Boonesborough, Kentucky

Boonesborough in 1778 (from Boonesborough... by George Washington Ranck, 1901).

Boonesborough is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Kentucky, USA. It lies in the central part of the state along the Kentucky River and is the site of Fort Boonesborough State Park, which includes the Kentucky River Museum. The park site has been rebuilt to look like a working fort of the days when Boone resided there.

History

Boonesborough was founded as Boone's Station by the frontiersman Daniel Boone while working for Richard Henderson of the Transylvania Company. Boone led a group of settlers through the mountains from Fort Watauga (present-day Elizabethton in Tennessee), carving the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap, and established Fort Boonesborough. Boone lived there from 1775 to 1779. Boonesborough was the town in the area of present-day Kentucky formally chartered by the Commonwealth of Virginia which then claimed it. It was also one of the first English-speaking communities west of the Appalachian Mountains. Boone successfully led his fellow settlers during the Siege of Boonesborough in 1778. He then moved to his son Israel's settlement at Boone's New Station near present-day Athens, Kentucky.

By 1877, Boonesborough had "almost disappeared as a village".^[1]

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Madison County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Richmond
Cities	Berea Richmond
Unincorporated communities	Baldwin Bighill Boonesborough Buggytown Bybee College Hill Kirksville Moberly Newby Robinsville Round Hill Ruthton Speedwell Union City Waco Valley View