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Booneville in Prentiss County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
 

Booneville

 
 
Booneville Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, August 23, 2020
1. Booneville Marker
Inscription. Site bought by B.B. Boone, G.W. Williams and W.P Curlee from Chickasaw Le-Ho-Yea. Named for pioneer R.H. Boone, a descendant of Daniel Boone. Chartered 1873 and made co. seat of newly formed Prentiss County.
 
Erected 1981 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1873.
 
Location. 34° 40.147′ N, 88° 33.837′ W. Marker is in Booneville, Mississippi, in Prentiss County. It is at the intersection of North 2nd Street (State Highway 145) and West George E Allen Drive, on the right when traveling north on North 2nd Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 801 N 2nd St, Booneville MS 38829, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in andspecifically ast Mississippi in the North Mississippi Hills. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Booneville Armory (approx. 0.3 miles away); Council of War (approx. one mile away); Capture Of Booneville (approx. one mile away); Battle of Booneville (approx. 1.7 miles away); Campground Cemetery (approx. 4.1 miles away); Blackland Church and Cemetery (approx. 6.1 miles away); Blackland Methodist Church (approx. 6.2 miles away); Samuel L. Neely (approx. 7.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Booneville.
 
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Booneville Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, August 23, 2020
2. Booneville Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 29, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 29, 2020, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 682 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 29, 2020, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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