Johnson County, Kentucky

Johnson County
County
Johnson County Judicial Center in Paintsville
Location within the U.S. state of Kentucky
Kentucky's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 37°50′N 82°50′W / 37.84°N 82.83°W / 37.84; -82.83
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
Founded	February 24, 1843
Named for	Richard Mentor Johnson
Seat	Paintsville
Largest city	Paintsville
Area
• Total	264 sq mi (680 km2)
• Land	262 sq mi (680 km2)
• Water	2.2 sq mi (6 km2)  0.8%
Population  (2020)
• Total	22,680
• Estimate  (2023)	22,116
• Density	86/sq mi (33/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	5th
Website	www.johnsoncoky.com

Johnson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,680.^[1] Its county seat is Paintsville.^[2] The county was formed in 1843 and named for Richard Mentor Johnson, a colonel of the War of 1812, United States Representative, Senator, and Vice President of the United States.^[3]

Johnson County is classified as a moist county, which is a county in which alcohol sales are not allowed (a dry county), but containing a "wet" city, in this case Paintsville, where alcoholic beverage sales are allowed.