Ashland, Kentucky

Ashland, Kentucky
City
Downtown Ashland in 2019
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Motto:  A proud past. A bright future.
Location of Ashland in Boyd County, Kentucky
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Coordinates: 38°27′50″N 082°38′30″W / 38.46389°N 82.64167°W / 38.46389; -82.64167
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Boyd
Settled	Poage's Landing, 1786
Incorporated	Ashland, 1854
Government
• Mayor	Matt Perkins
• City Manager	Michael Graese
Area [1]
• City	10.77 sq mi (27.89 km2)
• Land	10.73 sq mi (27.80 km2)
• Water	0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2)
Elevation	551 ft (168 m)
Population  (2020)
• City	21,625
• Estimate  (2022)[2]	21,342
• Density	2,014.44/sq mi (777.76/km2)
• Metro	376,155 (US: 150th)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	41101, 41102, 41105
Area code	606
FIPS code	21-02368
GNIS feature ID	0486092
Website	www.ashlandky.gov

Ashland is a home rule-class city^[3] in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. The largest city in Boyd County, Ashland is located upon a southern bank of the Ohio River at the state border with Ohio and near West Virginia. The population was 21,625 at the 2020 census.^[4] Ashland is a principal city of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area, referred to locally as the "Tri-State area", home to 376,155 residents as of 2020.^[1] Ashland serves as an important economic and medical center for northeastern Kentucky.