Boreing is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Laurel County, in the

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

History

A post office was established at Boreing in 1884 and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1971. The community was named for

Vincent Boreing Vincent Boreing (November 24, 1839 – September 16, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Biography Boreing was born near Jonesboro, Washington County, Tennessee in 1839. He moved with his father to Laurel County, Kentucky, in 1847. H ...

, a Kentucky politician.

Geography

Boreing is located on

Kentucky Route 229 Kentucky Route 229 (KY 229) is a State highway (US), state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway connects rural areas of Knox County, Kentucky, Knox and Laurel County, Kentucky, Laurel counties with London, Kentucky, Lon ...

, intersecting with Kentucky Route 1023.

References

Unincorporated communities in Laurel County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{LaurelCountyKY-geo-stub