Ashland
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Other Name: -, District: Kentucky, State: South, United States of America
Area: 31.6 km²
Languages Spoken: English
Long Distance Code: +1(606)
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Ashland is a city in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States, nestled along the banks of the Ohio River. Ashland is the second largest city within the MSA, after Huntington. Ashland serves as an important economic and medical center for northeast Kentucky.Ashland''s central business district extends from 12th Street to 18th Street, and from Carter Avenue to Greenup Avenue. It includes many notable buildings, such as the Paramount Arts Center and the Ashland Bank Building.The Paramount Arts Center, an art-deco converted movie theater built in 1930, is located on Winchester Avenue. The theater serves as an important venue for the arts in eastern Kentucky and the surrounding states of Ohio and West Virginia. It is well noted for its Festival of Trees event during the winter season.Ashland boasts a 47-acre wooded Central Park, founded in 1854,In 2004, the AK Steel Sports Park was constructed along Blackburn Avenue in South Ashland. The sports-oriented park features several baseball diamonds, soccer fields and a skate parkplaygrounds and other amusements.Location
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Contains an Artist''s Market which showcases local artists as well as displaying regionally, nationally, and internationally known fine art.
Housed in the historic Parsons Department Store, this regional historical museum teaches both adults and children about the history of Ashland and Eastern Kentucky through interactive exhibits. The popular Country Music Heritage exhibit showcases memorabilia and biographies of many well-known country music artists.
One of the first built specifically for"talking" motion pictures, this historic Art Deco-style theater has been restored with many of its original fixtures and furnishings. The Paramount is home to a non-profit agency that offers about 120 performing arts performances a year to the community.