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Welcome to Boone County ...

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

The community of Columbia is the Seat for Boone County.

Boone County was founded in 1821 and was created by taking area from Howard County.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Boone had a population of 180,463 people. This is an increase of 10.58% since the last Census (which gave a population of 163,203 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Boone represented 2.73% of the total population of Missouri.

Below are some of the communities located in Boone County:

  • Ashland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Ashland is located in Boone County (MO)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,031 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashland <2>
  • Centralia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Columbia
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Columbia is located in Boone County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 124,769 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia <2>
  • Hallsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Harrisburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hartsburg
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Huntsdale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Huntsdale is located in Boone County (MO)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
  • McBaine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • McBaine is located in Boone County (MO)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
  • Pierpont
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Pierpont is located in Boone County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
  • Rocheport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Sturgeon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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Footnotes ...

<1>On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.
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