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Boonesborough

Ghost town · Boone County, Missouri

Millersburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1944, 1:62,500)
Millersburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1944, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Boonesborough is a ghost town in Boone County, Missouri, recorded as human settlement in Missouri, United States of America. It is one of 17 former communities in Boone County on the federal names register. No county in Missouri has more among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Boonesborough as a historical populated place on the Millersburg topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 38.9770° N, 92.1499° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMillersburg
Elevation827 ft
Nearest living townColumbia, MO
Distance to it9.7 miles
GNIS feature ID759417
Coordinates38.97699, -92.14990

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What's there now

Boonesborough is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Columbia, MO (population 127,200), about 9.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 827 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Boonesborough?

Boonesborough is in Boone County, Missouri, at 38.9770, -92.1499.

How many ghost towns are in Boone County?

Boone County, Missouri has 17 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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