Boonville is a city and the county seat of Cooper County, Missouri, United States. The population was 7,964 at the 2020 census. The city was the site of a skirmish early in the Civil War, on July 17, 1861. Union forces defeated the Missouri State Guard in the first Battle of Boonville. It is part of the Columbia, Missouri metropolitan area.
Midwest
Boonville
Cooper County, MO
Population
7,725
Walk Score
62 · Somewhat Walkable
Median rent
$691
Median home value
$146,100
Founded
1817
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Historic District B · listed 1983
- Historic District C · listed 1983
- Historic District D · listed 1983
- Historic District E · listed 1983
- Historic District F · listed 1983
- Historic District G
- Historic District H · listed 1983
- Kemper Military School Historic District (Additional Documentation) · listed 1983
- Kemper Military School Historic District, The (Boundary Increase) · listed 2024
Notable landmarks
- Andrews-Wing House · listed 1990
- Beckett, William S. and Mary, House · listed 1990
- Blakey, Albert Gallatin, House · listed 1990
- Boller House · listed 1977
- Boonville Road Bridge
- Boonville Wine Company
- Carpenter House
- Cobblestone Street · listed 1990
- Cooper County Home
- Creative Ceramics
- Dauwalter, John S., House · listed 1990
- Diggs, Duke and Mary, House · listed 1990
- Doehne House
- Esser House
- Farris House
- Fessler-Secongost House · listed 1990
- First Baptist Church of Jesus Christ in Boonville
- Gantner, Andrew, House · listed 1990
- Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company Building · listed 1990
- Harley Park Archeological Site · listed 1970
- Harley Park Wine Cellar
- Huber House
- Johnmeyer House
- Johnson, Juliet Trigg, House · listed 1990
- Johnson, Wilbur T. and Rhoda Stephens, House · listed 1990
- …and 26 more
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