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Boone County

Boone County was formed March 11, 1847, from parts of Logan, Kanawha, and Cabell counties by an act of the Virginia legislature.

Mapped Points

• Madison

  Madison is the county seat of Boone County. Originally called Boone Court House, the town was renamed about 1865, presumably for James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.
  

  

• Nellis

  The coal town of Nellis was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

• Coal River

  The Coal River basin drains much of southern West Virginia.

• Mud River

  The Mud River begins in Boone County and flows through Lincoln and Cabell counties.

• Corridor G

  Corridor G is one of the state’s Appalachian Corridor highways. Corridor G is a 79-mile route linking Kentucky near Williamson with I-64 at Charleston.

• Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College

  Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College has a campus in Foster. The college serves Boone, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mingo, and Wyoming counties in West Virginia, and Martin and Pike counties in Kentucky