BOONE, a city of Iowa, U.S.A., near the Des Moines river, in the centre of the State, at an altitude of 1, I oof t. ; the county seat of Boone county. It is on the Lincoln Highway, is a division point of the Chicago and North Western, and is served also by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railway. Pop. (largely native white) was 11,886 in 193o Federal census. The surround ing country is one of the richest sections of the corn belt, and is noted for its cattle and hogs and Belgian horses. It has also large deposits of bituminous coal, clay and gravel. There are three producing coal mines on the edges of the city. The leading manu factures are building and paving brick, reinforced concrete pipe, machinery, brooms and brushes, flour, hosiery, iron implements, coolers and ventilators. In 1927 the output of the 22 factories within the city was valued at $3,176,166. Near by on the river is the Ledges State park of 644 acres. The National Swedish old people's home and the State home of the Order of the Eastern Star are situated here.
Boone was laid out in 1865; incorporated as a town in 1866; and chartered as a city in 1868. It was named after Col. Nathan Boone, son of the pioneer and backwoodsman Daniel Boone.