Boone Station

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This monument, placed in 1967 by the Daughters of the American Revolution, marks the site of Boone Station. On the monument are the names of five Boone family members thought at the time to have been buried there, although three of the men listed were killed elsewhere and were probably buried where they died.
This monument, placed in 1967 by the Daughters of the American Revolution, marks the site of Boone Station. On the monument are the names of five Boone family members thought at the time to have been buried there, although three of the men listed were killed elsewhere and were probably buried where they died.

Boone Station (or Boone's Station) was a settlement in Kentucky and the home of Daniel Boone from 1779 to 1782. It was located on Boone's Creek in Fayette County, Kentucky, near present Athens, Kentucky. Boone moved here during the American Revolutionary War after having previously lived in Boonesborough, Kentucky. The new settlement, initially called "Boone's new station", was located on land settled in 1776 by Daniel's son Israel. At its height, the settlement consisted of about 15 to 20 families. Like other "stations" in frontier Kentucky, Boone's Station probably consisted of a number of cabins which shared a common outside wall in order to defend against American Indian raids.

Unlike Boonesborough, Boone's Station saw little action during the war. However, a number of Boone's Station residents were killed in the war at nearby locations. Boone's brother Edward was killed by Shawnees in 1780 while hunting with Daniel in present Bourbon County. Boone's son Israel and his nephew Thomas Boone were killed at the Battle of Blue Licks in 1782.

Historical marker at Boone Station about Samuel Boone, Daniel's brother, who is buried there.
Historical marker at Boone Station about Samuel Boone, Daniel's brother, who is buried there.

Boone eventually lost or sold his title to his Boone's Station land as a result of the chaotic, overlapping land claim system of frontier Kentucky. Exactly when he moved away is uncertain. In 1783, he either resettled his family in a cabin at nearby Marble Creek, where he lived for a couple more years, or he relocated to Limestone (now Maysville, Kentucky), along the Ohio River. Boone's Station ceased to exist by 1791. It is now a 46-acre Kentucky State Historic Site.

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