Boone
County was formed in 1798, and named in honor of Colonel Daniel Boone. It
is situated in the most northern part of the state, in a well known bend of the
Ohio river, called North Bend. The average length of the county is about
twenty miles, from north to south, and its average breadth about fourteen miles.
It is bounded on the east by Kenton, on the south by Grant and Gallatin
counties, and on the north and west by the Ohio river, which flows along its
border about forty miles, dividing it from the states of Ohio and Indiana.
The surface of the county is generally hilly, but still there is a considerable
quantity of level land in it, and nearly all the land is tillable. On the
Ohio river there are found considerable bodies of level land called bottoms, the
soil of which is very productive; farther out from the river the land is good
second rate. The taxable property in this county in 1846 was $3,332,138;
number of acres of land, 153,330; average value of land per acre $14,39; white
males over 21 years of age 1,959; children between 5 and 16 years of age, 2,104:
population in 1830, 9,012; in 1840, 10,034. The staple productions are
Indian corn, tobacco, oats, wheat, whisky, flour, apples, and hogs; timothy and
blue grass grow luxuriantly in almost all parts of the county. The
Covington and Lexington turnpike road runs about ten miles through this county.
The principal streams and creeks are Woolper, Middle creek, Gunpowder and Big
Bone creek, which is at its mouth and some distance up the south boundary of the
county.
The principal towns are Burlington,
the seat of justice, situated six miles S.S.W. from the nearest point of the
Ohio river; Florence, on the Covington and Lexington turnpike road; Union;
Walton; Verona; Hamilton, on the Ohio river; Petersburg, on the Ohio, and
Francisville.
BURLINGTON, the seat of justice, is
situated fourteen miles from Cincinnati and seventy miles from
Frankfort,--contains four churches: Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and
Reformed; Morgan's Academy, with an endowment of $5,000 and sixty students; two
schools, seven lawyers, five doctors, five stores, two taverns, one shoe and
boot store, one wool factory, eight mechanics' shops, one tobacco factory, and a
population of four hundred. It was incorporated in 1824.
Florence
contains two churches, three doctors, two stores, two taverns, two schools, four
mechanics' shops, and a population of two hundred. It was incorporated in
1830. Francisville contains one church, one tobacco factory, and
one store.
Hamilton
contains one school, one tavern, three stores, two doctors, and a population of
two hundred.
Petersburg
contains two schools, one tobacco factory, one steam distillery and flouring
mill, two churches, one tavern, two doctors, and a population of two hundred and
fifty. Springtown, below
Covington,
is a fishing place with seventy-five inhabitants.
Union
contains two churches, one store, one doctor, and fifty inhabitants.
Walton
contains one tavern and two tobacco factories, and has a population of fifty.
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