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Bourbon County, Kentucky

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60historic places

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1786formed

20,252pop. 2020

15cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 60 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Paris, Shawhan, Millersburg.

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

43 of 60 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

60 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Airy Castle	Paris	Building	1976
Aker, Jacob, Farm	Paris	District	1993
Allen-Alexander House	Paris	Building	1975
Bayless Quarters	North Middletown	Building	1983
Bourbon County Confederate Monument	Paris	Object	1997
Bourbon County Courthouse	Paris	Building	1974
Buckner Site (15BB12)	Paris	Site	1983
Buckner, Walker, House	Paris	Building	1997
Cane Ridge Rural Historic District	Paris	District	2003
Champ, Thomas, House	Paris	District	2003
Clay, Dr. Henry, House	Paris	Building	1983
Colville Covered Bridge	Millersburg	Structure	1974
Cooper's Run Baptist Church	Shawhan	Building	1983
Cooper's Run Rural Historic District	Paris	District	1998
David, William, House	Shawhan	Building	1979
Downtown Paris Historic District	Paris	District	1989
Duncan Avenue Historic District (Additional Documentation)	Paris	District	1988
Duncan Tavern	Paris	Building	1973
Eades Tavern	Paris	Building	1973
Eales, James, House	Shawhan	Building	1983
Escondida	Paris	Building	1978
Garrard, James, House	Shawhan	Building	1983
Glen Oak	Paris	Building	1996
Grange, The	Paris	Building	1973
Harrod, Ephram, House	North Middletown	Building	1983
Hillside Farm	Paris	District	2000
Hopkins House	North Middletown	Building	1983
Johnston's Inn	Paris	Building	2008
Kennedy, Joseph, House	Shawhan	Building	1983
Kennedy, Thomas, House	Paris	Building	1980
Kiser Station	Paris	Building	1977
Kiser, James, House	Paris	Building	2014
Little Rock-Jackstown Road Rural Historic District	Little Rock	District	2004
Loudoun Hall	Paris	Building	1978
Mauck, Rudolph, House	Shawhan	Building	1983
McKee-Vimont Row Houses	Millersburg	Building	1975
McLeod Spring House	Paris	Building	1983
Miller's House at Ruddels Mills	Millersburg	Building	1983
Millersburg Historic District (Additional Documentation)	Millersburg	District	1986
Paris Cemetery Gatehouse	Paris	Building	1978
Paris Courthouse Square Historic District	Paris	District	1979
Paris Railroad Depot	Paris	Building	1973
Pocket Rural Historic District	Sharpsburg	District	2003
Rodgers, Thomas, House	Paris	Building	1983
Rymill, Elias, House	Shawhan	Building	1983
Sacred Home	Paris	Building	1979
Sandusky House	Carlisle	Building	1983
Shipp, Laban, House	Shawhan	Building	1983
Snow Hill	Little	Building	1997
Spears, Jacob, Distillery	Shawhan	Building	1983
Spears, Jacob, House	Shawhan	Building	1983
Stephens, Joseph L., House	Millersburg	Building	1983
Stoner Creek Rural Historic District	Paris	District	2001
Sugar Grove	Paris	Building	1996
Tucker, John, House	Paris	Building	1995
West Millersburg Rural Historic District	Millersburg	District	2007
Widow McDowell House	Paris	Building	1983
Williams, Hubbard, House	Millersburg	Building	1983
Woodlawn	Paris	Building	1996
Wright, Capt. James, House and Cabin	Paris	Building	1976

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Bourbon was formed in 1786 (1786-05-01) from Fayette.

BOURBON created by Virginia from FAYETTE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Bourbon County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
7,837	12,825	17,664	14,478	14,860	15,956	18,069	18,418	17,932	17,752	18,178	19,405	19,360	20,252

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

15 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 15 of 15 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bethel Cemetery	38.13965	-84.08484
Clay Cemetery	38.13892	-84.23096
Collins Cemetery	38.17201	-84.02548
Crouch Cemetery	38.17729	-83.99937
Edward Boone Grave	38.19174	-84.02464
Fisher Cemetery	38.20312	-84.26882
Horton Cemetery	38.16063	-84.07909
Letton Cemetery	38.2109	-84.05175
Mount Olive Cemetery	38.19979	-84.26937
Paris Cemetery	38.20229	-84.26548
Ruddels Mill Cemetery	38.30061	-84.24143
Smith Cemetery	38.27062	-84.35215
Stoker Cemetery	38.27146	-84.11492
Thomason Cemetery	38.17729	-84.02437
Wilson Cemetery	38.20118	-84.05631

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

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Cynthiana	2,429	22.1 km	KY011

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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