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Kentucky Counties

Despite ranking 37th in size by area, Kentucky has 120 counties, third in the U.S. behind Texas's 254 and Georgia's 159.

Boone County, Kentucky

Boone County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Burlington
Year Organized: 1799
Square Miles: 246

Court House:

2950 Washington Street
County Courthouse
Burlington, KY 41005-8536

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Daniel Boone (1735-1820), frontiersman.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Boone county was formed in 1799. It is located in the Outer Bluegrass region of the state. The elevation in the county ranges from 455 to 964 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 85,991 in a land area of 246.26 square miles, an average of 349.2 people per square mile. The county seat is Burlington. The largest city in the county is Florence. Boone county is in the northern Kentucky area.

Neighboring Counties:

Northeast: Hamilton County, Ohio
Southeast: Kenton County; Grant County
Southwest: Gallatin County; Switzerland County, Ind.
West: Ohio County, Ind.
Northwest: Dearborn County, Ind.

Cities and Towns:

- Burlington (County Seat)
- Florence	city	Incorporated Area
- Union	city	Incorporated Area
- Walton	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."