Boone

city in and seat of Boone County, Iowa, United States
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Summary

Boone is a city in the United States[1]. Boone ranks in the top 7% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (743 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Des Moines Township[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: county seat[5]
  • Top-level Internet domain: .boone.ia.us[6]
  • Postal code: 50036[7], 50037[8], 50099[9], 50940[10], 50950[11]
  • Commons category: Boone, Iowa[12]
  • Local dialing code: 515[13]
  • Inception: 1865[14]
  • Coordinate location: 42.061111111111, -93.886111111111[15]
  • Official website: http://www.boonegov.com/[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Boone, Iowa[17]
  • Population: 12,661[18], 12,460[19]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20], The New Student's Reference Work[21]
  • Capital of: Boone County[22]
  • Official name: Boone[23]
  • Category for people born here: Q32755832[24]
  • Number of households: 5095[25]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Boone, Iowa[26]
  • Elevation above sea level: 346[27]
  • Area: 23.432648[28], 23.368295[29]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.0425[30]
  • Territory overlaps: Boone urban area[31]
  • Per capita income: 29,944[32]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Boone include Boone Municipal Airport[33], an airport[34], in United States[35].

Why It Matters

Boone has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Boone is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for Boone include Boone Municipal Airport[33], an airport[34], in United States[35].

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Domain name → boone.ia.us
    Gnd id → 1274210879
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  2. 11w ago · Mxn · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Official website → http://www.boonegov.com/
    Wikidata description → city in and seat of Boone County, Iowa, United States
    Territory overlaps → Boone urban area
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Top-level internet domain: .boone.ia.us"
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