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Boone County, Missouri

Boone County, Missouri
Boone County Courthouse in Columbia, Missouri.jpg
The Boone County Courthouse at the Boone County Government Complex
Seal of Boone County, Missouri
Seal
Map of Missouri highlighting Boone County
Location in the U.S. state of Missouri
Map of the United States highlighting Missouri
Missouri's location in the U.S.
Founded November 16, 1820
Named for Daniel Boone
Seat Columbia
Largest city Columbia
Area
 • Total 691 sq mi (1,790 km2)
 • Land 685 sq mi (1,774 km2)
 • Water 5.6 sq mi (15 km2), 0.8%
Population (est.)
 • (2015) 174,974
 • Density 237/sq mi (92/km²)
Congressional district 4th
Time zone Central: UTC-6/-5
Website www.showmeboone.com
Boone County, Missouri
Elected countywide officials
Assessor Tom Schauwecker Democratic
Circuit Clerk Christy Blakemore Democratic
County Clerk Wendy S. Noren Democratic
Collector Brian McCollum Democratic
Commissioner
(Presiding)
Dan Atwill Democratic
Commissioner
(District 1)
Fred Parry Republican
Commissioner
(District 2)
Janet Thompson Democratic
Prosecuting Attorney Dan Knight Democratic
Public Administrator Sonja Boone Democratic
Recorder Nora Dietzel Democratic
Sheriff Robert Dwayne Carey Democratic
Treasurer Tom Darrough Democratic
Boone County, Missouri
2008 Republican primary in Missouri
John McCain 4,948 (31.26%)
Mike Huckabee 3,838 (24.25%)
Mitt Romney 5,688 (35.94%)
Ron Paul 1,047 (6.62%)
Boone County, Missouri
2008 Democratic primary in Missouri
Hillary Clinton 9,601 (36.92%)
Barack Obama 15,750 (60.57%)
John Edwards (withdrawn) 396 (1.52%)

Boone County is a county in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 162,642; a 2015 estimate put the population at 174,974, making it the state's seventh-most populous county. Its county seat is Columbia, Missouri's fourth-largest city. The county was organized November 16, 1820 and named for Daniel Boone.

Boone County comprises the Columbia, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The University of Missouri is in Columbia.

Boone County was organized November 16, 1820, from a portion of the territorial Howard County. The area was then known as Boone's Lick Country, because of a salt lick which Daniel Boone's sons used for their stock.

Boone County was settled primarily from the Upper South states of Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. The settlers brought slaves and slave-holding with them, and quickly started cultivating crops similar to those in Middle Tennessee and Kentucky: hemp and tobacco. Boone was one of several counties settled by Southerners to the north and south of the Missouri River. Because of its culture and traditions, the area became known as Little Dixie, and Boone County was at its heart. In 1860 slaves made up 25 percent or more of the county's population, and Little Dixie was strongly pro-Confederate during the American Civil War.


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