Coalton, Kentucky
| Coalton | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
 | |
  Coalton | |
| Coordinates: 38°22′12″N 82°46′09″W / 38.37000°N 82.76917°WCoordinates: 38°22′12″N 82°46′09″W / 38.37000°N 82.76917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Boyd |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| GNIS feature ID | 489742[1] |
Coalton is an unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. It is located along U.S. Route 60 between Rush and Cannonsburg. Coalton is a part of the Huntington-Ashland Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 287,702. New definitions from February 28, 2013 placed the population at 363,000.[2] Coalton is located within both the Ashland and Rush postal zip codes.
Points of interest
The Boyd County Fair Grounds are located in Coalton. Kentucky Electric Steel (KES Acquisitions), which employs 118 union steelworkers, is located at Coalton. The Hyland Company, has a dog food production plant located on U.S. Route 60. Hanson Brick operates a brick manufacturing facility here.
Transportation
US 60 interchanges with Interstate 64 in Coalton. This is one of three interchanges located in Boyd County. CSX transportation, formerly Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, operates a spur line from Ashland to Coalton, serving both Kentucky Electric Steel and the Hanson Brick Plant, where goods produced here are transported to the CSX mainline in Ashland and beyond.
Education
Boyd County Public Schools (Kentucky)
External links
References
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
