Boones Mill is a town in

Franklin County, Virginia Franklin County is a county located in the Blue Ridge foothills of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 54,477. Its county seat is Rocky Mount. Franklin County is part of the Roanoke metro ...

, United States. The population was 239 in 2018, down from 285 at the 2000 census.

History

Boones Mill was incorporated in 1927. It was previously known as "Boone Mill" and "Boon Mill". The town is named after Jacob Boon who operated a mill in the town. The Boones Mill Depot is listed on the

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. Nearby historic sites include Bowman Farm, Cahas Mountain Rural Historic District, Jubal A. Early House, and Piedmont Mill Historic District.

Geography

Boones Mill is located in northern Franklin County at (37.115462, -79.953966), along

U.S. Route 220 U.S. Route 220 (US 220) is a spur route of US 20. It runs in a north–south layout in the eastern United States, unlike its parent route as well as conventionally even-numbered highways, which run east-west. US 220 extends for ...

at the southern base of the

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. US 220 leads north to Roanoke and south to Rocky Mount, the Franklin County seat. According to the

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, the town has a total area of , all land. The town lies in the valley of Maggodee Creek, a southeastward-flowing tributary of the

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, part of the

Roanoke River The Roanoke River ( ) runs long through southern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina in the United States. A major river of the southeastern United States, it drains a largely rural area of the coastal plain from the eastern edge of the ...

watershed. Murray Knob, elevation , rises to the north on the crest of the Blue Ridge, and the eastern end of Cahas Mountain, at , is 2 miles to the west.

Demographics

Boones Mill is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area.

2020 census

As of the

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of 2020, there were 259 people. There were 131 households, out of which 26.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.4% were

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living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.2% were non-families. Of all households, 34.4% were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.82. In the town, the population was spread out, with 20.4% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 33.0% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 91.3 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there were 97.4 men. The median income for a household in the town was $39,688, and the median income for a family was $44,821. Males had a median income of $37,500 versus $23,542 for females. The

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for the town was $16,795. About 3.8% of families and 8.2% of the population were below the

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, including 10.9% of those under the age of eighteen and 11.6% of those 65 or over.

References

External links

Town of Boones Mill
{{Authority control Towns in Franklin County, Virginia Towns in Virginia