Boone County, West Virginia
| Boone County, West Virginia | |
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The Boone County Courthouse in Madison
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 Location in the U.S. state of West Virginia |
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 West Virginia's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | March 11, 1847 |
| Named for | Daniel Boone |
| Seat | Madison |
| Largest city | Madison |
| Area | |
| • Total | 503 sq mi (1,303 km2) |
| • Land | 502 sq mi (1,300 km2) |
| • Water | 1.7 sq mi (4 km2), 0.3% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 23,372 |
| • Density | 47/sq mi (18/km²) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 |
| Website | www |
Boone County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 24,629. Its county seat is Madison. The county was formed in 1847 from parts of Kanawha, Cabell, and Logan Counties and named for Daniel Boone, noted hunter and explorer, whose home was in the Great Kanawha Valley from 1789 to 1795.
Boone County is part of the Charleston, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2010 population of 225,954.
Leading industries and chief agricultural products in Boone County include coal, lumber, natural gas, tobacco, and strawberries.
On February 1, 2006, two fatal mining accidents occurred in the communities of Uneeda and Wharton in Boone County. These two deaths with the addition of January's Sago Mine disaster and the Aracoma Alma Mine disaster caused West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin to close all of West Virginia's mines in a "mine safety stand-down."
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