Boonesborough, Kentucky

E446268

former frontier fort historic settlement unincorporated community

Boonesborough, Kentucky is a historic early American frontier settlement and former fort on the Kentucky River, known as one of the first permanent European-American communities in the state.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Boonesborough	1
Boonesborough, Kentucky canonical	1
Fort Boonesborough settlement	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former frontier fort ⓘ historic settlement ⓘ unincorporated community ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Siege of Boonesborough NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	James Harrod NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Henderson NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithTribe	Cherokee NERFINISHED ⓘ Shawnee NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	Forts in Kentucky ⓘ Open-air museums in Kentucky ⓘ Populated places established in 1775 ⓘ Pre-statehood history of Kentucky ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Madison County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentUse	historic site ⓘ tourist destination ⓘ
era	American Revolutionary War era NERFINISHED ⓘ American frontier ⓘ
feature	campground and recreational facilities ⓘ museum exhibits on pioneer life ⓘ reconstructed frontier fort ⓘ
foundedAs	Boonesborough Fort NERFINISHED ⓘ Boone’s Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	Daniel Boone NERFINISHED ⓘ Transylvania Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundingYear	1775 ⓘ
governingBody	Commonwealth of Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRecreation	boating ⓘ fishing ⓘ hiking ⓘ
hasSite	Fort Boonesborough State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	recognized historic site in Kentucky ⓘ
locatedInCountrySubdivision	Bluegrass region of Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	central Kentucky ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Kentucky River NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Daniel Boone NERFINISHED ⓘ
near	Lexington, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Richmond, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Transylvania Colony (proposed) NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Cumberland Gap NERFINISHED ⓘ Kentucky frontier settlements ⓘ Wilderness Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	major early American frontier outpost west of the Appalachians ⓘ one of the first permanent European-American settlements in Kentucky ⓘ
state	Kentucky ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
tourismTheme	pioneer and frontier history ⓘ
transportationAccess	Kentucky Route 627 NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isaac Shelby → residence → Boonesborough, Kentucky ⓘ

Fort Boonesborough State Park → associatedWith → Boonesborough, Kentucky ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Boonesborough settlement

Kentucky frontier → hasKeyPlace → Boonesborough, Kentucky ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boonesborough