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Paintsville ()〔 is a home rule-class city〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Summary and Reference Guide to House Bill 331 City Classification Reform )〕 along Paint Creek in Johnson County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 3,459 during the 2010 U.S. Census.〔United States of America. Census Bureau. "(2010 Census Data )". Accessed 6 November 2012.〕 ==History== A Paint Lick Station was referred to in military dispatches as early as 1780. The site was named for Indian art painted on the debarked trees near a local salt lick when the first white settlers arrived and was originally part of a tract belonging to George Lewis.〔 The trading post was purchased by the Carolinian Rev. Dalton Ray Chandler II in 1812 and laid out as the town of Paint Lick Station in 1826.〔Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names'', (p. 225 ). University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 25 September 2013.〕 The town was formally established under that name in 1834,〔 although the post office was probably named Paint Creek.〔 It was incorporated as a city under its present name of Paintsville in 1843,〔 the same year it became the seat of Johnson County. The Civil War found Johnson County Fiscal Court passing an ordinance barring ''both'' Union and Confederate flags from being flown in its jurisdiction. This was quickly repealed when then-Col. James A. Garfield marched his brigade into the city. During the early Twentieth Century, Paintsville began to transform into a modern American city. In 1902, the city's first bank First National opened for business. In 1906, the city received telephone service and, two years later, all of its streets were paved. In 1912, Paintsville received electricity and natural gas services. In 1926, Paintsville residents received public water and the city's fire department was established.〔''Johnson County, Kentucky, History''. "(Johnson Co. History )". Accessed 13 November 2009.〕 Since the late 1990s, Paintsville has been growing rapidly. This is due in part to some business developments in the past few years, as well as growing tourist interest. Paintsville has also been in the process of revitalizing the downtown area in order to rejuvenate its original business district. On June 9, 2009, Paintsville became a "wet" city for the first time since March 14, 1945, permitting stores located within the city limits to sell alcoholic beverages.〔Commonwealth of Kentucky. "(Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control )". Accessed 11 June 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paintsville, Kentucky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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