Johnson County was created in the year 1843. It derived its name from Richard Mentor Johnson, Vice President of the United States (1837–1841). The territory blankets a zone of 263.94 sq mi. More than 23K people with an excellent admixture of White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others along with 9K households and 6.8K family units reside in this region. Paintsville is the county seat.

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