Welcome to Boone ...Boone is located in Somerset County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Boone, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882. Boone is 2,260 feet [689 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Boone is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Boone lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Boone: 814 & 582<3> Communities Also Named Boone ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Boone - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, 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.
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 document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Boone. Footnotes ...
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