Boyle County Amateur Radio

The Wilderness Road Amateur Radio Club was founded in 196_.

With the financial support of the Boyle County Fiscal Court and private donors, the WRARC purchased and installed Boyle County's first ham radio repeater in 1981 under the club call WD4DZC. A new repeater transceiver was purchased in 2003 and was relocated from the Inter-County RECC communication tower to Parksville in 2005 with funds secured through Boyle Co. Emergency Management. This 2-meter repeater operates at 145.310 MHz providing coverage to Boyle and all surrounding counties.

The name for Boyle County was selected in 1842 to honor Judge John Boyle, an able and prominent justice in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. A state legislator for three terms, Boyle turned down opportunities to serve as a territorial governor and later as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. He chose to serve the state, first as Chief Justice for nearly seventeen years and then as a District Judge for Kentucky. Boyle died in 1835.

The county is located in the Bluegrass plateau area of central Kentucky, and was formed from lands previously part of Mercer and Lincoln counties. The county seat is at Danville. Points of interest include Constitution Square Shrine, Herrington Lake and Centre College and Perryville Battlefield.