Floyd County Mountains
This file appears in: County Named, 1799
This photograph shows parts of Floyd and Pike County from Lookout Peak on Pine Mountain. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
This file appears in: County Named, 1799
County Named, 1799
Historical Marker #817 in Prestonsburg remembers the life of Captain John Floyd, for whom Floyd County is named.
Floyd County, located in the eastern part of the state, was the fortieth county established. Named for John Floyd, a Virginia…