Boonesborough
Boonesborough or Boonesboro is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Kentucky, United States. Founded by famed frontiersman Daniel Boone in 1775 as one of the first English-speaking settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains, Boonesborough lies…
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Hamlet
- …lies at an elevation of around 830 feet (250 metres)
- Description: unincorporated community in Madison County, Kentucky, United States
- Also known as“Boonesboro”“Boonesborough, Kentucky”“Boonesborough, KY”
Places of Interest
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Kentucky River Museum
The Kentucky River Museum is located in Boonesborough, Kentucky, in Fort Boonesborough State Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hootentown and Ford.
Hootentown
Hamlet
Hootentown is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Kentucky, United States.
1½ miles northwest of Boonesborough
Ford
Hamlet
Ford is an unincorporated community located in Clark County, Kentucky, United States.
2 miles south of Boonesborough
Forest Grove
Hamlet
Forest Grove is an unincorporated community located in Clark County, Kentucky, United States.
3½ miles northeast of Boonesborough
Boonesborough
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Latitude
37.90841° or 37° 54′ 30″ north
Longitude
-84.27188° or 84° 16′ 19″ west
Open location code
869QWP5H+97
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = hamlet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Volapük—“Boonesborough” goes by many names.
BoonesboroughAsturian
布恩斯伯勒Chinese
BoonesboroughDagbani
BoonesboroughDutch
BoonesboroughIrish
BoonesboroughItalian
BoonesboroughNorwegian
BoonesboroughNorwegian Bokmål
بونزبوروPersian
بونزبورو، کنتاکیPersian
БунсбороRussian
BoonesboroughTagalog
Boonesborough, KentuckyTagalog
BoonesboroughVolapük
Boonesborough (Kentucky)Volapük
Boonesborough (KY)Volapük
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Localities in the Area
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