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Boonville

Fair
Temperature: 25.0 °F

Humidity: 75 %
Wind Speed: 11 mph NNW
Pressure: 30.27 "

Dew Point: 18 °F
Gusts: 32 mph NNW
Rain Today: 0.00 "

• Electricity generation in city's future?
  

  Considering alternatives for future electricity sources, City Council heard a proposal from Randy Maffett of Sendero, the parent company of Southern Missouri Natural Gas, for generation of electricity using ...

• Clydesdales Have New Home
  

  Some famous stars from commercials and magazines have taken up residence in Cooper County.

• 'Santa Claus Christmas' coming
  

  In case you hadn't guessed, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas here in Fayette.

• Nov. 25 Police Reports
  

  Arrests Rachel M. Lawson, 21, of Aurora, was arrested at 5:18 p.m. Thursday at Wal-Mart on a charge of stealing, according to Sedalia Police Department reports.

• Guest Editorial: Media shows leftist bias in coverage of e-mail controversy
  

  George Kennedy's recent opinion piece title " Watchdogs get it right " would be more accurate as "Watchdogs for the left ." Like many of the stories and editorials on which it was based, Mr.

• Gibson named Employee of the Month
  

  John Gibson has been named November 2008 Employee of the Month by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

• Comic book convention will be Columbia's first
  

  Mid-Missouri collectors will have a chance to whet their appetites for comics and collectibles at Columbia's first-ever comic book convention from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday.

• 'Gumbo Bottoms' musical to debut in Boonville
  

  "Gumbo Bottoms," Meredith Ludwig and Cathy Barton's new Big Muddy musical, presents a riverside community that is inseparable in spirit and culture, like the stubborn clay that sticks to the bottom of the ...

• State Fair students, alumni to celebrate homecoming
  

  Students past and present will gather at State Fair Community College this week to celebrate homecoming.

• Less School, More Work
  

  The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shows more students are choosing to go straight to the workforce instead of going to college.

• Katy Bridge Future in Question
  

  Three years after Attorney General Jay Nixon filed a lawsuit to stop the dismantling of the Katy Railroad Bridge, the issue is still up in the air.

• Photos Glyph
  

  A groundbreaking ceremony for Missouria s fifth state Veterans Cemetery at Fort Leonard Wood will happen Friday.

• Humor, kindness defined couple who died near Boonville
  

  Warren and Pamela Ocobock didn’t have much money. But they had each other, their family and an ability to appreciate the small things in life.On Thursday, the day before Warren Ocobock would have ...

• Highway crash kills two Raytown residents
  

  Officials have identified two Raytown residents killed early Thursday morning when their vehicle collided with a semi truck in Cooper County.The victims were 52-year-old Warren P. Ocobock and 55-year-old Pamela ...

• Prop A Passage Means Boonville Dollars
  

  A Missouri voters approved Proposition A with 56-percent of the vote. A That measure gets rid of the statea s 500-dollar loss limit at riverboat casinos.

• City Council accepts audit results
  

  The Sedalia City Council heard a presentation on its 2008 audit at its work session prior to the council meeting at City Hall on Monday.

• Opinion writing teaches students to write real persuasive commentary
  

  OK. I admit it. My journalism students are biased, outspoken and openly opinionated.

• Preliminary hearing for accused murderer Word is Monday
  

  Gabriel L. Word A preliminary hearing at 1 p.m. Monday for Gabriel L. Word, accused of murder, will go ahead as scheduled.

• Obama has the knowledge
  

  Dear friends at Steelville, and especially the great people of the Steelville Star-Crawford Mirror! About 42 years ago, I had the brief but great pleasure of teaching science and math at Steelville High School.

City Description

Boonville is a city in Cooper County, Missouri, USA. The population was 8,202 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Cooper County. The city was the site of a skirmish early in the American Civil War on July 17, 1861. Union forces easily brushed aside a small and poorly equipped force of the Missouri State Guard in the so-called Battle of Boonville. Boonville is located at 38°57′54″N 92°44′30″W / 38.965, -92.74167 (38.965017, -92.741757). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.3 square miles (19.0 km²), of which, 6.9 square miles (17.8 km²) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.2 km²) of it (6.26%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 8,202 people, 2,667 households, and 1,696 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,190.8 people per square mile (459.6/km²). There were 3,041 housing units at an average density of 441.5/sq mi (170.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 80.22% White, 16.84% African American, 0.51% Native American, 0.41% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.40% from other races, and 1.57% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.23% of the population. There were 2,667

City Contained By:

• Cooper County
• Missouri

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 18.9069132055 km squared

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