Boonville, Missouri Boonville, Missouri Location of Boonville, Missouri Location of Boonville, Missouri State Missouri Boonville is a town/city in Cooper County, Missouri, USA.
It is the governmental center of county of Cooper County. The town/city was the site of a skirmish early in the American Civil War on July 17, 1861.
Union forces defeated a small and poorly equipped force of the Missouri State Guard in the first Battle of Boonville Louis, Missouri is called the Boone's Lick Trail.
The easterly end near Boonville at Franklin, Missouri is considered the initial start of the Santa Fe Trail. During skirmishes with Native Americans in the War of 1812 they moved to a fort on the north side of the Missouri River (called on markers as "Hannah Cole Fort").
Boonville was titled the governmental center of county in 1818. The community's position on the Santa Fe Trail and Missouri River led to many historic inhabitants of the era living there amid the westward expansion including George Graham Vest, David Barton, William Ash and George Caleb Bingham.
The Cooper County Jail was assembled in 1848 and remained in place until 1979 with a claim that it was the longest-serving jail in Missouri history. More than 400 buildings (most in 14 separate historical districts) are listed on National Register of Historic Places listings in Cooper County, Missouri.
During the American Civil War, the improve was fought over and held by both sides including in the Battle of Boonville on June 17, 1861, a month before the First Battle of Bull Run which gave the Union control of the Missouri River; and 2nd Battle of Boonville on September 13, 1861; and its capture by Sterling Price in 1864 in Price's Raid. The town/city was a strategic target because of its locale on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
Today, the "Katy Trail" is the longest rails to trails fitness in the United States.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.21 square miles (18.67 km2), of which, 6.89 square miles (17.85 km2) is territory and 0.32 square miles (0.83 km2) is water. The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 83.1% White, 13.3% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.3% from other competitions, and 2.2% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,918 homeholds of which 30.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 42.9% were married couples living together, 13.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 38.8% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 34.6 years.
20.3% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 12.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28.9% were from 25 to 44; 23.4% were from 45 to 64; and 14.6% were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 80.22% White, 16.84% African American, 0.51% Native American, 0.41% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.40% from other competitions, and 1.57% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,667 homeholds out of which 30.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 48.5% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female home holder with no husband present, and 36.4% were non-families.
In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 19.6% under the age of 18, 20.8% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 16.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 9.5% of families and 11.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 13.4% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.
Boonville is near the middle of the Katy Trail, a 225-mile state park appreciateed by cyclists and hikers.
Katy Trail Bridge in Boonville, which crosses the Missouri near the Isle of Capri Casino and Historic Selwyn Shoe Factory (which has been refurnished as apartements), has been subject of controversy.
However, Friends of Historic Boonville and the rest athwart the state oppose the idea.
Annually, Boonville jubilates Boonville Heritage Days.
Twillman Field in Harley Park is also a origin of some pride, as it hosts a several baseball tournaments every year, including state and county-wide championships, with ages ranging from 13 to 18.
The Missouri Training School for Boys, a juvenile correctional facility of the Missouri Division of Youth Services, opened in 1889.
The Boonville R-1 School District has four schools.
Hannah Cole Elementary, David Barton Elementary, Laura Speed Elliott (LSE) Middle School, and Boonville High School are all positioned in Boonville.
Boonville is served by one newspapers, the Boonville Daily News.
Bill Corum, New York sportswriter and sportscaster and Churchill Downs racetrack president, attended school in Boonville.
Congressman from Missouri.
Lon Vest Stephens, Governor of Missouri and State Treasurer Walter Williams, founder of the Missouri School of Journalism and former president of the University of Missouri.
Congressman from Missouri.
"Boone's Lick State Historic Site | Missouri State Parks".
Efforts under way to make Boone's Lick a nationwide historical trail : News a b c "Boonville History".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Boonville High School website Boonville R-1 School District Historic maps of Boonville in the Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection at the University of Missouri Municipalities and communities of Cooper County, Missouri, United States County seats in Missouri
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Cities in Cooper County, Missouri - County seats in Missouri - Missouri populated places on the Missouri River - Cities in Missouri - Populated places established in 1817 - 1817 establishments in Missouri Territory
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