Ashland, Kentucky
| Ashland, Kentucky | |
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Downtown Ashland, Kentucky
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| Motto: A proud past. A bright future. | |
 Location of Ashland, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates: 38°27′50″N 082°38′30″W / 38.46389°N 82.64167°WCoordinates: 38°27′50″N 082°38′30″W / 38.46389°N 82.64167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Boyd |
| Settled | Poage's Landing, 1786 |
| Incorporated | Ashland, 1854 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Stephen E. Gilmore |
| • City Manager | Steve Corbitt (interim) |
| Area | |
| • City | 10.8 sq mi (27.9 km2) |
| • Land | 10.7 sq mi (27.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 551 ft (168 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • City | 21,684 |
| • Density | 2,000/sq mi (780/km2) |
| • Metro | 287,702 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 41101, 41102, 41105 |
| Area code(s) | 606 |
| FIPS code | 21-02368 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0486092 |
| Website | www |
Ashland is a home rule-class city in Boyd County, Kentucky, in the United States. Ashland, the largest city in Boyd County, is located upon the southern bank of the Ohio River. The population was 21,684 at the 2010 census. Ashland is a part of the Huntington, West Virginia metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, this metropolitan statistical area (MSA) had a population of 287,702. New definitions from February 28, 2013 placed the population at 363,000. Ashland is the second-largest city within the MSA, after Huntington, West Virginia. Ashland serves as an important economic and medical center for northeast Kentucky and is part of the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Kentucky.
Ashland dates back to the migration of the Poage family from the Shenandoah Valley via the Cumberland Gap in 1786. They erected a homestead along the Ohio River and named it Poage's Landing. Also called Poage Settlement, the community that developed around it remained an extended-family affair until the mid-19th century. In 1854, the city name was changed to Ashland, after Henry Clay's Lexington estate and to reflect the city's growing industrial base. The city's early industrial growth was a result of Ohio's pig iron industry and, particularly, the 1854 charter of the Kentucky Iron, Coal, and Manufacturing Company by the Kentucky General Assembly. The city was formally incorporated by the General Assembly two years later in 1856. Major industrial employers in the first half of the 20th Century included Armco, Ashland Oil and Refining Company, the C&O Railroad, Allied Chemical & Dye Company's Semet Solvay, and Mansbach Steel.
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