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Welcome to Boon ...

Boon is located in Winston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Boon is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Boon: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Boon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Boon - they are located in Kansas, Michigan, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Texas.

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

Communities near Boon ...

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

  • Louisville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Ackerman
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Noxapater
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Sturgis
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Fearns Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Fearns Springs is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearns Springs
  • Handle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Handle is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
  • Hashuqua ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hashuqua is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashuqua
  • Mashulaville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Mashulaville is located in Noxubee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashulaville
  • Plattsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Plattsburg is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
  • Bogue Chitto
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boon ...

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

Adding Boon to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Boon post office opened in 1900. The Boon post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boon.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Winston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Boon - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 662 code has been Overlayed with the 471 area code. New phone numbers in the Boon area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Boon area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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