Florence, Kentucky Florence, Kentucky Florence Y'all Water Tower Florence Y'all Water Tower Location inside Boone County and the state of Kentucky Location inside Boone County and the state of Kentucky Florence is a home rule-class town/city in Boone County, Kentucky, in the United States.
Florence is part of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky urbane area.
The Florence region was originally known as Crossroads, because of the convergence of a several roads from Burlington and Union at Ridge Road (now U.S.
The town was finally retitled to Florence owing to another Connersville in Harrison County.
Florence is positioned in easterly Boone County at 38 59 36 N 84 38 33 W (38.993225, -84.642602). U.S.
Routes 25, 42, and 127 pass through the center of Florence, dominant northeast in a concurrency 11 miles (18 km) to downtown Cincinnati.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 10.3 square miles (26.8 km2), of which 10.3 square miles (26.7 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.43%, is water. The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $42,567, and the median income for a family was $52,160.
About 8.1% of families and 9.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 11.5% of those under age 18 and 14.0% of those age 65 or over.
In terms of population, Florence attained 2.2% over one year and attained 14.2% over the course of the decade.
As of June 2008, the city's populace was 27,745 people. It is the sixth biggest city in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky urbane area.
Florence is well known in encircling cities for a water fortress visible from I-71/I-75 that reads "Florence Y'all".
Originally the fortress advertised the up-and-coming Florence Mall, as part of an agreement by the mall developers who donated the territory for the tower.
The intent was to change it back when the mall was built, but the small-town inhabitants liked the tower's new proclamation, so the town/city decided to leave it as it was.
The town/city is home to the Florence Freedom autonomous minor league baseball team.
Florence is served by Boone County Schools.
Elizabeth Healthcare, Boone County Schools, Robert Bosch, SWECO, Meritor, Eagle Manufacturing, Walmart, Costco Wholesale, and the City of Florence. Major employers in unincorporated areas with Florence addresses include Celanese, Citigroup, Crane Composites, DRS, Duro Bag Mfg, Givaudan, Kellogg's, Mubea, RR Donnelley, Schwan's, Staples., and Taylor & Francis Companies based in Florence include Southern Air and Kona Ice.
"Summary and Reference Guide to House Bill 331 City Classification Reform" (PDF).
Kentucky League of Cities.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Florence city, Kentucky".
Boone County Historical Society.
"Florence, Boone County, Kentucky".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
Florence Freedom at flhistory.com, URL accessed January 1, 2010.
2015 City of Florence CAFR Municipalities and communities of Boone County, Kentucky, United States 50 most crowded cities of Kentucky
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Cities in Boone County, Kentucky - 1830 establishments in Kentucky - Populated places established in 1830 - Cities in Kentucky
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