Boyle County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,614. Its county seat is Danville. The county was formed in 1842 and named for John Boyle (1774–1835), a

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, chief justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals , and later federal judge for the District of Kentucky, and is part of the Danville, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History

In 1820, a portion of Casey County, now south of KY Route 300, was annexed to Mercer County. This became part of Boyle County when Boyle County was formed on February 15, 1842, from sections of Lincoln County and Mercer County. It is named for John Boyle,

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, Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, and

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John Marshall Harlan, a supporter of civil rights and the sole dissenter in the Civil Rights Cases and Plessy v. Ferguson, was born in Boyle County in 1833. A courthouse fire in 1860 resulted in the loss of some county records. During the American Civil War, the Battle of Perryville took place here on October 8, 1862, fought between the Confederate Army of Mississippi and the Union Army of the Ohio. 7407 men fell in the battle.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.4%) is water.

Adjacent counties

* Mercer County (north) *

Garrard County Garrard County ( ;) is a county located in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the county's population was 16,953. Its county seat is Lancaster. The county was formed in 1796 and was named for James Garrard, Governor o ...

(east) * Lincoln County (southeast) *

Casey County Casey County is a county located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. Its county seat is Liberty. The county was formed in 1806 from the western part of Lincoln County and named for Colonel William Casey, a pioneer settler who moved his famil ...

(south) * Marion County (southwest) * Washington County (northwest)

Major highways

U.S. Route 68 U.S. Route 68 (US 68) is a United States highway that runs for from northwest Ohio to Western Kentucky. The highway's western terminus is at US 62 in Reidland, Kentucky. Its present northern terminus is at Interstate 75 in Findlay, Ohio, though ...

U.S. Route 127 U.S. Route 127 (US 127) is a north–south U.S. Highway in the eastern half of the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at US 27 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The northern terminus is at Interstate 75 (I-75) near G ...

U.S. Route 150 U.S. Route 150 (US 150) is a 571-mile (919 km) long northwest-southeast United States highway, signed as east–west. It runs from U.S. Route 6 outside of Moline, Illinois to U.S. Route 25 in Mount Vernon, Kentucky. Route description Il ...

Kentucky Route 33 Kentucky Route 33 (KY 33) is a , two-lane, north–south state highway in Kentucky managed by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. KY 33 begins at US 150 in Danville and proceeds north through Boyle, Mercer, Jessamine, and Woodford count ...

* Kentucky Route 34 *

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* Kentucky Route 52 *

Kentucky Route 300 Kentucky Route 300 (KY 300) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway connects mostly rural areas of Boyle and Lincoln counties with Parksville, Junction City, and Stanford. Route description Boyle County KY&nb ...

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 27,697 people, 10,574 households, and 7,348 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 11,418 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 87.77% White, 9.68% Black or African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.56%

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, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.65% from other races, and 1.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or

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of any race were 1.44% of the population. There were 10,574 households, of which 31.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.70% were

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living together, 12.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.50% were non-families. 27.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.87. By age, 22.70% of the population was under 18, 11.00% from 18 to 24, 28.60% from 25 to 44, 23.70% from 45 to 64, and 14.10% were 65 or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.00 males. The median income for a household in the county was US $35,241, and the median income for a family was $42,699. Males had a median income of $33,411 versus $23,635 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,288. About 9.10% of families and 11.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.80% of those under age 18 and 12.10% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

Government

Education

Public schools

There are two school districts in the county.
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- For more detailed boundaries of the independent school districts see: Boyle County Schools is the school district that serves all of Boyle County except Danville with three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school.

Danville Schools Danville Schools is a school district located in Danville, Kentucky. The district includes most of the boundaries of the city of Danville, about in size. It comprises a primary school, intermediate school, one middle school, and one high schoo ...

is the school district that serves the city of Danville with three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school.

Kentucky School for the Deaf The Kentucky School for the Deaf (KSD), located in Danville, Kentucky, United States, is a school that provides education to deaf and hard-of-hearing children from elementary through high school levels. Founded in 1823, it was the first school ...

, a state-operated school, provides education to Kentucky's deaf and hard-of-hearing children from elementary through high school

Private schools

Two private schools operate in Boyle County
Danville Christian Academy
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Danville Montessori School

Colleges and universities

Centre College, a nationally recognized liberal arts college, is located in Danville. Four other colleges and universities have campuses in Boyle County: *

Bluegrass Community and Technical College Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC) is a public community college in Lexington, Kentucky. It is one of sixteen two-year, open admission colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). It was formed from the ...

, * Eastern Kentucky University, closed as of May 2018. *

Midway University Midway University is a private Christian university in Midway, Kentucky. Related by covenant to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), it enrolls approximately 1,900 students earning two-year and four-year degrees as well as master's degrees ...

, and *

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Communities

* Aliceton *

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(area between Parksville and Junction City) * Atoka *

Brumfield Brumfield is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Don Brumfield (born 1938 in Nicholasville, Kentucky) is an American jockey from Kentucky. * Jacob Brumfield (born May 27, 1965, in Bogalusa, Louisiana), is a former professional baseb ...

* Danville (county seat) * Forkland * Junction City * Little Needmore * Mitchellsburg * Needmore * Parksville * Perryville * Shelby City (annexed by Junction City)

References

External links

Boyle County, KY

Danville/Boyle County Economic Development Partnership

Danville-Boyle County Convention and Visitors Bureau

Danville, Boyle County Chamber of Commerce
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