6.25 miles (10.06 km) west-southwest of Ashland.
Cannonsburg is a census-designated place (CDP) in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 856. Cannonsburg is located 8 miles (13 km) southwest of the city of Ashland, a major urban center in northeastern Kentucky. Most of Cannonsburg shares its ZIP code with Ashland; however, parts are within the Catlettsburg ZIP code. The Cannonsburg post office closed in 1929. Cannonsburg is a part of the Huntington-Ashland Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 287,702. New definitions from February 28, 2013 placed the population at 363,000.
Winslow is an unincorporated community and former coal town on KY 1134 in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. Their Post Office is closed.
Coalton is an unincorporated community situated along U.S. Route 60, which was formerly known as the Midland Trail (before 1925) in western Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. U.S. Route 60 n Kentucky|U.S. Route 60]] between Rush and Cannonsburg. Coalton is a part of the Huntington-Ashland Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 287,702. New definitions from February 28, 2013 placed the population at 361,500. Coalton is located within both the Ashland and Rush postal zip codes.
Rockdale is an unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States, located south of Ashland. It is located on Midland Trail (original U.S. Route 60) at its intersection of Kentucky Route 538 and corridor into the city of Ashland. It was mostly a rural area until the 1970s, when a large subdivision began development, with several hundred tract houses.
Ashland is a home rule-class city in Boyd County, Kentucky, in the United States. Ashland, the largest city in Boyd County, is located upon a southern bank of the Ohio River. The population was 21,684 at the 2010 census. Ashland is the smaller of two primary cities in the Huntington-Ashland metropolitan area, which is referred to locally as the "Tri-State area" and had a population of 287,476 in 2018, while the Kentucky portion was home to 96,765 in 2018. Ashland serves as an important economic and medical center for northeastern Kentucky and is part of the tenth-largest metropolitan area in Kentucky.
Boyd County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 49,542. The county seat is Catlettsburg, and its largest city is Ashland. The county was formed in 1860. Its 160 square miles (410 km2) are found at the northeastern edge of the state near the Ohio River and Big Sandy River, nestled in the verdant rolling hills of Appalachia.
Catlettsburg is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. The city population was 1,856 at the 2010 census. Catlettsburg is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of 2013, new definitions from the United States Census, the MSA had a population of 361,000.
Westwood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 4,746 at the 2010 census. It serves as a suburb of the city of Ashland. Westwood is closely affiliated with Ashland, as it shares its ZIP code and bus system with the city. Westwood is located on a flat to hilly elevation just west of the Ohio River. The flat hilltop is unusual to eastern Kentucky and was created by the preglacial Teays River which existed in ancient times and flowed in the opposite direction of the Ohio River.
The Ben Williamson Memorial Bridge is a cantilever bridge that connects Coal Grove, Ohio to Ashland, Kentucky, crossing the Ohio River. Completed in 1932, it is named for Senator Ben M. Williamson. The bridge was formerly a two-way span before the parallel Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge was completed upstream in 1985. Since 1985, the Williamson bridge is used for southbound (Kentucky-bound) traffic.
Boyd County High School (BCHS) is a public high school in Ashland, Kentucky, United States. It is part of the Boyd County Public Schools district.
Fairview High School is a public high school in Westwood, Boyd County, Kentucky, a census-designated place closely affiliated with Ashland, Kentucky. It is part of the Fairview Independent Schools.
The Federal Correctional Institution, Ashland (FCI Ashland) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in the unincorporated area of Summit in Boyd County, Kentucky, approximately 5 miles outside the city of Ashland. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. It also includes a satellite prison camp for minimum-security male offenders.
King's Daughters Medical Center (KDMC) is in Ashland, Kentucky and is the city's largest employer at over 4,000 employees, generating more than $200 million in payroll a year. It is a locally controlled, not-for-profit 465-bed hospital that offers "cardiac, medical, surgical, pediatric, rehabilitative, psychiatric, cancer, neurological, pain care, wound care and home care" services.
The Paramount Arts Center is a historic theater located in Ashland, Kentucky, in the United States. Listed as the Paramount Theatre on the National Register of Historic Places, this theater is an important part of theater in Kentucky.
Simeon Willis Memorial Bridge is a bridge constructed in 1985 over the Ohio River connecting Winchester Ave. (US 23) and 13th St. (US 60) at Ashland, Kentucky to US 52 at Coal Grove, Ohio. It is named for Kentucky Governor Simeon S. Willis. The bridge was planned, at one point, to cross at 45th St. and connect to a proposed Ashland bypass. The Willis bridge, however, was built one block from the existing Ben Williamson Memorial Bridge and generally carries only northbound (Ohio-bound) traffic. Southbound traffic (toward Kentucky), which is normally carried on the Williamson Bridge, has been diverted to the Willis bridge four times since its opening in 1985. In 1989, 2007 and 2018, the Williamson bridge was closed for renovations and painting with traffic diverted to the Willis Bridge. The Williamson bridge was also closed briefly and traffic again diverted to the Willis Bridge in the summer of 2013 after a tractor-trailer ran into the tower on the Ohio side, causing structural damage to the bridge.