Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Florence, KY

Florence is a home rule-class city in eastern Boone County, Kentucky, part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area and one of Northern Kentucky's principal suburbs.

With 31,946 residents in the 2020 census, Florence is the second-most populous city in Northern Kentucky, the eighth-most populous in Kentucky, and the state's most populous city that is not a county seat.

The settlement began as Crossroads, named for the convergence of roads from Burlington and Union, and was renamed Maddentown in 1821 for Covington attorney Thomas Madden.

It became Connersville in 1828 for settler Jacob Conner, and finally Florence — presumably after Florence, Italy — because another Connersville already existed in Harrison County; it was also once known as Stringtown.

Florence was incorporated on January 27, 1830, and grew quickly after the Covington-Lexington Turnpike was completed in 1836.

The 2020 census counted 13,003 households and 13,624 housing units in Florence, with a median resident age of 37.6 years.

Florence's population has boomed with suburbanization, rising from just 1,325 in 1950 to 5,837 in 1960, 29,951 in 2010, and 31,946 in 2020.

The city covers about 10.7 square miles; U.S. Routes 25, 42, and 127 run through its center, while Interstates 75 and 71 pass through its western side, about 12 miles southwest of downtown Cincinnati.

Florence is famous for the 'Florence Y'all' water tower, built in 1974 beside I-71/I-75 to advertise the coming Florence Mall.

Because the unfinished mall could not legally be advertised on the highway, the city painted over the two strokes of the 'M' in 'MALL' to make a 'Y' — residents loved the result, and the tower still reads 'Florence Y'all' today.