Fort Boonesborough
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When the Transylvania Company purchased land from the Cherokee Indians in present-day Kentucky, a proprietary colony was established with the General Assembly convening at Boonesborough. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
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County Formed, Named
Historical Marker #1206 commemorates the formation of Henderson County. Located in western Kentucky along the Ohio River, Henderson County was the thirty-eighth county to be formed.
Henderson County was named for Colonel Richard Henderson, the…