Maytown, Kentucky Explained

Maytown, Kentucky
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Floyd
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1.48
Area Land Km2:1.48
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Total Sq Mi:0.57
Area Land Sq Mi:0.57
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:227
Population Density Km2:153.57
Population Density Sq Mi:397.55
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:860
Pushpin Map:Kentucky
Pushpin Label:Maytown
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Kentucky
Coordinates:37.5328°N -82.7992°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:21-51060
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2629650

Maytown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.

Geography

Maytown is located west of the center of Floyd County, along the Right Fork of Beaver Creek, a tributary of the Levisa Fork. Kentucky Route 80 passes just east of the community, leading north to Prestonsburg (via U.S. Route 23) and southwest to Hazard. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Maytown CDP has an area of 1.48sqkm, all land.[2]

Demographics

Notable people

Songwriter Paul Gilley (1929–1957) was born in Maytown.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. March 18, 2022.
  2. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Maytown CDP, Kentucky. U.S. Census Bureau. American FactFinder. May 23, 2016. https://archive.today/20200213044604/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2151060. February 13, 2020. dead.
  3. https://www.wmmt.org/appalachian-attitude-audio-new-biography-on-morgan-co-songwriter-paul-gilley/ Appalachian Attitude Audio: new biography on Morgan Co. Paul Gilley