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Welcome to Booneville ...

Booneville is located in Lincoln County<1>.


The location of Booneville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Booneville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1869.

Booneville is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Booneville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Booneville: (931)

Communities Also Named Booneville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Booneville - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi and Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Booneville.

Communities near Booneville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Booneville.

  • Shelbyville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Tullahoma
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Fayetteville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Lynchburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynchburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
    • Lynchburg is located in Moore County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynchburg <4>
  • Gattistown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gattistown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
    • Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
  • Park City Heights
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park City Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
    • Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
  • Southgate Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southgate Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
    • Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
  • Estill Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Estill Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estill Springs
    • Estill Springs is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,040 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Estill Springs <4>
  • Huntland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Wartrace
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Booneville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Booneville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Booneville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Booneville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Booneville. See our Newspapers Page for Booneville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Booneville ...

Looking for more information about Booneville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Booneville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Booneville.

Adding Booneville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Booneville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Booneville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Booneville post office opened in 1869.

We also found Booneville in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Booneville.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Booneville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Booneville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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