Bancroft, Kentucky

About Bancroft

Set in the northern part of Kentucky, Bancroft is a tiny community counting 514 people who proudly call it home.

Bancroft holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.15 square miles, giving it a compact, walkable footprint at roughly 3,427 residents per square mile.

📰 Bancroft News Today

• Kentucky Derby Lucky Losers – Damascus (1967) Kentucky Derby · Mar 31
• 2 Kentucky notaries arrested, accused of attempting to sell forged temporary tags through Facebook WDRB · Feb 1
• Area Seventy meets with Kentucky governor ahead of mission leadership in Ghana Church News · Mar 25
• Fake Kentucky temp tags sold on Facebook — 71 seized after notaries arrested in sting WHAS11 · Feb 2
• Louisville notaries accused of selling forged temporary tags on Facebook marketplace FOX 56 News · Feb 2

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What Makes Bancroft Unique

• One of 8 places in the US named Bancroft — but the Kentucky one has a character all its own.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.15 sq mi.
• Positioned in northern Kentucky, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 1 miles.

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