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Florence is a home rule-class city in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. Florence is the second largest city located in Northern Kentucky, after Covington, and part of the Greater Cincinnati Metropolitan Area. The population was 31,946 at the 2020 census, making it the state’s eighth-largest city and also the state’s largest that is not a county seat.

Florence city overview:
Name:	Florence city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Kentucky
County:	Boone County
Incorporated:	February 17, 1860
Elevation:	925 ft (282 m)
Total Area:	10.73 sq mi (27.78 km²)
Land Area:	10.70 sq mi (27.72 km²)
Water Area:	0.03 sq mi (0.07 km²)
Total Population:	31,946
Population Density:	2,985.05/sq mi (1,152.58/km²)
ZIP code:	41022, 41042
Area code:	859
FIPS code:	2127982
GNISfeature ID:	0492266
Website:	www.florence-ky.gov

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History

The Florence area was originally known as Crossroads, because of the convergence of several roads from Burlington and Union at Ridge Road (now U.S. 25). By 1821, the area was known as Maddentown for Thomas Madden, a Covington attorney who owned a farm on the Burlington Pike. When Madden moved away, the area became known as Connersville in 1828 for Jacob Conner, a settler who assumed responsibility for the growing town. The town was finally renamed Florence because there was another Connersville in Harrison County. The name presumably is for Florence, Italy, but the specific etymology is unclear. It was incorporated on January 27, 1830, and grew quickly after the completion of the Covington-Lexington Turnpike in 1836.

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Geography

Florence is located in eastern Boone County at 38°59′36″N 84°38′33″W / 38.99333°N 84.64250°W / 38.99333; -84.64250 (38.993225, -84.642602). U.S. Routes 25, 42, and 127 pass through the center of Florence, leading northeast in a concurrency 11 miles (18 km) to downtown Cincinnati. Interstates 75 and 71 pass through the western part of Florence, with access from exits 178 through 182.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.3 square miles (26.8 km), of which 10.3 square miles (26.7 km) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km), or 0.43%, is water.