Paintsville Lake

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Paintsville Lake
Paintsville Lake - Lake and Dam
Lake and Dam
Location Kentucky
Coordinates 37°50′23.34″N, 82°52′15.56″WCoordinates: 37°50′23.34″N, 82°52′15.56″W
Lake type reservoir
Basin countries United States
Surface area 1,139 acres (461 ha)

Paintsville Lake is a 1,139-acre (4.61 km²) artificial lake in Johnson and Morgan counties in Kentucky. It was impounded from Paint Creek in 1983 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. It is the major attraction of Paintsville Lake State Park.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ (1992) "Lakes", in Kleber, John E.: The Kentucky Encyclopedia, Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter, Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813117720. 

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