Boons Camp, Kentucky

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Boons Camp, Kentucky
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Boons Camp
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Boons Camp
Coordinates: 37°49′57″N82°42′4″W / 37.83250°N 82.70111°W / 37.83250; -82.70111
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Johnson
Elevation
617 ft (188 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
41204
GNIS feature ID487701 [1]

Boons Camp is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States. The community is named after a camp used by Daniel Boone during the 1790s while he was hunting with the settlers from nearby Blockhouse Bottom. The community's original post office opened on May 16, 1876, with James Mollett as its postmaster. [2]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boons Camp, Kentucky
  2. Rennick, Robert M. (1988). "Place Names". Kentucky Place Names. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN   0-8131-0179-4.