Cannonsburg, Kentucky
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 Cannonsburg
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| Coordinates: 38°23′19″N 82°42′10″W / 38.38861°N 82.70278°WCoordinates: 38°23′19″N 82°42′10″W / 38.38861°N 82.70278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Boyd |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 288,649 |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
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Cannonsburg is an unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. Cannonsburg is generally considered a part of nearby Ashland, although Cannonsburg is not within Ashland city limits. Most of Cannonsburg shares its mailing zipcode with Ashland; however, parts are within the Catlettsburg mailing zipcode. The Cannonsburg Post Office closed in 1929. Cannonsburg 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.
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[edit] Education
Boyd County High School and Cannonsburg Elementary are located in Cannonsburg, separated only by Copley Road. Both are a part of the Boyd County Public School District.
[edit] Health
Cannonsburg is served by Bellefonte Primary & Urgent Care (12470 U.S. Route 60). Formerly Bellefonte Primary Care, the facility added urgent care services in 2009.[1]
[edit] Transportation
Cannonsburg acts as one of three access points for Interstate 64, connecting the Ashland area to Lexington, Kentucky and Huntington, West Virginia via U.S. Route 60 and Kentucky State Route 180. Ashland's other access points are through Catlettsburg via U.S. Route 23, and Coalton via a two-lane section of US 60.
[edit] Improvements
Interstate 64's Exit 185 was completed at KY 180 in 1965. KY 180 was replaced with a new four-lane section from its junction with US 60 to just north of I-64 in 1977. KY 180 formerly curved to the right just north of the intersection with I-64, then followed what is now KY 3291 past Boyd County High School to Cannonsburg Road, where it merged onto that road until its terminus at US 60 near Wal Mart.
The construction of a new diamond-shaped exchange at the Interstate 64/KY 180 interchange (Exit 185) was completed in fall of 2008 to improve safety and address traffic problems. It was the site of up to an accident per week before improvements were made. Previously KY 180 was 2 lanes south of the interchange and 4 lanes north of it, with one southbound lane turning into the I-64 West merging ramp, with a separate turning lane at the Flying J truck stop just to the south. The southern areas are now 3-lane.12
[edit] Points of interest
The Kyova Mall (formerly Cedar Knoll Galleria) is located in Cannonsburg. In May 2007, Phoenix Theaters opened a 10-screen stadium seating theater in hopes of the reviving the mall. The theater presently draws significantly more business than its nearest competitor in downtown Ashland. Following the theater's opening, several new restaurants opened at the mall. A Wal-Mart Supercenter opened in Cannonsburg in 1998.
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