Boonesboro, Howard County, Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

, USA is located on Route 87 midway between Boonville

Boonville, Missouri

This page is about the city in Missouri. For other communities of the same name, see Boonville Boonville is a city in Cooper County, Missouri, USA. The population was 8,202 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Cooper County. The city was the site of a skirmish early in the American Civil...

 and Glasgow

Glasgow, Missouri

Glasgow is a city in Chariton and Howard counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 1,263 at the 2000 census.The Howard County portion of Glasgow is part of the Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

 in the historical Boone's Lick country. The community was founded in 1840 and is named for the family of frontiersman Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone was an American pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman whose frontier exploits mad']'e him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now the Commonwealth of Kentucky, which was then beyond the western borders of...

. Boone's Lick State Historic Site

Boone's Lick State Historic Site

The Boone's Lick State Historic Site is located in Missouri, United States near Arrow Rock. The park was established in 1960 around one of the saltwater springs that was used in the early 19th century...

is nearby. Noteworthy establishments include the Christian Church and the Boonesboro Country Store.The approximate population of the town is 150 citizens.