Wayland is a home rule-class city in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.

This place had been known as “Martin’s Mill” since before the start of the Civil War, due to Rev.

During the Civil War, after the Battle of Middle Creek, Confederate General Humphrey Marshall and his forces camped there at the mill, while on their way back to Virginia.

[4] On July 28, 2022, Wayland, as well as many other places in eastern Kentucky, was hit by devastating flash flooding.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.8 km2), all land.

About 30.4% of families and 38.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 59.6% of those under the age of eighteen and 36.7% of those sixty five or over.