Boone

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; A statutory town in Pueblo County, Colorado.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Boone County, Iowa.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; An extinct town in Franklin County, Missouri.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Boone County, Nebraska.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A town, the county seat of Watauga County, North Carolina.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Washington County, Tennessee.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Boone Township.

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daniel boone

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"There is, however, a striking uniformity in all the records as to the simple faith and almost fatalistic conviction of Daniel Boone that he was called to be a pathfinder for the new nation in America."

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Boone Countyboone countycounty seatnorth carolinawatauga county

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