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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Outstanding Buildings

1. Collins House (c. 1870). 6255 Aurora Ferry Road. Italianate. Razed.
2. Big Bone Methodist Church (1888). 3422 Beaver Road. Eastlake.
3. Miller House (c. 1860). 3805 Beaver Road. Greek Revival.
4. Peter Gregory Farm (c. 1860). 5063 Beaver Road. Gothic Revival.
5. Piatt's Landing / Robert Piatt House (c. 1800/1840). South of Beaver Road. Greek Revival. Razed.
6. William Glore Farm (c. 1853). 11682 Big Bone Road. Italianate.
7. James Dinsmore Farm (1841–1842). 5656 Burlington Pike. Greek Revival.
8. William Senour Farm. 262 Chambers Road. Classical Revival.
9. Robert Chambers House (1832–1836). 6199 East Bend Road. Greek Revival.
10. Jonas Clore Log House (c. 1820). 9293 East Bend Road.
11. Abner Gaines House (c. 1795). 150 Old Nicholson Road. Federal.
12. George Terrill Farm (c. 1865). 6002 Petersburg Road. Italianate.
13. Prospect Farm / Joseph Jenkins House (1857). 6279 Petersburg Road. Italianate.
14. Benjamin Allen Farm (c. 1870). 11301 Riddle's Run Road. Italianate.
15. Cave Johnson Farm (c. 1810/1830). 8368 River Road. Federal.
16. Robert Kirtley Farm (c. 1850). 8545 River Road. Greek Revival.
17. John Moore Farm (c. 1810/1850). 9733 River Road. Greek Revival.
18. Robert Kirtley House. 2451 Second Creek Road. Razed.
19. Benjamin Fowler House (1817–1819). 9209 Union Road.
20. Watts House (c. 1800). 1829 Williams Road.

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