====== Constance ====== The [[towns|town]] of Constance is located along River Road (KY Route 8), which follows [[Boone County|Boone County's]] northern border. Along with neighboring [[Taylorsport]], it lies on a narrow strip of land at the base of a steep bluff in the Taylorsport [[precincts|Precinct]]. Constance Ferry Constance was founded around [[1800]] when George Anderson began operation a [[Anderson Ferry|ferry]] to western Cincinnati. The Dry Creek-Mitchellsville Turnpike (KY Route 20) to the west connected the town with the interior of the county. During the early 1800's large numbers of immigrants from Baden and Wurttenberg in southwestern Germany made their way to Constance, no doubt because the [[Ohio River|river]], with its steep, forested hills on either side, reminded them of their homeland in the Rhine Valley. The name "Constance," which was chosen for the post office in [[1853]], is taken from a town on the Rhine. As years passed they were joined by German families from Cincinnati. The small community included a store and post office, a blacksmith shop, a [[churches|church]], a tollhouse, and a large stone house that served as a [[taverns|tavern]]. Herds of livestock were driven to the town and then ferried to Cincinnati stock yards. By [[1880]] the town's population was 135. Many buildings were lost in repeated floods, and several houses were relocated from the water's edge. In the most dramatic example, a frame house was jacked up and placed on top of a high stone foundation. Constance is now home to the largest interstate water transfer system in the United States. In 1967, TWA Flight 128 [[air disasters in boone county|crashed]] in the wooded hillside of Constance killing 70 people. ===== More Information ===== * [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/history/search/results?qu=constance&qf=BCPL_TYPE%09Record+Type%09Photograph%09Photograph&lm=LHDC|Browse photographs]] from Constance * //[[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/24952/0|Constance Cemetery Register]]// ===== Related Topics ===== * [[Constance Cemetery]] * [[Towns]] in Boone County * [[Historic homes]] ==== Historic houses ==== * [[Peeno-Frank House]], Constance * [[Adam and Emma Hempfling House]], Constance * [[kottmyer house 1|Kottmyer House (I)]], Constance * [[kottmyer house 2|Kottmyer House (II)]], Constance * [[Elnora Lucas House]], Constance * [[Prable House]], Constance