Johnson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,680. Its county seat is Paintsville. The county was formed in 1843 and named for Richard Mentor Johnson, War of 1812 general, United States Representative, Senator, and Vice President of the United States. Johnson County is classified as a moist county, which is a county in which alcohol sales are not allowed, but containing a "wet" city, in this case Paintsville, where alcoholic beverage sales are allowed.
Paintsville is a home rule-class city along Paint Creek in Johnson County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 3,459 during the 2010 U.S. Census.
Paintsville High School is a secondary-level school located in Paintsville, Johnson County, Kentucky and is part of the Paintsville Independent School District. Its student enrollment as of 2015–16 school year was 224 in grades 7 through 12. The average student to teacher ratio in classes at Paintsville High School is 14:1.
John Caldwell Calhoun Mayo was an American entrepreneur, educator, and politician. He is known for attracting corporate interest in the coal deposits of Eastern Kentucky and Southwestern Virginia, leading to the development of commercial coal mining in the region. The creation of the broad form deed is also attributed to Mayo in the early 1900s.
Hager Hill is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States. Hager Hill is located approximately four miles south of Paintsville, the county seat of Johnson County.
Oil Springs is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along Route 40 west of the city of Paintsville, the county seat of Johnson County. It has a post office with the ZIP code 41238.
Tutor Key is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States about 4.5 miles northeast of Paintsville. Tutor Key was originally known as Mingo.
Citizens National Bank is a bank headquartered in Paintsville, Kentucky and is the second largest independently owned bank in Kentucky, with total assets of $599.5 million. Citizens National Bank is a national bank, regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury.
Stuffley Knob is the tallest mountain in Johnson County, Kentucky, with a summit elevation of 1,496 feet above sea level. The summit is located about eight miles west of Paintsville at 37°46′59″N82°55′13″W, just off of U.S. Route 460.
The First National Bank Building, originally the Paintsville National Bank, is a historic structure located in Paintsville, Kentucky. The bank opened on May 5, 1902, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 26, 1989.
The Francis M. Stafford House is a historic house located at 102 Broadway Street in Paintsville, Kentucky, United States.
The Paintsville Public Library Building is a historic building located at 305 Second Street in Paintsville, Kentucky. It was constructed by the WPA in 1934. The library closed in the 1940s and was replaced by the Johnson County Public Library on February 3, 1947, which utilized the building until the 1960s. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 26, 1989. It now serves as the board of education for the Paintsville Independent School District.
First United Methodist Church is a historic church located at 505 Main St., Paintsville, Kentucky, United States. In 1989, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The H.B. Rice Insurance Building is a historic building located in Paintsville, Kentucky, United States. The building was constructed in 1890 by Harvey Burns Rice, who in 1908, opened an insurance company in the building. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 29, 1989.
The Foster Hardware Building is a historic building located in Paintsville, Kentucky, United States. The building was constructed in 1904 by the Foster Hardware Company, which was the antecedent firm to former local wholesale firm, Big Sandy Hardware. On August 29, 2018, the rear portion of the building suffered severe structural damage, when the outer walls collapsed.
The Paintsville Country Club is a historic country club located immediately east of Paintsville, Kentucky, United States. The land on which the building is located was donated by Paul B. Hall, who was Paintsville Medical Center's Chief of Staff in 1934-1981. Although the city of Paintsville owns the country club, the golf course is privately owned. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on 29 January 1989.
The David McKenzie Log Cabin is a historic house located within the Mountain Homeplace in Staffordsville, Kentucky, United States. The cabin was built between 1860 and 1865 by David McKenzie, who was an early settler of Johnson County. It was originally located at 37°52′56″N82°54′44″W, in Volga but was moved to the Mountain Homeplace in the early 1990s by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 26, 1982.
First Baptist Church is a historic church on College Street in Paintsville, Kentucky.
The Johnson County Public Library is a public library serving the residents of Johnson County, Kentucky. The library's collection contains 44,236 volumes, serves a population of 23,827, and circulates 120,687 items annually. It is located at 444 Main Street in Paintsville, Kentucky and was established on February 3, 1947. Although the library lacks branch locations, it does operate a daily mobile book service.
