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Danville, California – Daniel Inman (local landowner) Danville, Georgia – Daniel G. Hughes (father of U.S. Representative Dudley Mays Hughes) Danville, Indiana – Daniel Bales (proprietor) [168] Danville, Kentucky – Walker Daniel (founder) Danville, Missouri – Daniel M. Boone (landowner and son of Daniel Boone) [168]
Boonesborough was founded as Boone's Station by the frontiersman Daniel Boone while working for Richard Henderson and Nathanial Hart of the Transylvania Company. [2] Boone led a group of settlers (which included a number of African Americans [ 3 ] ) through the mountains from Fort Watauga (present-day Elizabethton in Tennessee ), carving the ...
Boone took its name from the famous pioneer and explorer Daniel Boone, who on several occasions camped at a site generally agreed to be within the present city limits. Daniel's nephews, Jesse and Jonathan (sons of brother Israel Boone), were members of the town's first church, [6] Three Forks Baptist, still in existence today. [7]
This community, the first permanent European settlement in Tennessee, was named for the creek that runs through it, which is named for pioneer Daniel Boone. [2] In the center of Boones Creek is a historic marker that tells the origins of the community's name. Daniel Boone was a frontiersman, and hunted over large areas of the early frontier lands.
Local lore asserts Boonsboro was founded by George Boone, a cousin of Daniel Boone, and was originally named "Margaretsville" after his wife. The town was incorporated as Boonesborough in 1831. Local newspapers and villagers preferred the name Boonsboro. The former name was used on some documents as late as 1903. General Buford's Engagement ...
Boonesborough is an extinct town in Boone County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] Boonesborough was platted in 1836, and named after Daniel Boone . [ 2 ] A post office called Boonesboro was established in 1839, and remained in operation until 1850.
Named after Daniel Boone at the suggestion of the then-Berea College president's wife, the Boone Tavern Hotel has hosted the likes of the Dalai Lama, Henry Ford, President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge ...
The town was originally named Moore's Station after its chief landowner. It was renamed Boone's Station and then Booneville in honor of the American frontiersman, Daniel Boone. [4] The town, consisting at the time of little more than a temporary log courthouse, became the county seat when Owsley County was formed on May 20, 1844.