Boone County

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Boone County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 56,640. The county seat is Lebanon. Indiana’s center of population is located in eastern Boone County, just northwest of the town of Sheridan in neighboring Hamilton County.
County Website – http://boonecounty.in.gov/

History

Boone County was formed April 1, 1830, and named for frontiersman Daniel Boone.The county commissioners met near the center of the county on May 1, 1831 to identify a county seat, which by law had to be within 2 miles (3.2 km) of the county’s center; the city of Lebanon was selected to serve this purpose, replacing Jamestown (Founded 1830) which had served as interim county seat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boone_County,_Indiana

Indiana is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America. Indiana is the 38th largest by area and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th U.S. state on December 11, 1816. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Indiana was 6,619,680 on July 1, 2015, a 2.10% increase since the 2010 United States Census. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana

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Cities and towns

Advance
Jamestown
Lebanon
Thorntown
Ulen
Whitestown
Zionsville

There are 6 Towns / Cities, each with their own ZIP codes, still in existence, in Boone County, Indiana.

46102 Advance
46147 Jamestown
46052 Lebanon
46071 Thorntown
46075 Whitestown
46077 Zionsville

The County seat is in Lebanon.

46102-advance
46147-jamestown
46052-lebanon
46071-thorntown
46075-whitestown
46077-zionsville

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Unincorporated towns

Big Springs
Dover
Eagle Village
Elizaville
Fayette
Hazelrigg
Max
Mechanicsburg
Milledgeville
New Brunswick
Northfield
Rosston
Royalton
Terhune
Waugh

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Extinct towns

Ratsburg
Ward

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Townships
There are 12 townships in Boone County, that provide local services. Each of the townships has a trustee who administers rural fire protection and ambulance service, provides poor relief and manages cemetery care, among other duties. The trustee is assisted in these duties by a three-member township board. The trustees and board members are elected to four-year terms.

Center
Clinton
Eagle
Harrison
Jackson
Jefferson
Marion
Perry
Sugar Creek
Union
Washington
Worth