Big Bone
Big Bone is an unincorporated community in southern Boone County, Kentucky, United States. It is bounded on the west by the Ohio River, and Rabbit Hash, on the south by Big Bone Creek, which empties into the river at Big Bone Landing.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Boone County, Kentucky
- Also known as: “Big Bone Lick”, “Big Bone, Kentucky”, “Big Bone, KY”, and “Bigbone”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Big Bone Lick State Park.
Big Bone Lick State Park
Park
Photo: Mattguyver, CC BY 3.0.
Big Bone Lick State Park is located at Big Bone in Boone County, Kentucky. The name of the park comes from the Pleistocene megafauna fossils found there.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hamilton and Beaverlick.
Hamilton
Hamlet
Hamilton is an unincorporated community in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. It is situated at Latitude 38.88333, Longitude -84.78167, in the southern part of the county on the Ohio River; it is about a mile north of the mouth of Big Bone Creek. Hamilton is situated 1½ miles west of Big Bone.
Beaverlick
Hamlet
Beaverlick is an unincorporated community in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. Beaverlick is located along U.S. Route 42 and U.S. Route 127 4.5 miles west of Walton. Beaverlick is situated 3 miles east of Big Bone.
Union
Village
Photo: Mhuy222, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Union is a home-rule-class city in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 7,416 as of the 2020 United States census. The area was rural until residential growth in the 1990s and 2000s. Union is located 17 miles southwest of Cincinnati, Ohio. Union is situated 6 miles northeast of Big Bone.
Big Bone
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Boone, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.88867° or 38° 53′ 19″ northLongitude
-84.75189° or 84° 45′ 7″ westElevation
495 feet (151 metres)Open location code
86CQV6QX+F6OpenStreetMap ID
node 154203411OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Irish—“Big Bone” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “大博恩”
- French: “Big Bone”
- Irish: “Big Bone”
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Highlights include Baker Cemetery and Indian Hill.
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