Booneville, Kentucky

About Booneville

Booneville, KY is a tiny community located in eastern Kentucky with an estimated population of 158.

Booneville holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 1.46 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 108 residents per square mile.

📰 Booneville News Today

• Schedule - Owsley County Owls / Lady Owls (Booneville, KY) Volleyball 26-27 MaxPreps · Aug 14
• Ruby Gabbard Obituary | Booneville Funeral Home | Booneville, KY Tribute Archive · Aug 14
• KY couple arrested, charged with reckless homicide after reporting miscarriage Lexington Herald Leader · Feb 10
• Kentucky couple facing multiple charges related to infant death Kentucky Today · Feb 14
• Kentucky couple criminally charged for miscarriage ramaponews.com · Feb 26

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Booneville Unique

• Positioned in eastern Kentucky, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Kentucky — one of 555 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 15 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Booneville

• Spencer's

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Booneville

• High Rock reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Booneville

• Highland-Turner Elementary School
• Owsley County Elementary School
• Owsley County High School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Booneville

🏘️ Nearby Communities