Paintsville, KY is located about 100 miles east of Lexington, KY and 50 miles south of Ashland, KY Paintsville serves as a center of commerce, banking, medicine, education and law for a multi-county region that includes Johnson, Lawrence, Floyd, Magoffin, Martin and Morgan in Kentucky Over 1,700 students attend Johnson County Independent Schools, Middle and High Schools High traffic counts support this as a regional trade area extending far beyond Paintsville (Ky Hwy 321 has 13,711 VPD; US 460 has 13,038 VPD) Regional rugged topography is a barrier to additional new competition in the area