Boone County, Kentucky

Founding: 1799
Parent county: Campbell

Namesake: Daniel Boone, American explorer
Seat: Burlington (1799–)

Land area: 246 square miles

Population (2020): 135,968

Population (historic): 1,534 (1800); 10,034 (1840); 10,696 (1870); 11,170 (1900); 9,595 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1860; 1870–1890; 1910–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities; eight CDPs

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,220 (2.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 44.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 26%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,380
Average outbuilding value (1930): $908
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,831
Average farm size (1920): 69.8 acres
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Burlington

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: 1799 (platting as Wilmington); 1807 (post office); 1824 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 17,318

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 134 (2.2%)
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