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36.842371, -76.433557
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We found fourteen communities that are also named Boone.
Within Virginia, the name Boone is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Boone County
This Boone is located in Boone County and lies 918 miles [1,477.4 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Boone.
Colorado
Pueblo County
This Boone is located in Pueblo County and lies 1,520 miles [2,446.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pueblo County community of Boone.
Iowa
Boone County
This Boone is located in Boone County and lies 995 miles [1,601.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Boone.
Kentucky
Rockcastle County
This Boone is located in Rockcastle County and lies 436 miles [701.7 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockcastle County community of Boone.
Mississippi
Coahoma County
This Boone is located in Coahoma County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coahoma County community of Boone.
Missouri
Franklin County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Boone [Franklin County].
Nebraska
Boone County
This Boone is located in Boone County and lies 1,192 miles [1,918.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Boone.
North Carolina
Watauga County
This Boone is located in Watauga County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Watauga County community of Boone.
Oklahoma
Caddo County
This Boone is located in Caddo County and lies 1,237 miles [1,990.8 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo County community of Boone.
Pennsylvania
Somerset County
This Boone is located in Somerset County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Boone.
Tennessee
Washington County
This Boone is located in Washington County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Boone.
Texas
Hale County
This Boone is located in Hale County and lies 1,432 miles [2,304.6 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hale County community of Boone.
Washington
Yakima County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Boone [Yakima County].
West Virginia
Fayette County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Boone [Fayette County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boone ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Boone to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Boone and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Boone to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 145 miles [233.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,958 miles [9,588.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,653 miles [10,707 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,534 miles [7,296.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boone) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Boone, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Boone could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Boone to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Boone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8424, Longitude: -76.4336 In this case, the coordinates for Boone have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.658 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.86 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.245 degrees.