Boone
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town in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Watauga
- Named after
- Daniel Boone
- Type
- Council–manager
- Mayor
- Dalton George
- Total
- 6.35 sq mi (16.45 km )
- Land
- 6.33 sq mi (16.40 km )
- Water
- 0.019 sq mi (0.05 km )
- Elevation
- 3,232 ft (985 m)
- Density
- 3,010/sq mi (1,164/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 28607-28608
- Fips code
- 37-07080
- Website
- www .townofboone .net
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Boone is a town in and the county seat of Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, Boone is the home of Appalachian State University and the headquarters of the disaster and medical relief organization Samaritan's Purse. The population was 19,092 at the 2020 census.
The town is named for famous American pioneer and explorer Daniel Boone, and every summer since 1952 the town has hosted an outdoor amphitheatre drama, Horn in the West, portraying the British settlement of the area during the American Revolutionary War and featuring the contributions of its namesake. It is the largest community and the economic hub of the seven-county region of Western North Carolina known as the High Country.
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