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Boone County, Kentucky

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111historic places
—earliest paper
1799formed
135,968pop. 2020
62cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 111 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Petersburg, Union, Walton.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

61 of 111 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

111 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Allen, B. M., HouseUnionBuilding1989
Archaeological Site 15 BE 36UnionSite1983
Aylor, A. J., HouseHebronBuilding1989
Barger, Donald, HousePetersburgBuilding1989
Bedinger SiteWaltonSite2000
Belleview Baptist ChurchBelleviewBuilding1989
Belleview Post OfficeBelleviewBuilding1990
Big Bone Lick Archeological DistrictUnionDistrict2002
Big Bone Lick Archeological District NHLUnionDistrict
Big Bone Lick State ParkUnionSite1972
Big Bone Methodist ChurchUnionBuilding1989
Blankenbecker-Riley FarmUnionBuilding2002
Blankenbeker, Clinton, HouseFlorenceBuilding1989
Blau, Nicholas S. and Gertrude E., HouseWaltonBuilding2005
Boone County Distillery Superintendant's House and Guest HousePetersburgBuilding1989
Botts HouseBurlingtonBuilding1989
Burlington Historic DistrictBurlingtonDistrict1979
Burlington Historic District (Boundary Decrease, Boundary Increase)BurlingtonDistrict2005
Calvert, B. C., HouseUnionBuilding1989
Carlton, Jonathan, HousePetersburgBuilding1982
Chamber, Robert, HouseWaltonBuilding2000
Chambers, A. E., Octagonal BarnPetersburgDistrict1989
Chambers, C. Scott, House and Funeral ParlorWaltonBuilding2000
Chambers, Robert, HouseBurlingtonBuilding1975
Chandler HouseWaltonBuilding1989
Christian Meeting HousePetersburgBuilding1989
Clore HouseBelleviewBuilding1989
Clore, Jonas, HouseBelleviewBuilding1989
Clore, Jonas, Log HouseBurlingtonBuilding2000
Code HouseWaltonBuilding2005
Collins, Capt. N., House DistrictPetersburgDistrict1989
Corn, Allie, HouseHebronBuilding1989
Crisler-Crisler Mounds SiteHebronSite2002
Crouch, Dr. M. J., HouseUnionBuilding1989
Delehunty, John, HouseFlorenceBuilding1989
Delph, Sam, HousePetersburgBuilding1989
Delph, W. T., HouseBurlingtonBuilding1989
Dew, Daniel, HousePetersburgBuilding1989
Dinsmore HouseBurlingtonBuilding2023
Dinsmore HouseBurlingtonBuilding1979
Dinsmore, James, House (Boundary Increase)BurlingtonBuilding2005
Early HousePetersburgBuilding1989
East Bend ChurchUnionBuilding1989
Edwards HouseWaltonBuilding1989
Farmers Bank of PetersburgPetersburgBuilding1989
Flick HouseBelleviewBuilding1989
Florence Fire StationFlorenceBuilding1989
Florence HotelFlorenceBuilding1989
Fowler, Benjamin Piatt, HouseUnionBuilding1982
Gaines, Benjamin R., FarmBurlingtonBuilding1989
Gaines, Col. Abner, HouseWaltonBuilding1980
Gaines, Col. Abner, House (Boundary Increase)WaltonSite2010
George-Vest HouseVeronaBuilding2000
Glore, William Milburn, HouseUnionBuilding2002
Goodridge, Virginia Corey, HouseFlorenceBuilding2000
Gordon's HallPetersburgBuilding1989
Green, M.B., SitePetersburgSite2008
Gregory, Peter, HouseUnionBuilding2000
Hamilton SchoolUnionBuilding1989
Hebron Deposit BankHebronBuilding1989
Hicks, Harvey A., HouseWaltonBuilding1989
Hind, Samuel, HouseWaltonBuilding1990
Hopeful Lutheran ChurchFlorenceBuilding1989
Horton, Agnes, HousePetersburgBuilding1989
Hudson HouseWaltonBuilding1989
Huey, D. W., HouseBurlingtonBuilding1989
Huey, Thomas, FarmUnionBuilding2000
Hughes HouseWaltonBuilding1989
Jenkins-Berkshire HousePetersburgBuilding2000
Johnson, Cave, HouseHebronBuilding1989
Kirtley HousePetersburgBuilding1989
Kirtley, Rev. Robert E., HouseHebronBuilding1989
Kite, James William, StoreBurlingtonBuilding2014
Lassing, Morris, HouseUnionBuilding1990
Loder HousePetersburgBuilding1989
MaplewoodWaltonSite2000
Mayhugh, John Clifton and Ann Catherine, HouseWaltonBuilding2005
Mayhugh, John Clifton, HouseWaltonBuilding1989
McKim, W.F. and Florence, HouseBurlingtonBuilding2005
Milburn, Frank S., Machine ShopBurlingtonBuilding2005
Miller, M., HouseUnionBuilding1989
Moore, John, HouseFrancisvilleBuilding1978
Norman, L. C., HouseUnionBuilding1989
Parker, Richard, HousePetersburgBuilding1989
Peters HousePetersburgBuilding1989
Piatt's LandingBurlingtonBuilding1974
Prospect FarmPetersburgBuilding1989
Rabbit Hash General StoreMcVilleBuilding1989
Rabbit Hash Historic DistrictRabbit HashDistrict2003
Ransom HouseCrittendenBuilding1989
Reeves MoundStringtownStructure1990
Roberts, Thomas Zane, House and WorkshopBurlingtonBuilding2012
Rogers SitePetersburgSite1983
Rogers, Boone Fowler, BarnPetersburgBuilding2000
Rogers, James, HouseBelleviewBuilding1989
Rolsen, Henry and Agnes, HouseConstanceBuilding2005
Rouse, Dr. Gladys, Office and HouseFlorenceBuilding2005
Ryle's Super Market and Oddfellows BuildingPetersburgBuilding1989
South Main Street Historic DistrictWaltonDistrict2005
Souther, Abe, HouseFrancisvilleBuilding1987
Stephens, J.Q.A., HouseUnionBuilding2005
Stevenson, Dr. John E., HouseUnionBuilding2000
Tanner, John, HousePetersburgBuilding1987
Terrill, George W., HousePetersburgBuilding1989
Tomlin, John G., HouseWaltonBuilding2005
Uitz, Ephraim, HouseBurlingtonDistrict1990
Verona High SchoolVeronaBuilding2002
Wallace HouseWaltonBuilding1989
Walton, John J., HouseBelleviewBuilding2012
Watts HouseBullittsvilleBuilding1987
Wingate-Gaines Farm DistrictPetersburgDistrict1989

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Boone was formed in 1799 (1799-06-01) from Campbell.

BOONE created from CAMPBELL.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Boone County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

136k69k1,53418001840188019101920196020002020
1800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,5346,54210,03411,19611,99611,1709,57210,82013,01521,94045,84285,991135,968

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

62 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 62 of 62 listed
NameLatLon
Acra Cemetery38.98585-84.7504
Alphin Cemetery38.85702-84.77292
Aylor Cemetery39.01726-84.67912
Baker Cemetery38.88393-84.74713
Barnard Cemetery39.10464-84.8086
Beaverlick Church Cemetery38.86732-84.70916
Belleview Baptist Cemetery38.99206-84.82553
Big Bone Church Cemetery38.9217-84.74673
Black Cemetery38.87502-84.76088
Botts Cemetery39.07838-84.803
Brown Cemetery39.12394-84.76994
Carpenters Cemetery38.92583-84.62833
Carr Cemetery38.83645-84.70577
Chambers Cemetery39.01975-84.72416
Colonal Abraham Depew Grave39.1104-84.74782
Craig Cemetery38.90643-84.8117
Craig Cemetery38.9459-84.83682
Dinsmore Cemetery39.00061-84.81522
Florence Cemetery39.00003-84.63117
Foster Cemetery39.05394-84.83661
Garnet Cemetery39.03813-84.67008
Grant Cemetery38.97463-84.82328
Graves Cemetery39.09128-84.81304
Gregory Cemetery38.90095-84.80223
Hebron Lutheran Church Cemetery39.06416-84.69889
Hood Cemetery39.07089-84.63633
Hopeful Lutheran Cemetery39.00073-84.65746
Hughes Chapel Cemetery38.8862-84.69314
Hume Cemetery38.83761-84.69472
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery39.02506-84.7155
Johnson Cemetery39.03726-84.79512
Kirtley Cemetery38.90839-84.82022
Marshall Cemetery38.97036-84.79604
McMurry Cemetery39.10449-84.80439
Moore Cemetery39.11366-84.77828
Mosby Cemetery39.04421-84.868
New Bethel Church Cemetery38.81336-84.65493
Old Burlington Cemetery39.03193-84.72308
Pearson Cemetery38.94917-84.8188
Peeno Cemetery39.07541-84.64499
Petersburg Cemetery39.06359-84.87429
Piatt Cemetery39.0928-84.82851
Pope Cemetery38.98667-84.76795
Powers Cemetery38.83273-84.69118
Rice Cemetery38.94811-84.66744
Rice Cemetery38.97512-84.82318
Rice Cemetery38.99625-84.81922
Richardson Cemetery38.84587-84.75908
Richwood Church Cemetery38.89944-84.65163
Ryle Cemetery38.91883-84.8081
Ryle Cemetery38.92894-84.80355
Saint Patricks Cemetery38.82533-84.67345
Salem Church Cemetery38.85017-84.62869
Scott Cemetery39.0744-84.81924
South Fork Cemetery38.834-84.75132
Stephens Cemetery38.93083-84.8438
Tousey Cemetery39.08103-84.84544
Walton Cemetery39.06894-84.82439
Watts Cemetery39.07878-84.74219
Weaver Cemetery39.02854-84.67583
Whitaker Cemetery39.11066-84.77015
Wilson Cemetery38.94485-84.83427
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Bullittsburg39.12605-84.77072

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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