List of all cities and towns in Johnson County
Johnson County is a county in Kentucky, United States.
The population was 22,680 according to the 2020 census.
Paintsville is the county seat.
The county was named after Richard Mentor Johnson, a War of 1812 colonel, United States Representative, Senator, and Vice President of the United States.
Johnson County is classed as a moist county, which is a county with no alcohol sales (a dry county) but a “wet” city, in this case Paintsville, where alcoholic beverage sales are permitted.
The Kentucky General Assembly established Johnson County on February 24, 1843, from land donated by Floyd, Lawrence, and Morgan counties.
The county has a total area of 264 square miles (680 km2), of which 262 square miles (680 km2) is land and 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2) (0.8%) is water, according to the United States Census Bureau.
Stuffley Knob, at 1,496 feet (456 meters), is the county’s highest point.[10] The Levisa Fork near the Lawrence County line is the lowest point, with an elevation of around 550 feet (170 m).
Here is a list of cities, towns, places, and villages in Johnson County, Kentucky: