Fort Boonesborough State Park

Fort Boonesborough State Park
Fort Boonesborough
Location	Madison, Kentucky, United States
Coordinates	37°54′2″N 84°16′6″W / 37.90056°N 84.26833°W / 37.90056; -84.26833
Elevation	568 ft (173 m)[1]
Established	June 14, 1963[2]
Governing body	Kentucky Department of Parks
Website	Fort Boonesborough State Park
Fort Boonesborough Townsite Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
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Nearest city	Richmond, Kentucky / Winchester, Kentucky
Area	352 acres (142 ha) (NR-listed area) 1.8 acres (0.73 ha) (NHL area)
Built	1775 (1775)
Architect	Richard Henderson Daniel Boone
NRHP reference No.	94000303[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 14, 1994
Designated NHL	June 19, 1996

Fort Boonesborough was a frontier fort in Kentucky, founded by Daniel Boone and his men following their crossing of the Kentucky River on April 1, 1775. The settlement they founded, known as Boonesborough, Kentucky, is Kentucky's second oldest European-American settlement. It served as a major frontier outpost during the American Revolutionary War, and survived into the early 19th century before its eventual abandonment. A National Historic Landmark now administered as part of Fort Boonesborough State Park, the site is one of the best-preserved archaeological sites of early westward expansion by British colonists in that period. It is located in Madison County, Kentucky off Kentucky Route 627.