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Private and secure, The Lawson Estate rests in a peaceful, quiet neighborhood one mile from U.S. 23 in Floyd County, Kentucky. The site was chosen for its ready access to the region's main
four-lane thoroughfare. Six miles north of the Pike County Airport, the location benefits from its proximity to Pikeville, a five minute drive in adjacent Pike County, included in the top twenty l00 Best Small Towns to Live in
America, published in 1993 and 1995 by Norman Crampton (Prentice-Hall). The ratings recognize communities with the lowest crime rates in the country, excellent educational systems, and solid infrastructure. Pikeville is
home to The Pikeville Medical Center. A modern, sate of the art facilitiy offering excellent care including open heart surgery, brain surgery and cancer center. Varied cultural opportunities near The Lawson Estate include:
dance and gymnastics lessons, professional outdoor theatre, YMCA, three nearby golf courses, and visual and performing arts programs at facilities such as the East Kentucky Expo Center a new 7500 set facility, Pikeville
College and the Mountain Arts Center and the soon to be completed Artists Collaborate Theatre in Elkhorn City. Easy access to nature's wonders offers whitewater rafting, fishing, hunting, camping, and hiking at Breaks
Interstate Park, Paintsville Lake, Fishtrap Lake and Wildlife Management Area, and Jenny Wiley State Resort Park and Lake. The area is also rich in natural resources with an abundance of coal, natural gas, oil and timber. It
has been touted as the energy capital of the world.
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