About Floyd County

On December 13, 1799, the Kentucky General Assembly passed legislation to form Floyd County as the 40th county of Kentucky.  The county was made from parts of Fleming County, Kentucky, Montgomery County, Kentucky and Mason County, Kentucky. The legislation became effective on June 1, 1800.  The county was named for James John Floyd, a pioneer surveyor who helped lay out the city of Louisville. The county seat was Preston’s Station, later renamed Prestonsburg. The first court house burned down on April 8, 1808, destroying all the early records, so the earliest records of government activity do not date prior to 1808.