Wheelwright, KY

Wheelwright is a home rule-class city in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. The 2020 census counted 509 residents. Before the arrival of coal mining jobs, many locals lived by farming or logging. The land which would later become Wheelwright was owned by the Hall family. Floyd County's public schools are operated by Floyd County Schools. Most students residing in Wheelwright attend:. The through line in Wheelwright is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map.

Wheelwright makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Wheelwright is located at the southern end of Floyd County in the valley of the Right Fork Otter Creek. There is just one way in and out of the city, via the Junction Bridge, located in Bypro, also referred to as "Wheelwright Junction", on state route 122. Wheelwright is home to one of the pack horse libraries in the 1930s.