Place:Flatwoods, Greenup, Kentucky, United States

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NameFlatwoods
TypeCity
Coordinates38.523°N 82.719°W
Located inGreenup, Kentucky, United States
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Flatwoods is a suburban city of the larger and nearby Ashland, Kentucky, although located in a different county from Ashland, in Greenup County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 10,983 at the 2010 census. Bobby Crager is the city's mayor. Flatwoods is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 288,649.

Locally, Flatwoods is considered to be a "bedroom community", as it has no large employer within the city. Many residents work for CSX Transportation, AK Steel, Marathon Oil, King's Daughters Medical Center, or Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital. There are five institutions of higher education located within 30–40 minutes of Flatwoods. The Ohio University Southern Campus, Marshall University, Kentucky Christian University, Ashland Community and Technical College and, Shawnee State University.

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