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Wurtland is a home rule-class city in Greenup County, Kentucky, situated on the south bank of the Ohio River.

Wurtland is part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area, which spans Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia.

The Wurtland vicinity was first settled by Alexander Fulton and his family around 1830; the Fultons established the Fulton's Forge Works, and the community became known as Fulton's Forge.

In 1823 William Shreve and his family built a steam furnace nearby and named their settlement Old Steam Furnace, reflecting the area's early iron-making industry.

A post office was established on January 14, 1864 under the name Oil Works, after a local factory that made kerosene, but it closed in 1871.

On February 28, 1876 the post office was reestablished as Wurtland, named after George and Samuel Grandin Wurts, who had founded the nearby Pennsylvania and Laurel Furnaces in 1848.

Wurtland was incorporated on September 15, 1970, making it one of Kentucky's more recently incorporated cities.

The 2020 census counted 983 residents in Wurtland, down slightly from 995 in 2010 and well below its peak of 1,301 in 1980; at the 2000 census the city had 1,049 people living in 400 households.

Wurtland covers about 1.81 square miles, bordered to the east by Worthington and Raceland, with Greenup, the county seat, about 3 miles to the west and Lawrence County, Ohio, directly across the river.

The northern terminus of the Industrial Parkway (Kentucky Route 67) is at U.S. Route 23 in Wurtland, connecting the city to the EastPark industrial park and Interstate 64 about 14 miles to the south.