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