Below are places that are close (or relative) to Paintsville.
The next largest community is Ashland. It is located about 45 miles [72 km] to the north of Paintsville and has a population of 20,700 people.
For comparison, Paintsville has a population of 4,100 people.
For more communities neighboring Paintsville, please visit our County-by-County Page for Paintsville.
Paintsville is located in Johnson County and is the County Seat.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Johnson County: Floyd, Lawrence, Magoffin, Martin & Morgan.
This section has been moved to our Tidbits & Trivia page for Paintsville.
Looking for more information about Paintsville? A good source is the TripAdvisor website and we always start with their TripAdvisor Tourism page. The Tourism page gives you an overview and then the links that will help you to find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
In addition to the Tourism page for Paintsville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information and a map of those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Paintsville.
We have a list of several cemeteries that are in the area around Paintsville. Our list includes the location of each cemetery, with the ability to see an overhead view of the cemetery.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Paintsville. Our list includes information such as whether the community had a post office or railroad service in 1895.
Of the airports that we know about, these are some of the closest to Paintsville.
When we're on the road, rather than always picking an airport that is close to our destination, we try to see if there might be another airport that would better fit our travel plans.<4> To help with your planning, the following list of airports is organized by type and proximity to Paintsville.
Please keep in mind that these airports where chosen based on their air-distance from Paintsville. You should check the map and see how accessible they are when considering one airport over another.
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Paintsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<1> Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Paintsville.
<2> Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Paintsville) to Point B.
Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Paintsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8178, Longitude: -82.8100 [Map]. In this case, the coordinates for Paintsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4> When we are planning a trip (for example, to Paintsville), we usually look for the obvious: the choice of airlines that fly into the airport, the number of flights, the connections we have to make, which car rentals are available, etc. We also look for sights and attractions that we might find between any given airport and our destination - we do love exploring. We're willing to fly into a more distant airport if we can get the services and amenities that we like. Even though our choice of airport might be inconvenient to others, it usually gives us a better trip.