Wilmore is a home rule-class city in Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.7 km2), all of it land.

It was named for John R. Wilmore, a local landowner and former slave owner.

[5][6] In 1882, the Southern Railway established a line through the county and located a flag stop at Wilmore which was briefly called "Scott's Station".

Wilmore was an important shipping point for cattle, hogs, grain and other produce, and the settlement had a blacksmith, carriage repair shops, two drug stores, three doctors, three large stores, a hardware store, two butcher shops, a livery stable, a school, several churches, a glass mill, and a grist mill.

There were 1,740 housing units at an average density of 659.8 per square mile (254.8/km2).