Boonesboro, Missouri
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Boonesboro is a community in Howard County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on Route 87 midway between Boonville and Glasgow in the historical Boone's Lick country.[2]
The community was laid out in 1840 on the Boone's Lick Road and is named for frontiersman Daniel Boone.[3][4][5] Boone's Lick State Historic Site is approximately two miles to the west on Missouri Route 187. The approximate population of the town is 150 citizens.[citation needed]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boonesboro, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, 1998, Delorme p.30 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 175.
- ^ Ramsay, Robert L. (1952). Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names. University of Missouri Press. p. 22. ISBN 9780826205865.
- ^ Earngey, Bill (1995). Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion. University of Missouri Press. p. 21. ISBN 9780826210210.
Coordinates: 39°04′37″N 92°50′30″W / 39.0769716°N 92.8415770°W
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