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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.

Willisburg city overview:
Name:	Willisburg city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Kentucky
County:	Washington County
Elevation:	869 ft (265 m)
Total Area:	0.70 sq mi (1.80 km²)
Land Area:	0.69 sq mi (1.78 km²)
Water Area:	0.01 sq mi (0.02 km²)
Total Population:	300
Population Density:	437.32/sq mi (168.80/km²)
ZIP code:	40078
Area code:	859
FIPS code:	2183424
GNISfeature ID:	0506850

Online Interactive Map

Willisburg online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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Willisburg location on the U.S. Map. Where is Willisburg city. — Willisburg location on the U.S. Map.

Willisburg location on the Kentucky map. Where is Willisburg city. — Location of Willisburg in Kentucky.

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.