Boone Station State Historic Site was a
Kentucky State Historic Site on
Boone's Creek near
Athens in
Fayette County,
Kentucky, USA.
Boone's New Station
Boone's Station, initially known as Boone's New Station to distinguish it from the fort which is now known as
Boonesborough Boonesborough or Boonesboro may refer to a place in the United States:
* Boonesboro, Iowa, now part of Boone, Iowa
*Boonesborough, Kentucky
*Boonesboro, Missouri
Boonesboro is a community in Howard County, Missouri, United States. It is located o ...
, was the home of
Daniel Boone from 1779 until 1782. Athens at the time was named "Cross Plains"
and Boone's son Israel established the fort nearby in 1776.
During the
American Revolution, Daniel moved to his son Israel's settlement, which consisted at its height of 15 to 20 families. Like other "stations" in frontier Kentucky, Boone's Station probably consisted of a number of cabins which shared a common outside wall to defend against
American Indian raids. Unlike Boonesborough, Boone Station saw little action during the Revolutionary War, although a number of Boone's Station residents were killed in the war at nearby locations. Daniel's brother Edward was killed by
Shawnee in 1780 while hunting with Daniel in present-day
Bourbon County. Boone's son Israel and his nephew Thomas were killed at the
Battle of Blue Licks in 1782.
Boone eventually lost or sold his title to the station land as a result of the chaotic, overlapping land claim system of frontier Kentucky. Exactly when he moved away is uncertain. In 1783, he either resettled his family in a cabin at nearby Marble Creek, where he lived for a couple of years, or he relocated to Limestone (now part of
Maysville), near the
Ohio River
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. Boone Station ceased to exist as a community by 1791.
Boone moved with his family to
St. Charles County, Missouri
St. Charles County is in the central eastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 405,262, making it Missouri's third-most populous county. Its county seat is St. Charles. The county was organized Octo ...
in 1799, after losing the last of his land claims. It was then under Spanish rule, but was acquired by the United States in 1803 under the Louisiana Purchase. This area was east of the Missouri River in its north–south orientation. Boone lived there, in what became known as
Defiance, Missouri, for the last 20 years of his life.
The site was transferred to David's Fork Baptist Church in December 2018.
Further reading
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See also
*
Boonesborough Boonesborough or Boonesboro may refer to a place in the United States:
* Boonesboro, Iowa, now part of Boone, Iowa
*Boonesborough, Kentucky
*Boonesboro, Missouri
Boonesboro is a community in Howard County, Missouri, United States. It is located o ...
, the original Boone's Station
**
Fort Boonesborough State Park, the recreated stockade nearby
*
Booneville, also known as Boone's Station in the 19th century
*
Squire Boone's Station, a settlement established by Daniel's brother
References
External links
Boone Station State Historical Site from the Kentucky Department of Parks
Boone Station map
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Former populated places in Kentucky
Kentucky in the American Revolution