Boone County, KY

Headnote

BOONE COUNTY, situated at the extreme north part of Kentucky, on the south side of Ohio river. Length, 25 miles; mean width, 12; with an area of 300 square miles. The face of the country is generally hilly, and the soil productive. Seat of justice, Burlington. Pop. in 1820, 6,582; in 1830, 9,075; in 1840, 10,034; in 1850, 11,125. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Kentucky

Boone County, Kentucky (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
BOONE COUNTY, situated at the extreme north part of Kentucky, on the south side of Ohio river. Length, 25 miles; mean width, 12; with an area of 300 square miles. The face of the country is generally hilly, and the soil productive. Seat of justice, Burlington. Pop. in 1820, 6,582; in 1830, 9,075; in 1840, 10,034; in 1850, 11,125.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 46.
Date Type
In Boone County, Kentucky, white "rangers" beat a freed slave and force him and his family to leave Crime/Disasters
Birthplace of
Name Type
Burlington, KY City or Town
Date Title
New York Times, "The Nebraska Bill in Indiana," June 16, 1854
Louisville (KY) Journal, "Escape of Slaves," April 20, 1855
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