The Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in the

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region of the

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. Referred to locally as the "

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," and colloquially as "Kyova" (Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia), the region spans seven

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in the three

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, and

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. With a population of 361,580, the Tri-State area is nestled along the banks of the

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. The region offers a diverse range of outdoor activities.

Counties

Communities

Downtown Huntington and the Ohio River 2019

Largest cities (more than 5,000 inhabitants)

Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants

Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants

Athalia, Ohio Athalia is a village in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 279 at the 2020 census. Athalia is a part of the Huntington- Ashland, WV- KY- OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). According to tradi ...

Bancroft, West Virginia Bancroft is a town in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States, along the Kanawha River. The population was 389 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area. History The town was named for George Bancroft, a coa ...

Bellefonte, Kentucky Bellefonte is a home rule-class city in Greenup County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 888 at the 2010 census. Bellefonte is a part of the Huntington- Ashland, WV- KY- OH Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). In 2013, according ...

Chesapeake, Ohio Chesapeake is a village in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The population was 765 as of the 2020 census. It lies across the Ohio River from Huntington, West Virginia, at the mouth of Symmes Creek. The Robert C. Byrd Bridge across the O ...

Fort Gay, West Virginia Fort Gay is a town in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Tug Fork and Big Sandy rivers. The town adjoins Louisa, Kentucky. The population was 677 at the 2020 census. History The Fort Gay community traces back to ...

* Hanging Rock, Ohio *

Lavalette, West Virginia 300px, Road sign indicating the northern boundary of Lavalette along West Virginia Route 152. Lavalette is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wayne County, West Virginia, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 932 (do ...

(census-designated place) *

Poca, West Virginia Poca is a town in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 875 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area. The town derives its name from the Pocatalico River. Geography Poca is located at ...

Proctorville, Ohio Proctorville is a village in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 523 at the 2020 census. The East End Bridge connects Proctorville to Huntington, West Virginia across the Ohio River. Proctorville is ...

West Hamlin, West Virginia West Hamlin is a town in Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States, along the Guyandotte River. The population was 519 at the 2020 census, and is now down to 509, according to the 2021 census. West Hamlin is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, ...

Wurtland, Kentucky Wurtland is a home rule-class city in Greenup County, Kentucky, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 983 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area. The northern terminus of the Industrial P ...

Unincorporated places

Townships (Lawrence County, Ohio)

Demographics

As o
2018
there were 352,823 people and 136,769 households residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 93.9%

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, 2.6%

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, 0.1% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.1%

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, 0.1% from other races, and 1.8% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1% of the population. The median income for a household in the MSA was $45,535. The per capita income for the MSA was $25,801. 18.2% of the population is beneath the poverty line, including 23% of children and 11% of seniors. In 2008, an Associated Press article designated the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area as the unhealthiest in America, based on its analysis of data collected in 2006 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly half the adults in this metropolitan area were obese.

Major highways

Interstate 64 Interstate 64 (I-64) is an east–west Interstate Highway in the Eastern United States. Its western terminus is at Interstate 70, I-70, U.S. Route 40 (US 40), and U.S. Route 61, US 61 in Wentzville, Missouri. Its eastern ter ...

U.S. Route 23 * US 52

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West Virginia Route 2 West Virginia Route 2 is a state highway in the US state of West Virginia. It generally parallels the Ohio River along the western border of the state, from U.S. Route 60 in Huntington (just west of the East End Bridge) northeasterly to U.S. ...

West Virginia Route 10 West Virginia Route 10 is a north–south route from Cabell County, West Virginia, Cabell County to Mercer County, West Virginia, Mercer County in the western and southern regions of West Virginia. Mostly a two-lane, winding highway with no sh ...

West Virginia Route 152 West Virginia Route 152 is a north–south state highway extending from Crum to Huntington, West Virginia. The northern terminus of WV 152 is unusual in that it also serves as the southern terminus of West Virginia Route 527, which conti ...

West Virginia Route 527 * Elongated circle 3

Kentucky Route 3 Kentucky Route 3 (KY 3) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Route description Kentucky Route 3 originates at a junction with U.S. Highway 23 west of Prestonsburg, Kentucky, Prestonsburg in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. T ...

John Y. Brown Jr. AA Highway (KY 10) * Elongated circle 67

Industrial Parkway (KY 67) * Elongated circle 180

Kentucky Route 180 * OH-7

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Ohio State Route 527

Area codes

The following prefixes are used for long-distance phone service dialing to the region within the MSA. * 304, 681 –

Counties * 606 –

Counties * 740, 220 –

Higher education

Ashland Community and Technical College Ashland Community and Technical College (ACTC) is a Public college, public community college in Ashland, Kentucky. It is an open-admissions college and part of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. It was founded in 1938 to allow ...

Collins Career Center
* Huntington Junior College *

Marshall University Marshall University is a public university, public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1837 and is named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States, chief justice of the Uni ...

Morehead State University at Ashland
* Mountwest Community and Technical College *

Ohio University Southern Campus Ohio University Southern Campus is a satellite campus of Ohio University in Ironton, Ohio. The campus also has an extension in Proctorville, Ohio, and the Ohio Horse Park in Franklin Furnace, Ohio. The university began in 1956 when it hosted col ...

References

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