Bourbon County & Northeast

Paris Pike NE

The rural northeast quadrant of the metro, centered on Paris -- the Bourbon County seat and namesake of America's most famous whiskey. Paris Pike (US-27/US-68) connects Paris to Lexington through some of the most picturesque horse farm scenery in the Bluegrass, passing estates with black plank fences and stone walls. The county's smaller communities of Millersburg and North Middletown preserve a quiet, agricultural character. Despite modest populations, Bourbon County's cultural significance to the region's identity is outsized.