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…
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Madison County, Kentucky, United States
- Also known as: “Boonesboro”, “Boonesborough (Kentucky)”, “Boonesborough (KY)”, “Boonesborough, Kentucky”, and “Boonesborough, KY”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Kentucky River Museum.
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. Hootentown is situated 1½ miles northwest of Boonesborough.
Ford
Hamlet
Ford is an unincorporated community located in Clark County, Kentucky, United States. Ford is situated 2 miles south of Boonesborough.
Forest Grove
Hamlet
Forest Grove is an unincorporated community located in Clark County, Kentucky, United States. Forest Grove is situated 3½ miles northeast of Boonesborough.
Boonesborough
- Categories: town, unincorporated community, and locality
- Location: Madison, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.90841° or 37° 54′ 30″ north
Longitude
-84.27188° or 84° 16′ 19″ west
Elevation
827 feet (252 metres)
Open location code
869QWP5H+97
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Volapük—“Boonesborough” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Boonesborough”
- Chinese: “布恩斯伯勒”
- Dagbani: “Boonesborough”
- Dutch: “Boonesborough”
- French: “Boonesborough”
- German: “Boonesborough”
- Irish: “Boonesborough”
- Italian: “Boonesborough”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Boonesborough”
- Norwegian: “Boonesborough”
- Persian: “بونزبورو، کنتاکی”
- Persian: “بونزبورو”
- Russian: “Бунсборо”
- Tagalog: “Boonesborough, Kentucky”
- Tagalog: “Boonesborough”
- Volapük: “Boonesborough”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Lisletown and Elkin.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Billy Bush Riverside Park and Fort Boonesborough State Park.
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Worth a closer look: Frankfort and Louisville.
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