Editing Boyle County, Kentucky

{{short description|County in Kentucky, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Boyle County
 | state                = Kentucky
 | flag                 = Flag of Boyle County, Kentucky.png
 | seal                 = Seal of Boyle County, Kentucky.png
 | founded year         = 1842
 | founded date         = 
 | seat wl              = Danville
 | largest city wl      = Danville
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 183
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 180
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 2.5
 | area percentage      = 1.4
 | population_as_of     = 2020
 | population_total     = 30614
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2024
 | population_est       = 31394 {{increase}}
 | density_sq_mi        = 158
 | time zone            = Eastern
 | footnotes            = 
 | web                  = www.boyleky.com/
 | named for            = [[John Boyle (congressman)|John Boyle]]
 | ex image             = Boyle county courthouse.jpg
 | ex image cap         = [[Boyle County Courthouse]] in Danville
 | district             = 1st
}}

'''Boyle County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the central part of [[Kentucky]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 30,614.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/boylecountykentucky/PST045221 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=July 13, 2022}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Danville, Kentucky|Danville]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011}}</ref> The county was formed in 1842 and named for [[John Boyle (congressman)|John Boyle]] (1774–1835), a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]], [[chief justice]] of the [[Kentucky Court of Appeals]], and later federal judge for the [[United States District Court for the District of Kentucky|District of Kentucky]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kyenc.org/entry/b/BOYLE03.html |title=Boyle County |publisher=Kyenc.org |access-date=April 17, 2013 |archive-date=July 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717120937/http://www.kyenc.org/entry/b/BOYLE03.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is part of the [[Danville, Kentucky|Danville, KY]] [[Danville, Kentucky micropolitan area|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 (congressman)|John Boyle]], [[Congressman]], [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Kentucky Court of Appeals]], and [[U.S. District Judge]].

[[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]] [[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.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hAVlVS29NKIC&q=%22bell+county%22+1914+1918+1976&pg=PA199 | title=Kentucky Ancestry: A Guide to Genealogical and Historical Research | publisher=Ancestry Publishing | date=1992 | access-date=July 26, 2013 | author=Hogan, Roseann Reinemuth | pages=199| isbn=9780916489496 }}</ref>

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 {{convert|183|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|180|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|2.5|sqmi}} (1.4%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_21.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210847/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_21.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 12, 2014 |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files }}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Mercer County, Kentucky|Mercer County]]  (north)
* [[Garrard County, Kentucky|Garrard County]]  (east)
* [[Lincoln County, Kentucky|Lincoln County]]  (southeast)
* [[Casey County, Kentucky|Casey County]]  (south)
* [[Marion County, Kentucky|Marion County]]  (southwest)
* [[Washington County, Kentucky|Washington County]]  (northwest)

===Major highways===
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* [[Image:US 68.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 68]]
* [[Image:US 127.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 127]]
* [[Image:US 150.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 150]]
* [[Image:Elongated circle 33.svg|20px]] [[Kentucky Route 33]]
* [[Image:Elongated circle 34.svg|20px]] [[Kentucky Route 34]]
* [[Image:Elongated circle 37.svg|20px]] [[Kentucky Route 37]]
* [[Image:Elongated circle 52.svg|20px]] [[Kentucky Route 52]]
* [[Image:Elongated circle 300.svg|20px]] [[Kentucky Route 300]]
{{div col end}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1850 = 9116
| 1860 = 9304
| 1870 = 9515
| 1880 = 11930
| 1890 = 12948
| 1900 = 13817
| 1910 = 14668
| 1920 = 14998
| 1930 = 16282
| 1940 = 17075
| 1950 = 20532
| 1960 = 21257
| 1970 = 21090
| 1980 = 25066
| 1990 = 25641
| 2000 = 27697
| 2010 = 28432
| 2020 = 30614
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 31394
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{Cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2024 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html|access-date=March 13, 2025 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ky190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name="QF"/>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 27,697 people, 10,574 households, and 7,348 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|152|/sqmi|/km2}}. There were 11,418 housing units at an average density of {{convert|63|/sqmi|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the county was 87.77% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 9.68% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.19% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.56% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.65% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.12% from two or more races.  [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] 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 [[Marriage|married couples]] 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==
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{{PresRow|2020|Republican|8,872|5,298|308|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|8,040|4,281|625|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|7,703|4,471|199|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|7,701|4,769|165|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|7,764|4,646|80|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|6,126|3,963|237|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|4,157|3,877|748|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|4,019|3,894|1,365|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|4,746|3,575|33|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|5,675|3,378|23|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|3,848|4,429|297|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|3,511|4,095|97|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|4,317|2,395|69|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,715|2,663|1,360|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,972|4,976|14|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|3,624|3,308|0|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|3,427|3,436|17|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|2,969|3,771|23|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,897|3,338|202|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|2,195|3,490|34|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|2,257|4,081|11|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|2,431|4,148|27|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,208|4,473|30|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,517|2,992|3|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|2,673|3,197|347|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|3,205|4,099|38|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,494|2,052|26|Kentucky}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|701|1,798|748|Kentucky}}
The county voted "No" on [[2022 Kentucky Amendment 2]], an anti-abortion ballot measure, by 53% to 47% despite backing [[Donald Trump]] with 61% of the vote to [[Joe Biden]]'s 37% in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]]. Since the start of the 21st Century, the county has voted on par with the state of Kentucky as a whole, and is a bellwether for local politics today. <ref>{{cite web |title=November 8, 2022 - Official 2022 General Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/results/2020-2029/Documents/2022%20General%20Election%20results.pdf |publisher=Commonwealth of Kentucky State Board of Elections |access-date=December 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224001202/https://elect.ky.gov/results/2020-2029/Documents/2022%20General%20Election%20results.pdf |archive-date=December 24, 2022}}</ref>

===Elected officials===
{| class=wikitable
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Elected officials as of January 3, 2025'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/smembers_county.html |title=Senate Members - County |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=apps.legislature.ky.gov |publisher=[[Kentucky General Assembly]] |access-date=January 3, 2025 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/hmembers_county.html |title=House Members - County |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=apps.legislature.ky.gov |publisher=[[Kentucky General Assembly]] |access-date=January 3, 2025 |quote=}}</ref>
|- 
! scope=row|[[U.S. House]]
| {{party shading/Republican}}|[[James Comer]] (R)
| {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|KY|1|B}}
|- 
! scope=row|[[Kentucky Senate|Ky. Senate]]
| {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Amanda Mays Bledsoe]] (R)
| {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Kentucky's 12th Senate district|12]]
|- 
! scope=row|[[Kentucky House of Representatives|Ky. House]]
| {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Daniel Elliott (Kentucky politician)|Daniel Elliott]] (R)
| {{party shading/Republican}}|54
|}

===Local government===
{|
|- valign="top"
| style="width:250px;"|
; [[County Judge/Executive]]<ref name='govt'>{{cite web |url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/NACo_FindACounty.aspx |title=Find a County: Boyle County, KY |access-date=September 29, 2010 |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804201755/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/NACo_FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=August 4, 2010 }}</ref>
* Trille Bottom<ref name="boyleky.com">{{Cite web|url=http://boyleky.com/fiscal-court/|title = Fiscal Court, Who & What is it? – (859) 238-1100 – Boyle County Kentucky}}</ref>

; [[Magistrate|County Magistrates]]
* Tom V. Ellis<ref name="boyleky.com"/>
* Paula Bodner<ref name="boyleky.com"/>
* Barry Harmon<ref name="boyleky.com"/>
* Jason M. Cullen<ref name="boyleky.com"/>
* Jamey Gay<ref name="boyleky.com"/>
* Steve Sleeper<ref name="boyleky.com"/>
| style="width:250px;"|
; [[County Attorney]]
* Christopher K. Heron<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boyleky.com/countyattorney/|title = Boyle County Attorney – (859) 238-1121 – Boyle County Kentucky}}</ref>

; [[Treasurer|County Treasurer]]
* Shannon Greene<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boylecountyky.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=114|title=News Flash - Shannon Greene Appointed County Treasurer}}</ref> 

; [[Coroner|County Coroner]]
* Eric Guerrant

; [[Sheriff]]
* Taylor Bottom<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boyleky.com/sheriffs-office/|title = Sheriff's Office – (859) 238-1123 – Boyle County Kentucky}}</ref>

; [[County Clerk]]
* Casey McCoy<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boyleky.com/county-clerk/|title = County Clerk – (859) 238-1110 – Boyle County Kentucky}}</ref>

; [[Property Valuation Administrator]]
* Lacresha Gibson<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boylepva.com/|title=Boyle County PVA}}</ref>
| style="width:250px;"|
; [[District court|District Court Judge]]<ref name='court'>{{cite web |url=http://apps.kycourts.net/ContactList/Addresslist.aspx?County=Boyle |title=Kentucky Court of Justice Addresses |access-date=May 25, 2009 |publisher=Kentucky Court of Justice |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723023836/http://apps.kycourts.net/ContactList/Addresslist.aspx?County=Boyle |archive-date=July 23, 2011 }}</ref>
* Patrick Barsoti<ref name="kcoj.kycourts.net">{{Cite web|url=https://kcoj.kycourts.net/ContactList/Search|title = AOC Contact List}}</ref>

; [[Circuit court|Circuit Court Judge]]
* Jeff L. Dotson<ref name="kcoj.kycourts.net"/>

; [[Family court|Family Court Judge]]
* Bruce Petrie<ref name="kcoj.kycourts.net"/>

; [[Court clerk|Circuit Clerk]]
* Courtney Shewmaker<ref name="kcoj.kycourts.net"/>

; [[Prison officer|Jailer]]
* Brian Wofford<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boyleky.com/bcdc/|title=Detention Center – (859) 238-1127 – Boyle County Kentucky}}</ref>
|}

==Education==
[[Image:Central College Danville Kentucky.jpg|thumb|200px|Centre College]]

===Public schools===
There are two school districts in the county.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21021_boyle/DC20SD_C21021.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730005050/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21021_boyle/DC20SD_C21021.pdf |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Boyle County, KY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 29, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21021_boyle/DC20SD_C21021_SD2MS.txt Text list] - For more detailed boundaries of the independent school districts see: {{cite web|url=https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/lrc/publications/ResearchReports/RR415.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210175230/https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/lrc/publications/ResearchReports/RR415.pdf |archive-date=December 10, 2020 |url-status=live |title=Appendix B: Maps Of Independent School Districts In Operation In FY 2014-FY 2015 Using 2005 Tax District Boundaries – Danvlle ISD |work=Research Report No. 415 – Kentucky's Independent School Districts: A Primer |publisher=Office of Education Accountability, Legislative Research Commission |location=Frankfort, KY |page=101 (PDF p. 115/174)|date=September 15, 2015 }}</ref>

[[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]] 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]], 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:
[http://www.danville-christian-academy.org/ Danville Christian Academy] and
[http://danvillemontessorischool.org/ Danville Montessori School].

===Colleges and universities===
[[Centre College]], a nationally recognized liberal arts college, is located in Danville. Six other colleges and universities have (or had) campuses in Boyle County:
* [[American National University]], Danville campus closed
* [[Bluegrass Community and Technical College]]
* [[Eastern Kentucky University]], Danville campus closed in May 2018
* [[Midway University]], Danville campus closed
* [[Kentucky College for Women]], merged with Centre College in 1930.
* [[Transylvania University]], moved to Lexington Kentucky in 1789.

==Communities==
===Cities===
* [[Danville, Kentucky|Danville]] (county seat)
* [[Junction City, Kentucky|Junction City]] (a small portion extends into Lincoln County)
* [[Perryville, Kentucky|Perryville]]

===Unincorporated places===
* [[Aliceton, Kentucky|Aliceton]]
* [[Alum Springs, Kentucky|Alum Springs]]
* [[Atoka, Kentucky|Atoka]]
* [[Brumfield, Kentucky|Brumfield]]
* [[Clifton, Kentucky|Clifton]]
* [[Forkland, Kentucky|Forkland]]
* [[Little Needmore, Kentucky|Little Needmore]]
* [[Mitchellsburg, Kentucky|Mitchellsburg]]
* [[Needmore, Boyle County, Kentucky|Needmore]]
* [[Parksville, Kentucky|Parksville]]
* [[Wilsonville, Boyle County, Kentucky|Wilsonville]]

==See also==
{{Portal|United States}}
* [[Northpoint Training Center]] - a medium security Kentucky Department of Corrections facility located in Boyle County. 
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Boyle County, Kentucky]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons}}
* [http://www.boyleky.com/ Boyle County, KY]
* [http://www.betterindanville.com/ Danville/Boyle County Economic Development Partnership]
* [http://www.danvillekentucky.com/ Danville-Boyle County Convention and Visitors Bureau]
* [http://danvilleboylechamber.com/ Danville, Boyle County Chamber of Commerce]

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