Johnson County, Kentucky

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Johnson County, Kentucky is a rural county in eastern Kentucky known for its Appalachian heritage, coal mining history, and county seat of Paintsville.

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Johnson County, Kentucky canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
contains Flat Gap
Hager Hill
Meally
Oil Springs
Paintsville Lake
Paintsville Lake State Park
Paintsville Lake Village State Park
Sitka
Staffordsville
Stambaugh
Thealka
Tutor Key
Van Lear
Wittensville
country United States of America
countySeat Paintsville
Paintsville, Kentucky
economyHistoricallyBasedOn coal mining
FIPSCode 21-115
GNISID 0511660
hasCulturalRegion Central Appalachian
hasEducationalInstitution Big Sandy Community and Technical College (Paintsville campus)
hasHeritage Appalachian culture
hasIndustry coal mining
natural gas production
service sector
timber
hasMajorHighway Kentucky Route 321
Kentucky Route 40
Kentucky Route 581
U.S. Route 23 NERFINISHED
hasMajorRiver Levisa Fork
hasSchoolDistrict Johnson County School District
Paintsville Independent Schools
isRural true
knownFor Appalachian heritage
coal mining history
rural character
locatedIn Appalachian coalfields
Kentucky
United States Census Bureau East South Central region
United States Census Bureau South region
eastern Kentucky
namedAfter Richard Mentor Johnson
partOf Appalachia
state Kentucky
subdivisionType county
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
timeZoneDST Eastern Daylight Time
linked to: Eastern Time Zone

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Kentucky Route 80 passesThrough Johnson County, Kentucky
Kentucky Route 7 passesThrough Johnson County, Kentucky
Eastern Kentucky contains Johnson County, Kentucky
subject linked to: eastern Kentucky
Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River flowsThrough Johnson County, Kentucky
Paintsville, Kentucky county Johnson County, Kentucky
Paintsville, Kentucky isCountySeatOf Johnson County, Kentucky
Paintsville, Kentucky isPartOf Johnson County, Kentucky
Floyd County, Kentucky borderedBy Johnson County, Kentucky
Magoffin County, Kentucky borders Johnson County, Kentucky
Morgan County, Kentucky borders Johnson County, Kentucky