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Prestonsburg

Prestonsburg is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of , , United States. It is in the eastern part of the state in the valley of the .
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  • Type: Town with 3,850 residents
  • Description: city and county seat of Floyd County, Kentucky
  • Also known as: “Prestonburg”, “Prestons Station”, “Prestonsburg, Kentucky”, “Prestonsburg, KY”, “Prestonsburgh”, and “Surlocks Station”
  • Postal code: 41653

Places of Interest

Highlights include East Kentucky Science Center and Mountain Arts Center.

Planetarium
The was once a private, non-profit science center and planetarium located on the main campus of Big Sandy Community and Technical College in Prestonsburg, .

Arts center
The is a performing arts venue located at 50 Hal Rogers Drive in Prestonsburg, . The center was established in October 1996 and became home to the Kentucky Opry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cliff and Watergap.

Quarter
is an unincorporated community and coal town in , , United States. Their post office closed in 1973.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community and coal town in , , United States. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Prestonsburg.

Prestonsburg

Latitude
37.6671° or 37° 40′ 2″ north
Longitude
-82.7752° or 82° 46′ 31″ west
Population
3,850
Elevation
633 feet (193 metres)
Open location code
869VM68F+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154053132
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4305210
Wiki­data ID
Q3180286
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Prestonsburg” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بريستونزبورغ (كنتاكي)”
  • Arabic: “بريستونزبورغ”
  • Basque: “Prestonsburg”
  • Cebuano: “Prestonsburg”
  • Chechen: “Престонсбург”
  • Chinese: “Prestonsburg”
  • Chinese: “普勒斯頓”
  • Chinese: “普勒斯顿”
  • Chinese: “普雷斯頓斯堡”
  • Czech: “Prestonsburg”
  • Danish: “Prestonsburg”
  • Dutch: “Prestonsburg”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بريستونزبورج”
  • French: “Prestonsburg”
  • German: “Prestonsburg”
  • Gilaki: “پرستنزبرگ (کنتاکي)”
  • Gilaki: “پرستنزبرگ”
  • Haitian: “Prestonsburg, Kentucky”
  • Haitian: “Prestonsburg”
  • Hungarian: “Prestonsburg”
  • Ido: “Prestonsburg, Kentucky”
  • Ido: “Prestonsburg”
  • Irish: “Prestonsburg”
  • Italian: “Prestonsburg”
  • Japanese: “プレストンズバーグ”
  • Kazakh: “Prestonbwrg”
  • Kazakh: “Престонбург”
  • Kazakh: “پرەستونبۋرگ”
  • Kirghiz: “Престонбург”
  • Ladin: “Prestonsburg”
  • Malagasy: “Prestonsburg, Kentucky”
  • Malagasy: “Prestonsburg”
  • Mazanderani: “پرستونسبورگ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Prestonsburg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Prestonsburg”
  • Norwegian: “Prestonsburg”
  • Persian: “پرستونسبورگ، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “پرستونسبورگ”
  • Polish: “Prestonsburg”
  • Portuguese: “Prestonsburg”
  • Russian: “Престонсбург”
  • Serbian: “Престонсберг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Prestonsburg, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Prestonsburg”
  • Slovak: “Prestonsburg”
  • Slovenian: “Prestonsburg”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پرستونسبورق، کنتاکی”
  • Spanish: “Prestonsburg (Kentucky)”
  • Spanish: “Prestonsburg”
  • Swedish: “Prestonsburg”
  • Tajik: “Престонсбург”
  • Tatar: “Престонсбург”
  • Turkish: “Prestonsburg”
  • Ukrainian: “Престонсбург”
  • Urdu: “پریسٹنسبرگ، کینٹکی”
  • Urdu: “پریسٹنسبرگ”
  • Uzbek: “Prestonsburg”
  • Uzbek: “Престонсбург”
  • Volapük: “Prestonsburg”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Prestonsburg, Kentucky”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Prestonsburg”

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