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Article: FLORENCE A TRUE CROSSROADS CITY.(Living)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- October 22, 2007
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Byline: Laurie Wilcox
Florence is the largest and most industrialized city in Boone County, Ky. It is located in the east-central part of the county and was designated a third-class city in 1958. The 2000 population of Florence was 23,551; in 2004, it was 25,449. The proximity to large transportation avenues has been a major force in the development of the city.
Florence was first called Crossroads because it was situated where the road to Louisville, the Georgetown Road and the road to Burlington, the county seat, all met.
In 1805, eleven people from the Germanna Colonies of Madison and Culpepper counties in Virginia settled in the Crossroads area. They ...