| Boone County was
formed on 16 November 1820 as a territorial county emerging from the vastly larger
territorial county of Howard and for a time being known as part of "Boone's Lick
Country". This county was named in honor of the famous Kentucky explorer, Daniel
Boone, who spent his latter years in eastern Missouri. Note that the early records of the
area use both spellings: Boone and Boon.
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