Idlewild
Idlewild is an unincorporated community in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. Idlewild is located at the junction of Kentucky Routes 20 and 338, 5 miles northwest of Burlington.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: township in Boone County, Kentucky
- Also known as: “Gainesville”, “Idlewild, Kentucky”, and “Idlewild, KY”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Creation Museum.
Creation Museum
Museum
The Creation Museum, located in Petersburg, Kentucky, United States, is a museum that promotes a pseudoscientific form of young Earth creationism, portraying the origin of the universe and life on Earth based on a literal interpretation of the Genesis creation narrative of the Bible.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bullittsville and Lawrenceburg.
Bullittsville
Hamlet
Bullittsville is an unincorporated community in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. A post office called Bullittsville was established in 1853, and remained in operation until 1918. The community has the name of Thomas Bullitt, a pioneer surveyor. Bullittsville is situated 3 miles east of Idlewild.
Lawrenceburg
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Lawrenceburg is in Southern Indiana and was founded in 1802 as a center around riverboat commerce on the Ohio River.
Petersburg
Hamlet
Petersburg is a rural unincorporated community and census-designated place in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census Petersburg, along with its surrounding areas that use the 41080 zip code, had a population of 500. Petersburg is situated 4 miles west of Idlewild.
Idlewild
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Boone, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.07756° or 39° 4′ 39″ northLongitude
-84.79495° or 84° 47′ 42″ westElevation
663 feet (202 metres)Open location code
86FQ36H4+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 154152547OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Irish—“Idlewild” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “艾德爾懷爾德”
- French: “Idlewild”
- Irish: “Idlewild”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Botts Cemetery and Woodland Garden.
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