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Boone County is a county located on the Ohio River in the northernmost part of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census , the population was 135,968, [ 1 ] making it the fourth-most populous county in Kentucky.
This is a list of Superfund sites in Kentucky designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
Idlewild is located at the junction of Kentucky Routes 20 and 338, 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Burlington. [2] The name "Idlewild" was adopted in 1900, and the community was formerly named Gainesville and Utzinger, respectively. [2] The Gainesville name was based upon the Gaines family, who owned a great deal of land in Boone County. [2]
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East Bend is a region of Boone County, Kentucky, about 20 miles southwest of Cincinnati, Ohio. The region is well named; there the Ohio River makes an almost right angle turn, and flows east for ten miles or more. On the Kentucky side of the river, the land is mostly bottom land and good farm land.
In 1780, Kentucky County was divided into Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln counties. Kentucky was admitted as a state in 1792, when it had nine counties. [4] Each county has a legislative council called the fiscal court; [5] despite the name, it no longer has any responsibility for judicial proceedings. [6]
Hamilton is an unincorporated community in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. It is situated at Latitude 38.88333, Longitude -84.78167, in the southern part of the county on the Ohio River; it is about a mile north of the mouth of Big Bone Creek. It was established in 1835, being incorporated by the Kentucky Legislature as the Town of ...
Bullittsville is an unincorporated community in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. [1] A post office called Bullittsville was established in 1853, and remained in operation until 1918. [2] The community has the name of Thomas Bullitt, a pioneer surveyor. [3]