Wheelwright is a home rule-class city in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 780 at the 2010 census, down from 1,042 in 2000.
Housing on South Main Street
The town produced coal for the Inland Steel Company
A coal miner in Wheelwright, 1946
Future Wheelright Mayor Ella Jane Fain, age 18 (right) and her cousin at the soda fountain in 1946
Floyd County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,942. Its county seat is Prestonsburg. The county, founded in 1800, is named for Colonel John Floyd (1750–1783).
Floyd County Courthouse
A coal miner in Wheelwright, Kentucky, 1946
Coal mining has long been a major industry in Floyd County.