Some of the cities, towns, and places in Carter County are Access, Beech Grove, Beetle, Boone Furnace, Carter, Davy Run, Denton, Grahn, Grayson, Hitchins, Mount Savage, Norton Branch, Olive Hill, Rooney, Rush, Smiths Creek, Soldier, Straight Creek, Willard

Carter County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 27,720. Its county seat is Grayson.Carter County is part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.