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Bullittsburg

Ghost town · Boone County, Kentucky

Lawrenceburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1928, 1:62,500)
Lawrenceburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1928, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Bullittsburg is a ghost town in Boone County, Kentucky. It is the only former community in Boone County recorded on the federal names register, out of 1,175 across Kentucky.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bullittsburg as a historical populated place on the Hooven topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.1260° N, 84.7707° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHooven
Elevation481 ft
Nearest living townShawnee, OH
Distance to it1 miles
GNIS feature ID2569257
Coordinates39.12605, -84.77072

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What's there now

Bullittsburg is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Shawnee, OH (population 952), about 1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 481 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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