Welcome to the City of Paintsville, Kentucky
If this is your first visit here with
us, we hope you find your stay enjoyable. Paintsville is a small city
nestled in the Big Sandy Valley region of the mountains of eastern
Kentucky.Paintsville has a population of about 4500 people and is the
county seat of Johnson County Kentucky. Paintsville is located about
100 miles east of Lexington, Kentucky and about 50 miles south of
Ashland, Kentucky. Like most of it's neighboring counties, the main
industry that the region depends on is the coal industry. Paintsville
is home to both award winning city and county school systems, and
Paintsville is the major retail hub for all of Johnson County having
such retail gaints as a super Wal-Mart and a super Lowes store. If you
need more info on Paintsville, you may call City Hall at 606-789-2600.
Located
between Paintsville Lake and Dewey Lake, Painstville serves as a center
of commerce, banking, medicine, education, and law for a multi-county
region and is a recreational haven appealing to the entire family. The
town features such attractions as Paintsville Lake State Park, an
18-hole golf course, and Butcher Hollow, the rustic birthplace of
"Queen of Country Music," Loretta Lynn. In early October, Paintsville
hosts the Kentucky Apple Festival, which provides such festivities as a
gospel sing, a 5-K run, clogging, arts and crafts, and even an
old-fashioned costume contest.