Booneville, Kentucky

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• MSPR to host CAB meeting Feb. 8
  

  The Community Advisory Board for Morehead State Public Radio will conduct its quarterly meeting on Sunday , Feb.

• Frost reported in eastern Ky.
  

  Kentucky got its first observed frost early Friday, signaling a shift to autumn weather.

• Another Obama Brother, Cooter, Is Discovered
  

  Aug 23 2008 12:00AM http://sayanythingblog.com/index.php ....note the ears in particular Actually I added that picture because it just seemed to fit Anyway, according to The Onion: BOONEVILLE, KY-Barack Obama's ...

• Store Owner Finds A Way To Give Back To Her Community
  

  Some eastern Kentuckians find a way to save money on clothes & household items and help feed hungry kids at the same time.

• One injured in Owsley County shooting
  

  An argument over a woman between two Booneville residents early Wednesday morning ended when one man shot the other, according to the Kentucky State Police.

• Police Investigating Booneville Shooting
  

  State police are investigating an overnight shooting in Owsley County. It happened off US 28 in the Booneville community.

City Description

Booneville is a city in Owsley County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 111 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Owsley County. It is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 11 and Kentucky Route 30 on the South Fork of the Kentucky River. The town was named for Daniel Boone. The town, consisting at the time of little more than a temporary log courthouse, became the county seat when Owsley County was formed on May 20, 1844. During the civil war, Booneville was a crossroads for various Union and Confederate regiments, and was threatened by Confederate guerrillas, but avoided the destruction that befell some other county seats of Kentucky during the war. Booneville is located at 37°28′29″N 83°40′36″W / 37.47472, -83.67667 (37.474841, -83.676791). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²), all of it land. Booneville is the county seat of Owsley County. As of the census of 2000, there were 111 people, 50 households, and 36 families residing in the city. The population density was 176.2 people per square mile (68.0/km²). There were 56 housing units at an average density of 88.9/sq mi (34.3/km²). The

City Contained By:

• Owsley County
• Kentucky

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 1.5539928662 km squared

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