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Willisburg is a home rule-class city in Washington County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 304 at the 2000 census. The center of population of Kentucky is located in Willisburg.

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History

Willisburg was founded in 1838, and was named for Captain Henry Willis, a Revolutionary War veteran. The city expanded in the 1870s as a crossroads community at the intersection of two turnpikes. Willisburg incorporated in 1965.

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Geography

Willisburg is located at 37°48′36″N 85°7′19″W / 37.81000°N 85.12194°W / 37.81000; -85.12194 (37.810137, -85.121919). The city is concentrated along Kentucky Route 433 (Main Street), mostly in the vicinity of its intersection with Kentucky Route 53, west of Harrodsburg and northeast of Springfield. Willisburg Lake, an impoundment of Lick Creek built by the city in the late 1960s, lies just to the northwest.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km), all land.

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