Grayson, Kentucky
Grayson, Kentucky Carter County Courthouse in Grayson Carter County Courthouse in Grayson Location of Grayson, Kentucky Location of Grayson, Kentucky State Kentucky Grayson is a home rule-class town/city in and the governmental center of county of Carter County, Kentucky, United States, in the state's northeastern region.
The populace was 4,217 at the 2010 census. Along with Carter County, the town/city is closely associated with the close-by Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Travel Destination being just 9 miles west of the M.S.A's boundary.
The town/city has grown in size substantially since the opening of Interstate 64 in 1975 through Carter County.
Beginning in 1995, AA Highway terminates in Grayson making the town/city a gateway to the Huntington-Ashland urban area.
William Grayson received a 70,000-acre (280 km2) tract of territory for his service amid the war from the state of Virginia. By 1838, a small portion of this tract was set aside for the evolution of a town titled for him.
Grayson is positioned in east-central Carter County at 38 20 5 N 82 56 33 W (38.334738, -82.942368), along the Little Sandy River, a tributary of the Ohio River.
Route 60 passes through the town/city as Main Street and is intersected in downtown by Kentucky Routes 1 and 7 (Carol Malone Boulevard).
Kentucky Route 9, the AA Highway, begins from KY 1-and-7 just north of the town/city limits and runs 111 miles (179 km) to the Cincinnati area.
Huntington, West Virginia, is 29 miles (47 km) east of Grayson via I-64, and Lexington is 96 miles (154 km) to the west.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Grayson has a total region of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km2), of which 2.8 square miles (7.3 km2) is territory and 0.039 square miles (0.1 km2), or 1.95%, is water. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Grayson has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Grayson is served by the Carter County School District.
The ground of Kentucky Christian University (formerly Kentucky Christian College) is positioned in Grayson.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 21.9% under the age of 18, 19.0% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 18.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $19,683, and the median income for a family was $26,280.
Webb, Kentucky State Senator and former Kentucky State Representative Charlie Borders, former Kentucky State Senator a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Grayson city, Kentucky".
Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky.
City of Grayson.
Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Climate Summary for Grayson, Kentucky Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grayson, Kentucky.
Municipalities and communities of Carter County, Kentucky, United States County seats in Kentucky
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Populated places established in 1844 - Cities in Carter County, Kentucky - County seats in Kentucky - Cities in Kentucky
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