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Welcome to Boone County West Virginia West Virginia Genealogy Trails
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THIS COUNTY IS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION!! |
If you have the desire to help transcribe genealogical data and place it online for the free use of all researchers, contact Kim to become a host. Volunteer Information is available here.
This County currently does not have a host. This means that there is no one available to help answer your questions about this county's history or to help you with your family's genealogy within this county.
WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU.
Boone County was formed in 1847 from parts of Kanawha, Cabell, and Logan Counties and named for Daniel Boone, noted hunter and explorer, whose home was in the Great Kanawha Valley from 1789 to 1795.
Boone County Courthouse
Madison was first established as the Boone County Court House. It was burned during the American Civil War and was then incorporated in 1906 and named for Colonel William Madison Peyton, a pioneer coal operator, who was a leader in the movement which resulted in the formation of Boone County.
Boone County is part of the Charleston, WV metropolitan area
Towns and Cities
Town of Danville -- City of Madison -- Town of Sylvester
Town of Whitesville
There are many unincorporated communities
