Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri

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• Cooper County Sales Tax Up 7/8 Cent for 911 and Ambulances October 21, 2026Shoppers in Boonville, Pilot Grove and the rest of Cooper County have paid 7/8 of a cent more sales tax on every dollar since Oct. 1. Two increases…
• What’s on the Cooper County Ballot for the Nov. 3, 2026 Election October 12, 2026Cooper County voters in Boonville, Pilot Grove, Bunceton, Otterville, Prairie Home, Blackwater and the countryside between them will see a long ballot on Tuesday, Nov. 3. There are…
• 63 Years Running: The Boonville Steam Engine Show Keeps Old Farm Life Alive for New Generations September 28, 2026Ask a grade-schooler where milk comes from, and you’ll probably hear “the grocery store.” That’s the gap the Missouri River Valley Steam Engine Association has spent 63 years…
• Boonville’s Library Has a New Home — and Neighbors Furnished It September 22, 2026If you haven’t been inside the Boonslick Regional Library’s Boonville branch since early summer, you’re in for a surprise. The library reopened Aug. 3 at 707 Third Street,…
• A Send-Off for the Monarchs Passing Through Boonville September 16, 2026Saturday, September 12, families and gardeners turned out at the Boonville Katy Depot for a Monarch Migration Tagging Workshop and Family Day, hosted by the Boonslick Master Gardeners.…
• Kaw Point to St. Charles, mile by mile — Part 5: Franklin Island to Cooper’s Landing July 31, 2026Downstream from Franklin Island, the Missouri runs twenty-five river miles past our own front door — the only stretch of this series the paper can walk to. The…
• Boonville’s Liberty Sister Gets Her Shine Back After 75 Years July 31, 2026If you’ve parked outside the Cooper County Courthouse in Boonville anytime in the last 75 years, you’ve walked past her without necessarily knowing her story: a small copper…
• Still Playing After Nearly Two Centuries: Thespian Hall and Boonville’s Love of the Stage August 9, 2025On the corner of Main and Vine Streets in Boonville, a Greek Revival building has been hosting audiences since the summer of 1857. Thespian Hall — its columns…

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The river

Boonville is on the Missouri River. Missouri River level at Boonville, the nearest NOAA gauge, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

Nearby

• Windsor Place Cooper County, 3 mi
• Franklin Howard County, 3 mi
• New Franklin Howard County, 4 mi
• Rocheport Boone County, 10 mi