Boone County
Also known as Boone County, Kentucky, Boone County, KY
county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- Daniel Boone
- Seat
- Burlington
- Largest city
- Florence
- Judge executive
- Gary Moore (R)
- Total
- 256 sq mi (660 km )
- Land
- 246 sq mi (640 km )
- Water
- 10 sq mi (26 km ) 3.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 145,316
- Density
- 553/sq mi (213/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
Article
Boone County is a county located on the Ohio River in the northernmost part of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 135,968, making it the fourth-most populous county in Kentucky. Its county seat is Burlington. The county was formed in 1798 from a portion of Campbell County and was named for frontiersman Daniel Boone. Boone County, with Kenton and Campbell Counties, is of the Northern Kentucky metro area, and the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the location of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, which serves Cincinnati and the tri-state area.
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