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.
Big Sandy Community and Technical College (BSCTC) is a public community college with its headquarters in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. It was created in 2003 from the consolidation of Prestonsburg Community College and Mayo Technical College. BSCTC maintains four campus locations: Prestonsburg Campus in Prestonsburg; Mayo Campus in Paintsville; Pikeville Campus in Pikeville; and Hager Hill Campus in Hager Hill. Big Sandy Community and Technical College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
The Eastern Kentucky Coalfield is part of the Central Appalachian bituminous coalfield, including all or parts of 30 Kentucky counties and adjoining areas in Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia and Tennessee. It covers an area from the Allegheny Mountains in the east across the Cumberland Plateau to the Pottsville Escarpment in the west. The region is known for its coal mining; most family farms in the region have disappeared since the introduction of surface mining in the 1940s and 1950s.
Paintsville Lake State Park is a park located just west of Paintsville, Kentucky in Johnson County. The park itself encompasses 242 acres (98 ha), while Paintsville Lake, its major feature, covers approximately 1,139 acres (461 ha) extending into parts of Morgan County.
Paintsville Lake is a 1,139-acre (4.61 km2) reservoir in Johnson and Morgan counties in eastern Kentucky. It was impounded from Paint Creek in 1983 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. It is the major attraction of Paintsville Lake State Park.
Van Lear is an unincorporated community and coal town in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States.
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 (also Hagerhill) 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.
Johnson Central High School is a public secondary school located at 257 North Mayo Trail on the northwest side of Paintsville, Kentucky, United States. The school serves as the Johnson County School District's consolidated high school.
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.
Staffordsville is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States. The community was originally named Frew and the first post office was established on July 14, 1882, with Millard F. Rule as postmaster but in 1893, postmistress Jessie Stafford changed the post office's name to "Staffordsville" in order to honor her family. Staffordsville's ZIP code is 41256.
Wittensville is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States. Wittensville's ZIP code is 41274. It has a United States Postal Service, which stands besides a Dollar General which was constructed in June 2019. It also has an East Kentucky Realty estate agency.
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.
Mayo Mansion is a historic mansion at 405 Third Street in Paintsville, Kentucky. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 3, 1974, as John C.C. Mayo Mansion and Office. The mansion is currently occupied by Our Lady of the Mountains School.
Midway College School of Pharmacy was a proposed private pharmacy school planned to open in Paintsville, Kentucky, United States. Announced to the public on January 11, 2010, the school planned to open on Big Sandy Community and Technical College's Mayo Campus in the fall of 2011. The college was to be housed on the Big Sandy campus until the permanent campus was complete. A self-contained campus, consisting of two 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m2), buildings were completed. Dr. William B. Drake Jr., former president of Midway College, was expecting an enrollment of 320 when fully operational. It would have been the third pharmacy school in Kentucky. The school was part of Midway College, a private liberal arts college located in Midway, 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.
