Welcome to Boone Furnace ...

Boone Furnace is located in Carter County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boone Furnace, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.

Boone Furnace is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Boone Furnace lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Boone Furnace: 606

Communities near Boone Furnace ...

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

Portsmouth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
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- Portsmouth is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,744 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portsmouth <3>
Grayson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
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- Grayson is located in Carter County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,832 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grayson <3>
Olive Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
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- Olive Hill is located in Carter County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,534 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olive Hill <3>
Vanceburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
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- Vanceburg is located in Lewis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,399 people
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Greenup
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
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- Greenup is located in Greenup County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,100 people
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South Shore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
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- South Shore is located in Greenup County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,049 people
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Wurtland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
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- Wurtland is located in Greenup County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
Rome
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
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- Rome is located in Adams County (OH)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
Kehoe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kehoe. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kehoe
- Kehoe is located in Carter County
Tygarts Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tygarts Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tygarts Valley
- Tygarts Valley is located in Greenup County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boone Furnace ...

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

Adding Boone Furnace to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Boone Furnace 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 Boone Furnace was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Boone Furnace post office opened in 1860.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boone Furnace.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Carter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Boone Furnace - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>	An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/