Welcome to Boone ...

Boone is located in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Boone is located in Boone County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boone, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

Boone is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Boone: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Boone ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Boone - they are located in Colorado, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Boone ...

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

• Harrison
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Harrison is located in Boone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,139 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrison <4>
• Branson
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Branson is located in Taney County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,687 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Branson <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Branson
  • From Boone to Branson
• Hollister
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hollister is located in Taney County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,607 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Hollister
  • From Boone to Hollister
• Forsyth
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Forsyth is located in Taney County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forsyth
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,560 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forsyth <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Forsyth
  • From Boone to Forsyth
• Merriam Woods
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Merriam Woods is located in Taney County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam Woods
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,859 people
• Rockaway Beach
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockaway Beach is located in Taney County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway Beach
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 864 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockaway Beach <4>
• Diamond City
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Diamond City is located in Boone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 801 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamond City <4>
• Bull Creek
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Bull Creek is located in Taney County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Creek
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
• Bergman
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Bergman is located in Boone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergman
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 517 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bergman <4>
• Bellefonte
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Bellefonte is located in Boone County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people

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 Boone. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Boone.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Boone. 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 Boone.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boone ...

Looking for more information about Boone? 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 Boone, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Boone.

Adding Boone to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Boone 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 (so far) for Boone was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boone.