Boone County
County in Missouri, United States
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Boone County is located in the U.S. state of Missouri. Centrally located in Mid-Missouri, its county seat is Columbia, Missouri's fourth-largest city and location of the University of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 183,610,[1] making it the state's eighth-most populous county. The county was organized November 16, 1820 and named for the then recently deceased Daniel Boone, whose kin largely populated the Boonslick area, having arrived in the 1810s on the Boone's Lick Road.[2] Boone County comprises the Columbia Metropolitan Area. The towns of Ashland and Centralia are the second and third most populous towns in the county.
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 Location within the U.S. state of Missouri | |
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| Coordinates: 38°56′54″N 92°20′02″W / 38.9483°N 92.3339°W / 38.9483; -92.3339 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Missouri |
| 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 (1,770 km2) |
| • Water | 5.6 sq mi (15 km2) 0.8% |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 183,610 |
| • Density | 270/sq mi (100/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 4th |
| Website | www |
- ^ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 211.
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