Floyd County, Kentucky

Founding: 1800
Parent counties: Fleming, Mason, and Montgomery

Namesake: James Floyd, Kentucky militia colonel
Seat: Prestonsburg (1800–)

Land area: 393 square miles

Population (2020): 35,942

Population (historic): 3,485 (1810); 6,302 (1840); 7,877 (1870); 15,552 (1900); 41,942 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1820; 1830s; 1850–1950; 1970s

Subdivisions: Five cities; five CDPs

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,576 (8.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 15.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 23.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $444
Average outbuilding value (1930): $190
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,032
Average farm size (1920): 29 acres
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Prestonsburg

Namesake: John Preston, owner of the city site

Founding: 1797 (platting as Preston's Station); 1816 (post office); 1867 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,681

Population (historic): 84 (1840); 179 (1870); 305 (1890); 1,120 (1910); 2,105 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1900–1950; 1960–1980; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 107 (6.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Samuel May House (1816–1817). 220 Porter Lane. Federal.

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