Boone County, Missouri#Public safety
{{short description|County in Missouri, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
| county = Boone County
| state = Missouri
| seal = Boone County, Missouri seal.png
| founded year = 1820
| founded date = November 16
| seat = {{flagicon|Columbia, Missouri}} Columbia
| largest city = {{flagicon|Columbia, Missouri}} Columbia
| area_total_sq_mi = 691
| area_land_sq_mi = 685
| area_water_sq_mi = 5.6
| area percentage = 0.8
| population_as_of = 2020
| population_total = 183610
| pop_est_as_of =
| population_est =
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
| time zone = Central
| footnotes =
| web = www.showmeboone.com
| named for = Daniel Boone (1734-1820)
| ex image = Big Tree with spring picnic.jpg
| ex image cap = The Big Tree in the Missouri River floodplain near the City of Columbia
| district = 3rd
| district2 = 4th
}}
Boone County is located in the U.S. state of Missouri. Centrally located the state's Mid-Missouri region, its county seat is in Columbia, which is Missouri's fourth-largest city and location of the University of Missouri. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the county's population was listed as 183,610,{{cite web |title=2020 Population and Housing State Data |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-population-and-housing-state-data.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 30, 2021 }} making it the state's eighth-most populous county or county equivalent. The county was organized November 16, 1820, removed from the former larger Howard County (now to the northwest) of the old federal Missouri Territory of 1812-1821, and named for the famous Western explorer and settler of Kentucky, then recently deceased Daniel Boone (1734-1820), whose kin largely populated the Boonslick area, having arrived in the 1810s on the Boone's Lick Road.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ/page/n22 211]}}
Boone County comprises the Columbia Metropolitan Area. The towns of Ashland and Centralia are the second and third most populous towns in the county.
History
Boone County was organized November 16, 1820, from a separated portion of the larger territorial Howard County, first designated under the former federal Louisiana Territory (1804-1812) and subsequent successor Missouri Territory (1812-1821). The central region of the state is known as Mid-Missouri and is also known as the cultural area of Boonslick or Boone's Lick Country, because of a nearby salt spring or "lick" which famed Western American frontier explorer, pioneer, settler Daniel Boone's (1734-1820) sons, Daniel Morgan Boone (1769-1839), and younger Nathan Boone (1780-1856), used for their animals stock.
File:Boone County Courthouse in Columbia, Missouri.jpg of Greek Revival style architecture, built with three stories and basement, with front portico / pediment and columns, at the surrounding Boone County Government Complex, in the county seat town of Columbia, Missouri]]
Boone County was settled primarily from the Upper South states of Kentucky, Tennessee and further east of Virginia. The settlers brought slaves and idea of slave-holding with them, and quickly started cultivating crops similar to those in Middle Tennessee and the bluegrass state of Kentucky: hemp and tobacco. Boone was one of several counties to the north and south of the diagonal flowing southwestward Missouri River that was settled by mostly Southerners. Because of its culture and traditions, the area became known as Little Dixie, and Boone County was at its heart.[http://www.missouridivision-scv.org/littledixie.htm The Story of Little Dixie, Missouri, Missouri Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717050109/http://www.missouridivision-scv.org/littledixie.htm |date=July 17, 2012 }}, accessed June 3, 2008 In 1860 slaves made up 25 percent or more of the county's population, Boone County was strongly pro-Confederacy during the American Civil War (1861-1865).T. J. Stiles, Jesse James: The Last Rebel of the Civil War, New York: Vintage Books, 2003, pp.10–11
Shortly after the assassination / murder in April 1865, of 16th President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865, served 1861-1865), the leading citizens of the county and its county seat town denounced the killing. They also directed that all public buildings including the county courthouse and the nearby state university be draped in black mourning for thirty days.PAPERS RELATING TO FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ACCOMPANYING THE ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE SECOND SESSION THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, PART IV, APPENDIX TO DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE OF 1865; THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF WILLIAM H. SEWARD, SECRETARY OF STATE, AND FREDERICK W. SEWARD, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, ON THE EVENING OF April 14, 1865; EXPRESSIONS OF CONDOLENCE AND SYMPATHY INSPIRED BY THESE EVENTS; Foreign Relations of the United States; Washington DC, 1866, Document 1090
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of {{convert|691|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|685|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|5.6|sqmi}} (0.8%) is water.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021170230/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 21, 2013 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 13, 2014 |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files }} The Missouri River makes up the southern border of the county.
=National protected areas=
=Adjacent counties=
- Audrain County (northeast)
- Callaway County (east)
- Cole County (south)
- Cooper County (west)
- Howard County (northwest)
- Moniteau County (southwest)
- Randolph County (north)
=Major highways=
- 20px Interstate 70
- 20px Interstate 70 Business Loop
- 20px U.S. Route 40
- 20px U.S. Route 63
- {{jct|US-Conn|63|dab1=Columbia|state=MO}}
- 20px Route 22
- 20px Route 124
- 20px Route 163
- 20px Route 740
- 20px Route 763
Demographics
{{US Census population
|1820= 3692
|1830= 8859
|1840= 13561
|1850= 14979
|1860= 19486
|1870= 20765
|1880= 25422
|1890= 26043
|1900= 28642
|1910= 30533
|1920= 29672
|1930= 30995
|1940= 34991
|1950= 48432
|1960= 55202
|1970= 80911
|1980= 100376
|1990= 112379
|2000= 135454
|2010= 162642
|2020= 183610
|estyear=
|estimate=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 13, 2014}}
1790–1960{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=November 13, 2014}} 1900–1990{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/mo190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 13, 2014}}
1990–2000{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 13, 2014}} 2010–2020
}}
As of the census{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=May 14, 2011 |title=U.S. Census website }} of 2000, there were 135,454 people, 53,094 households, and 31,378 families residing in the county. The population density was {{convert|198|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 56,678 housing units at an average density of {{convert|83|/mi2|/km2|adj=pre|units }}. The racial makeup of the county was 85.43% White, 8.54% Black or African American, 0.42% Native American, 2.96% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.69% from other races, and 1.93% from two or more races. Approximately 1.78% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 24.6% claimed German, 12.3% American, 11.2% English and 9.8% Irish ancestry.
There were 53,094 households, out of which 30.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.50% were married couples living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.90% were non-families. 28.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.97.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 22.80% under the age of 18, 19.90% from 18 to 24, 29.90% from 25 to 44, 18.80% from 45 to 64, and 8.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.90 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $37,485, and the median income for a family was $51,210. Males had a median income of $33,304 versus $25,990 for females. The per capita income for the county was $19,844. About 7.60% of families and 14.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.10% of those under age 18 and 5.90% of those age 65 or over.
There are 127,433 registered voters as of 2022.[https://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/registeredvoters/2022]
=Religion=
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| date = December 2021
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According to the Association of Religion Data Archives County Membership Report (2010), Boone County is sometimes regarded as being on the northern edge of the so-called Bible Belt, with evangelical Protestantism being the most predominant religious faith represented. The most predominant denominations among residents in Boone County who adhere to a religion are the Baptists with the largest being from the conservative Southern Baptist Convention (20.81%), Roman Catholics (16.71%), and smaller / minor nondenominational or evangelical groups (13.23%).
=2020 Census=
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|+Boone County Racial Composition{{Cite web|title =P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Boone County, Missouri|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Boone%20County,%20Missouri&t=Race%20and%20Ethnicity&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2}} !Race !Num. !Perc. |
White (NH)
|137,771 |75% |
Black or African American (NH)
|17,882 |9.7% |
Native American (NH)
|452 |0.3% |
Asian (NH)
|7,772 |4.23% |
Pacific Islander (NH)
|120 |0.07% |
Other/Mixed (NH)
|11,561 |6.3% |
Hispanic or Latino
|8,052 |4.4% |
Education
=Public schools=
- Southern Boone (Ashland) R-I School District
- Southern Boone Primary School
- Southern Boone Elementary
- Southern Boone Middle School
- Southern Boone High School
- Centralia R-VI School District – Centralia
- Chance Elementary School (PK-02)
- Centralia Intermediate School (03-05)
- Chester Boren Middle School (06-08)
- Centralia High School (09-12)
- Columbia School District No. 93 – Columbia
- Center for Gifted Education (01-05)
- Cedar Ridge Elementary School (PK-05)
- Thomas Benton Elementary School (PK-05)
- John Ridgeway Elementary School (K-05)
- Alpha Hart Lewis Elementary School (PK-05)
- Midway Heights Elementary School (PK-05)
- Ulysses S. Grant Elementary School (PK-05)
- Two Mile Prairie Elementary School (PK-05)
- New Haven Elementary School (PK-05)
- West Boulevard Elementary School (PK-05)
- Locust Street Expressive Arts Elementary School
- Parkade Elementary School (PK-05)
- Blue Ridge Elementary School (PK-05)
- Fairview Elementary School (PK-05)
- Rock Bridge Elementary School (PK-05)
- Russell Boulevard Elementary School (PK-05)
- Shepard Boulevard Elementary School (PK-05)
- Mary Paxton Keeley Elementary School (PK-05)
- Beulah Ralph Elementary School (PK-05)
- Eliot Battle Elementary School (PK-05)
- Derby Ridge Elementary School (PK-05)
- Mill Creek Elementary School (PK-05)
- John B. Lange Middle School (06-08)
- Ann Hawkins Gentry Middle School (06-08)
- Smithton Middle School (06-08)
- Oakland Middle School (06-08)
- Jefferson Middle School (06-08)
- West Middle School (06-08)
- Warner Middle School (06-08)
- David H. Hickman High School (09-12)
- Muriel Battle High School (09-12)
- Frederick Douglass High School (09-12) – Alternative School
- Rock Bridge High School (09-12)
- Hallsville R-IV School District – Hallsville
- Hallsville Primary School (PK-01)
- Hallsville Intermediate School (02-05)
- Hallsville Middle School (06-08)
- Hallsville High School (09-12)
- Harrisburg R-VIII School District – Harrisburg
- Harrisburg Elementary School (PK-06)
- Harrisburg Middle School (07-08)
- Harrisburg High School (09-12)
- Sturgeon R-V School District – Sturgeon
- Sturgeon Elementary School (K-04)
- Sturgeon Middle School (05-08)
- Sturgeon High School (09-12)
=Private schools=
- Apple School – Columbia (PK-K) – Nonsectarian
- Children's House And Windsor Street Montessori – Columbia (PK-06) – Nonsectarian – Coed
- Christian Chapel Academy – Columbia (K-08) – Pentecostal
- Christian Fellowship School – Columbia (PK-12) – Nondenominational Christian
- College Park Christian Academy – Columbia (K-09) – Seventh-day Adventist
- Our Lady of Lourdes Interparish School– Columbia (K-08) – Roman Catholic
- Columbia Independent School – Columbia (PK-12) – Nonsectarian
- Columbia KinderCare – Columbia (NS-PK) – Nonsectarian
- Columbia Montessori School – Columbia (PK-K) – Nonsectarian
- Father Tolton Regional High School- Columbia (09-12) – Roman Catholic
- Good Shepherd Lutheran School – Columbia (K-08) – Lutheran
- Heritage Academy – Columbia (03-12) – Nondenominational Christian – Alternative School
- Islamic School of Columbia, Missouri – Columbia (K-05) – Muslim
- Morningside Community School – Columbia (05-07) – Nonsectarian
- Shalom Christian Academy – Columbia (PK-12) – Nonsectarian
- Harrisburg Early Learning Center – Harrisburg (NS/PK-06)
- Sunnydale Adventist Academy – Centralia (09-12) – Seventh-day Adventist
=Post-secondary (colleges / University / community college)=
- University of Missouri at Columbia, A public, nationally-renowned four-year flagship state university, established 1839.
- Columbia College – Columbia A private, four-year university, founded 1851.
- Stephens College – (Columbia), A private, four-year all-women university, founded 1833.
- Moberly Area Community College (MACC), in Moberly, Missouri, established 1927, a two-year public community college, operates four satellite campuses, including one in Columbia.
=Public libraries=
- Centralia Public Library{{cite web | last = Breeding | first = Marshall | title = Centralia Public Library | publisher = Libraries.org | url = https://librarytechnology.org/library/20327 | access-date = May 8, 2017}}
- Southern Boone County Public Library {{Cite web|url=http://www.dbrl.org/locations-hours/southern-boone-county-public-library|title=Southern Boone County Public Library}}
- Columbia Public Library{{Cite web|url=http://www.dbrl.org/locations-hours/columbia-public-library|title = Columbia Public Library}}
Communities
=Cities=
=Villages=
=Unincorporated communities=
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- Bourbon
- Browns
- Claysville
- Deer Park
- Easley
- Englewood
- Ginlet
- Harg
- Hinton
- Oldham
- Midway
- Prathersville
- Providence
- Riggs
- Rucker
- Shaw
- Two Mile Prairie
- Wilton
- Woodlandville
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=Townships=
Township boundaries have changed over time. See links at end of article for maps of Boone County showing boundaries of different dates. As a rule, older townships were split, with newer townships created from their subdivisions. This is significant for historical and genealogical research. Note that maps show changes in township boundaries between 1898 and 1930 were minimal.
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Politics
=Political culture=
As a county anchored by a college town, Boone holds a Democratic tendency at the local, state, and federal levels. It is the only Democratic stronghold in Missouri outside of Greater St. Louis and the Kansas City metropolitan area.
Boone County is also very progressive on ballot measures, voting for Medicaid expansion in 2020 and legal abortion in 2024, unlike all of its neighboring counties. Both amendments only narrowly passed statewide, making Boone County's votes crucial.
No Republican has won Boone County at the presidential level since George W. Bush very narrowly did in 2004, let alone with a majority since landslide victor Ronald Reagan in 1984; at the U.S. Senate level since Roy Blunt in 2010; nor at the gubernatorial level since the popular John Ashcroft (who won the county both terms) in his 1988 landslide re-election.
=Local=
Like nearly all other U.S. counties housing a major university, the Democratic Party predominantly controls politics at the local level in Boone County. Democrats currently hold all of the elected county-wide positions.
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=State=
==Gubernatorial==
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|+ Past Gubernatorial Elections Results |
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! Year |
align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|2024
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|46.92% 41,770 |align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|50.66% 45,101 |align="center" |2.42% 2,160 |
align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|2020
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|44.63% 40,478 |align="center" bgcolor="f0f0ff "|52.96% 48,056 |align="center" |2.39% 2,171 |
align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|2016
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|41.28% 34,106 |align="center" bgcolor="f0f0ff "|54.95% 45,396 |align="center" |3.77% 3,117 |
align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|2012
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|37.59% 29,171 |align="center" bgcolor="f0f0ff "|58.38% 45,302 |align="center" |4.03% 3,125 |
align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|2008
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|42.71% 35,785 |align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|55.28% 46,315 |align="center" |2.01% 1,688 |
align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|2004
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|47.33% 35,666 |align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|51.08% 38,489 |align="center" |1.59% 1,201 |
align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|2000
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|43.13% 25,609 |align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|52.22% 31,007 |align="center" |4.65% 2,767 |
align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|1996
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|30.51% 15,929 |align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|65.62% 34,266 |align="center" |3.87% 2,021 |
==Missouri House of Representatives==
Boone County is split between five legislative districts in the Missouri House of Representatives. Three are held by Republicans, with two held by Democrats.
- District 44 — Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville). Consists of the communities of Centralia, Hallsville, Sturgeon, and northeastern Columbia.
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 44 — Boone County (2020)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Cheri Toalson Reisch
|votes = 10,470
|percentage = 59.00%
|change = +2.99
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Jacque Sample
|votes = 7,276
|percentage = 41.00%
|change = -2.99
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 44 — Boone County (2018)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Cheri Toalson Reisch
|votes = 8,140
|percentage = 56.01%
|change = +0.60
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Maren Bell Jones
|votes = 6,392
|percentage = 43.99%
|change = -0.60
}}
{{Election box end}}
- District 45 — David Smith (D-Columbia). Consists of the north-central part of the city of Columbia.
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 45 Special Election — Boone County (2021)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = David Tyson Smith
|votes = 1,801
|percentage = 75.10%
|change = -24.90
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Glenn Nielsen
|votes = 594
|percentage = 24.77%
|change = +24.77
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Write-ins
|votes = 3
|percentage = 0.13%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 45 — Boone County (2020)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Kip Kendrick
|votes = 11,627
|percentage = 100.00%
|change = ±0.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
- District 46 – Martha Stevens (D-Columbia). Consists of the southern part of the city of Columbia.
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 46 — Boone County (2020)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Martha Stevens
|votes = 16,043
|percentage = 100.00%
|change = +33.47
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 46 — Boone County (2018)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Martha Stevens
|votes = 11,548
|percentage = 64.91%
|change = +2.26
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Cathy D. Richards
|votes = 5,954
|percentage = 33.47%
|change = -2.26
}}
{{Election box end}}
- District 47 — Charles Basye (R-Rocheport). Consists of the western part of the city of Columbia and the communities of Harrisburg and Rocheport.
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 47 — Boone County (2020)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Charles (Chuck) Basye
|votes = 8,507
|percentage = 53.50%
|change = +0.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Adrian Plank
|votes = 7,395
|percentage = 46.50%
|change = -0.12
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 47 — Boone County (2018)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Charles (Chuck) Basye
|votes = 7,197
|percentage = 53.38%
|change = +0.63
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Adrian Plank
|votes = 6,286
|percentage = 46.62%
|change = -0.63
}}
{{Election box end}}
- District 50 – Sara Walsh Consists of parts of the city of Columbia and the communities of Ashland, Hartsburg, and McBaine.
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives – District 50 – Boone County (2020)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Sara Walsh
|votes = 11,268
|percentage = 57.63%
|change = +2.93
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Kari L. Chesney
|votes = 8,283
|percentage = 42.37%
|change = -2.93
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 50 — Boone County (2018)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Sara Walsh
|votes = 8,506
|percentage = 54.70%
|change = +7.79
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Michela Skelton
|votes = 7,044
|percentage = 45.30%
|change = -7.79
}}
{{Election box end}}
==Missouri Senate==
All of Boone County is a part of Missouri's 19th District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia), who is the Majority Floor Leader. However, Democrats have carried Boone County in recent elections.
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri Senate — District 19 — Boone County (2020)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Judy Baker
|votes = 45,290
|percentage = 50.66%
|change = ±0.00
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Caleb Rowden
|votes = 44,046
|percentage = 49.27%
|change = -0.07
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Write-ins
|votes = 63
|percentage = 0.07%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri Senate — District 19 — Boone County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Stephen Webber
|votes = 40,858
|percentage = 50.66%
|change = +7.14
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Caleb Rowden
|votes = 39,795
|percentage = 49.34%
|change = -7.14
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Federal=
==Presidential==
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|39,673|48,452|2,250|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|38,646|50,064|2,616|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|36,200|41,125|6,543|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|37,404|39,847|2,171|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|36,849|47,062|1,340|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|37,801|37,643|602|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|28,426|28,811|2,372|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|22,047|24,984|4,889|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|19,405|26,176|12,309|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|22,948|24,370|140|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|26,600|19,364|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|16,313|18,527|3,997|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|16,373|17,674|846|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|17,488|13,666|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|11,917|11,771|2,015|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|7,695|14,758|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|10,453|11,514|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|8,197|10,404|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|7,545|10,206|34|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|4,289|10,200|164|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|4,195|9,704|30|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|4,869|11,615|59|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,624|11,241|61|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|3,241|11,554|184|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|4,876|8,422|21|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|3,547|8,657|169|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|4,077|8,748|65|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|2,180|5,601|57|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1,350|5,027|781|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|2,149|5,041|64|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|1,857|4,375|95|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|1,672|4,793|124|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|1,705|5,075|42|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|1,495|4,054|257|Missouri}}
{{PresFoot|1888|Democratic|1,512|4,068|64|Missouri}}
==US House of Representatives==
Northern Boone County is included in Missouri's 4th Congressional District and is currently represented by Mark Alford (R-Lake Winnebago, Missouri) in the U.S. House of Representatives. On October 27, 2021, Alford Sr. announced his candidacy for the United States House of Representatives in Missouri's 4th congressional district as a Republican in the 2022 elections. He won the Republican nomination in the August 2 primary election and won the November 8 general election.
Southern Boone County is included in Missouri's 3rd congressional district and was previously represented by Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-St. Elizabeth, Missouri) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Luetkemeyer has won every election since 2008. On January 4, 2024, he announced he would not run for reelection in 2024.{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Emily |date=2024-01-04 |title=Missouri Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer to retire |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4389663-missouri-republican-blaine-luetkemeyer-retire/ |website=The Hill |publisher=Nexstar Media Inc.}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 4th Congressional District — Boone County (2020)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Lindsey Simmons
|votes = 45,540
|percentage = 51.26%
|change = -2.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Vicky Hartzler
|votes = 40,809
|percentage = 45.93%
|change = +1.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Steven K. Koonse
|votes = 2,495
|percentage = 2.81%
|change = +0.57
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri’s 4th Congressional District — Boone County (2018)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Renee Hoagenson
|votes = 39,830
|percentage = 53.62%
|change = +7.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Vicky Hartzler
|votes = 32,797
|percentage = 44.15%
|change = -5.51
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Mark Bliss
|votes = 1,661
|percentage = 2.24%
|change = -2.12
}}
{{Election box end}}
==US Senate==
Boone County, along with the rest of the state of Missouri, is represented in the U.S. Senate by Josh Hawley (R-Columbia) and Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale). However, their Democratic opponents carried Boone County in each of their respective most recent elections.
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate – Class I – Boone County (2018)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Claire McCaskill
|votes = 42,315
|percentage = 56.28%
|change = -3.13
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Josh Hawley
|votes = 30,710
|percentage = 40.84%
|change = +8.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Japheth Campbell
|votes = 924
|percentage = 1.23%
|change = -6.74
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Craig O'Dear
|votes = 833
|percentage = 1.11%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party (United States)
|candidate = Jo Crain
|votes = 410
|percentage = 0.55%
|change = +0.55
}}
{{Election box end}}
Blunt was elected to a second term in 2016 over then-Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander.
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Class III — Boone County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Jason Kander
|votes = 45,100
|percentage = 54.29%
|change = -5.13
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Roy Blunt
|votes = 34,171
|percentage = 41.13%
|change = +8.52
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Jonathan Dine
|votes = 2,167
|percentage = 2.61%
|change = -5.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party (United States)
|candidate = Johnathan McFarland
|votes = 919
|percentage = 1.11%
|change = +1.11
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Constitution Party (United States)
|candidate = Fred Ryman
|votes = 695
|percentage = 0.84%
|change = +0.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Write-in candidate
|candidate = Write-ins
|votes = 19
|percentage = 0.02%
|change =
}}
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=Missouri presidential preference primaries=
==2020==
The 2020 presidential primaries for both the Democratic and Republican parties were held in Missouri on March 10. On the Democratic side, former Vice President Joe Biden (D-Delaware) both won statewide by a wide margin and carried a majority in Boone County. Biden went on to defeat President Donald Trump in the general election.
{{Election box begin | title=Missouri Democratic Presidential Primary – Boone County (2020)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Joe Biden
|votes = 15,290
|percentage = 50.49
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Bernie Sanders
|votes = 13,610
|percentage = 44.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Tulsi Gabbard
|votes = 290
|percentage = 0.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Others/Uncommitted
|votes = 610
|percentage = 2.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Incumbent President Donald Trump (R-Florida) faced a primary challenge from former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, but won both Boone County and statewide by overwhelming margins.
{{Election box begin | title=Missouri Republican Presidential Primary – Boone County (2020)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Donald Trump
|votes = 7,818
|percentage = 95.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Bill Weld
|votes = 148
|percentage = 1.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Others/Uncommitted
|votes = 217
|percentage = 2.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
==2016==
The 2016 presidential primaries for both the Republican and Democratic parties were held in Missouri on March 15. Businessman Donald Trump (R-New York) narrowly won the state overall, but Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) carried a plurality of the vote in Boone County. Trump went on to win the nomination and the presidency.
{{Election box begin | title=Missouri Republican Presidential Primary – Boone County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Ted Cruz
|votes = 11,235
|percentage = 43.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Donald Trump
|votes = 7,913
|percentage = 30.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = John Kasich
|votes = 3,733
|percentage = 14.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Marco Rubio
|votes = 2,110
|percentage = 8.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Others/Uncommitted
|votes = 618
|percentage = 2.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-New York) narrowly won statewide, but Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) won Boone County by a wide margin.
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Bernie Sanders
|votes = 15,119
|percentage = 60.63
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Hillary Clinton
|votes = 9,643
|percentage = 38.67
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Others/Uncommitted
|votes = 175
|percentage = 0.70
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
==2012==
The 2012 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary's results were nonbinding on the state's national convention delegates. Voters in Boone County supported former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pennsylvania), who finished first in the state at large, but eventually lost the nomination to former Governor Mitt Romney (R-Massachusetts). Delegates to the congressional district and state conventions were chosen at a county caucus, which selected a delegation favoring Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas). Incumbent President Barack Obama easily won the Missouri Democratic Primary and renomination. He defeated Romney in the general election.
==2008==
In 2008, the Missouri Republican Presidential Primary was closely contested, with Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) prevailing and eventually winning the nomination. Former Governor Mitt Romney (R-Massachusetts) won a plurality in Boone County.
{{Election box begin | title=Missouri Republican Presidential Primary – Boone County (2008)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Mitt Romney
|votes = 5,688
|percentage = 35.94
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = John McCain
|votes = 4,948
|percentage = 31.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Mike Huckabee
|votes = 3,838
|percentage = 24.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Ron Paul
|votes = 1,047
|percentage = 6.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Others/Uncommitted
|votes = 306
|percentage = 1.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Then-Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) received more votes than any candidate from either party in Boone County during the 2008 presidential primary. Despite initial reports that Hillary Clinton (D-New York), also a senator at the time, had won Missouri, Obama narrowly defeated her statewide and later became that year's Democratic nominee, going on to win the presidency.
{{Election box begin | title=Missouri Democratic Presidential Primary – Boone County (2008)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Barack Obama
|votes = 15,750
|percentage = 60.57
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Hillary Clinton
|votes = 9,601
|percentage = 36.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Others/Uncommitted
|votes = 652
|percentage = 2.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Public safety
The Boone County Sheriff has jurisdiction over the whole county. The Boone County Fire Protection District (BCFPD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services for a large portion of Boone County, Missouri.{{cite web|title=Fun Facts|url=http://www.bcfdmo.com/aboutbcfpd/fun_facts/|website=Boone County Fire|access-date=May 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524074234/http://www.bcfdmo.com/aboutbcfpd/fun%5Ffacts/|archive-date=May 24, 2015|url-status=dead}} The BCFPD is the largest volunteer fire department and third largest fire service organization in the state, protecting {{convert|492|sqmi|sqkm}} of residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural property and over 50,000 people. The Boone County Fire District maintains 15 fire stations, a training center, and a headquarters facility.{{cite web|url=http://www.bcfdmo.com/services/facilities_equip_personnel/stations/BCFPD_Stations1.pdf|title=Boone County Fire Protection District|publisher=Bcfdmo.coma|access-date=November 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215050153/http://www.bcfdmo.com/services/facilities_equip_personnel/stations/BCFPD_Stations1.pdf|archive-date=February 15, 2012|url-status=dead}}
=History=
Prior to 1964, there was no organized fire protection in Boone County. This changed after an elderly handicapped woman died in a house fire just west of the city limits of Columbia. A small group of CB radio enthusiasts, known as the Central Missouri Radio Squad, banded together to develop a fire protection system for Boone County.{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.bcfdmo.com/aboutbcfpd/history/|website=Boone County Fire Protection District|access-date=May 27, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107221022/http://www.bcfdmo.com/aboutbcfpd/history/|archive-date=November 7, 2010}}
=USAR Task Force=
{{Main|Urban Search and Rescue Missouri Task Force 1}}
Boone County Fire is the sponsoring agency of Urban Search and Rescue Missouri Task Force 1 (MO-TF1), which is one of 28 FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces across the United States.{{cite web | url = http://www.fema.gov/emergency/usr/locations.shtm | title = US&R Task Force Locations | publisher = FEMA | access-date = August 28, 2006 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120705001444/http://www.fema.gov/emergency/usr/locations.shtm | archive-date = July 5, 2012 }} The team is made up of 210 members that are qualified in various aspects of urban search and rescue.{{cite web|title=USAR Task Force|url=http://www.bcfdmo.com/missouri_tf1/Organization/|website=Boone County Fire|access-date=May 22, 2015}}
Notable people
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- James William Abert – soldier and explorer
- David W. Alexander, 19th century Los Angeles, California politician and sheriff
- Thomas M. Allen – clergyman
- Benjamin Anderson – economist
- Gary Anderson – football player
- Simon Barrett – filmmaker
- Rob Benedict – actor
- Duane Benton – judge
- Rebecca Blank – educator; acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce (2011-2011; 2012–2013)
- Philemon Bliss – U.S. Representative from Ohio (1855–1859), 1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Dakota Territory, and Associate Justice of Missouri Supreme Court (1868–1872)
- John William Boone – musician
- Stratton D. Brooks – college president
- Fleda Brown – poet
- Jessica Capshaw – actress
- Russ Carnahan – U.S. Representative from Missouri (2005–2013)
- Albert Bishop Chance, inventor of the earth anchor, mayor of Centralia, and founder of the A.B. Chance Company
- J'den Cox – wrestler, Olympic medalist
- Kevin Croom – UFC Mixed Martial Artist
- Jack D. Crouch – hotelier
- Derek "Deke" Dickerson – musician
- Carl Edwards – retired NASCAR driver
- Jane Froman – singer; actress
- Nicole Galloway – Missouri State Auditor (2015-2023), Democratic nominee for Governor of Missouri (2020)
- Chuck Graham – politician
- Ken Griffin – organist
- Eugene Jerome Hainer – U.S. Representative from Nebraska (1893–1897)
- William Least Heat-Moon – writer
- Martin Heinrich – U.S. Senator from New Mexico (2013–present), U.S. Representative from New Mexico (2009–2013)
- Peter Hessler – journalist
- Darwin Hindman – mayor of Columbia (1995–2010)
- Brett James – singer
- William Jewell – educator, second mayor of Columbia
- Leon W. Johnson – Air Force General
- Tyler Johnson – baseball pitcher
- Daniel Webster Jones – Mormon pioneer
- John Carleton Jones – president of the University of Missouri
- Lloyd E. Jones – United States Army major general
- Kraig Kann – golf commentator
- Henry Kirklin, horticulturalist, first black instructor at the University of Missouri
- E. Stanley Kroenke – sports mogul
- Sergei Kopeikin – astrophysicist
- Ken Lay – chief executive, Enron
- Grace Lee – radio and television personality
- Guy Sumner Lowman, Jr. – linguist
- Jeff Maggert – professional golfer
- William Rainey Marshall – 5th Governor of Minnesota (1866–1870)
- William L. Nelson – U.S. Representative from Missouri (1861–1865)
- John Neihardt – poet
- Don Nardo – author
- Korla Pandit – musician
- Carlos Pena Jr. – singer
- Michael Porter Jr. – basketball player for Denver Nuggets
- William Rainey Marshall – Minnesota Governor
- James S. Rollins – 19th-century politician
- James S. Rollins (20th-century politician)
- Jesse M. Roper – 19th-century naval officer
- Charles Griffith Ross – press secretary for U.S. President Harry S. Truman
- Felix Sabates – philanthropist
- Max Schwabe – U.S. Representative from Missouri (1943–1949)
- Jon Scott – television journalist
- John F. Shafroth – U.S. Senator from Colorado (1913–1919), Governor of Colorado (1909–1913), U.S. Representative from Colorado (1895–1904)
- Clay Shirky – writer
- Apollo M. O. Smith – aviation executive
- William Smith – actor
- William J. Stone – U.S. Senator from Missouri (1903–1918), Governor of Missouri (1893–1897), U.S. Representative from Missouri (1885–1891)
- Blake Tekotte – baseball player
- Malcolm Thomas – professional basketball player
- Nischelle Turner – television personality
- Zbylut Twardowski – nephrologist
- Charlie Van Dyke – radio personality
- Andrew VanWyngarden – musician
- James "Bud" Walton – co-founder, Wal-Mart
- Sam Walton – co-founder, Wal-Mart
- Edwin Moss Watson – editor; publisher
- Norbert Wiener – mathematician
- Lisa Wilcox – actress
- Roger B. Wilson – 52nd Governor of Missouri (2000–2001)
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See also
References
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Further reading
- History of Boone County, Missouri: Written and comp. from the most authentic official and private sources; including a history of its townships, towns, and villages. Together with ... biographical sketches and portraits of prominent citizens (1882) [http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=b4a8a0ce7b5cc88ff408d352471483c1;g=;c=umlib;idno=umlc000026 online]
External links
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- [http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/specialcollections/platbooks.htm Digitized 1930 Plat Book of Boone County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816173126/http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/specialcollections/platbooks.htm |date=August 16, 2011 }} from University of Missouri Division of Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books
- Map of Boone County in 1898, showing township boundaries of that date: [http://digital.shsmo.org/cdm/ref/collection/plat/id/409]
- Map of Boone County in 1917, showing township boundaries of that date: [http://digital.shsmo.org/cdm/ref/collection/plat/id/617]
- Map of Boone County in 1930, showing township boundaries of that date: [https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A129283#page/3/mode/2up]
- Map Boone County today, showing current township boundaries: [http://maps.showmeboone.com/viewers/CM_DistrictMapping_v1/Townships.htm]
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|Northeast = Audrain County
|South = Cole County
|Southwest = Moniteau County
|West = Cooper County
|Northwest = Howard County
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