Rabbit Hash is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Boone County, Kentucky, United States.

The town is notable for its name, its string of canine mayors, and its historic general store (c. 1831) which was largely destroyed by fire in 2016.

[3] The hamlet was originally known as Carlton,[5] but was required to change its name because mail was being mixed up with the larger community of Carrollton several miles down the Ohio River.

Eventually, the nickname became the known name of the village itself, and the steamboats on the nearby Ohio River stopping to order the famous hash referred to the town by it.

[15] It was restored and reopened on April 1, 2017, using a combination of original material and donor lumber from other period correct structures around the area, thereby allowing the store to maintain its historic designation.

[16][17] The first elected mayor in Rabbit Hash history was an adopted dog "of unknown parentage" named Goofy Borneman-Calhoun,[18] who was inaugurated in 1998 for a four-year term.

The mayoralty remained unfilled until the next election, held in 2004, at which time Junior Cochran, a black Labrador, assumed office.

[23] Mayor Lucy Lou shared a "Talking Points" walk with Bill Geist (CBS Sunday Morning), accepted a $1,000 stimulus check from Reader's Digest "We Hear You America Tour," served as grand marshall of the Covington Paw-Rade, appeared in a segment of The List, and has placed 3 years in a row in the Best Elected Official category in Cincinnati CityBeat magazine's Best Of Cincinnati issue (winning 1st place in 2013).

List of Mayors [28][29] The Duke Energy East Bend Generating Station coal-fired power plant is located in the southeastern part of the CDP.