Editing Boone County, Iowa (section)

==History==
The land that now forms Boone and several other Iowa counties was ceded by the Sac and Fox nation to the United States in a [[John Beach|treaty signed on October 11, 1842]].

On January 13, 1846, the legislative body of the [[Indiana Territory]] authorized creation of twelve counties in the Iowa Territory,<ref>The counties were Boone, Clarke, Dallas, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas, Madison, Marshall, Polk, Story, Warren, and Wayne.</ref> with general descriptions of their boundaries.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofpolkcou1880unio|title=The History of Polk County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c|publisher=Union Historical Co.|year=1880|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofpolkcou1880unio/page/419 419], 425}}</ref> Boone County's name referred to Captain [[Nathan Boone]],<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q_lKAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA12|title=History of the Origin of the Place Names in Nine Northwestern States|year=1908|page=12}}</ref> son of [[Daniel Boone]], an American pioneer who formed the [[Wilderness Road|Wilderness Trail]] and founded the settlement of [[Boonesborough, Kentucky]].

County residents selected Boonesboro as the county seat in 1851. The first building erected in the new settlement was a double log house, to be used as interim county office and courthouse. It was supplemented by a two–story building erected in 1856, then replaced by a three-story building in 1868.

The nearby settlement of Montana was incorporated in 1866, when a railway station was built there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history-map.com/picture/003/Montana-Iowa.htm|title=Bird's eye view of the city of Montana, Boone Co. IA|work=historymap.com|access-date=August 20, 2018}}</ref> It was renamed to Boone in 1871.<ref name=BCH>{{cite web|url=http://www.boonecounty.iowa.gov/index.aspx?page=282|title=County History|work=Boone County IA|access-date=August 20, 2018}}</ref> It continued to grow, and it annexed the settlement of Boonesboro (which had also been incorporated in 1866) in 1887, thus becoming the county seat.<ref name=BCH/>

After the second courthouse became too small for the county's expanding populace, a new building (the [[Boone County Courthouse (Iowa)|present courthouse]]) replaced it. It was completed in 1917.<ref name=iowacourts>{{cite web|url=https://www.iowacourts.gov/for-the-public/iowa-courts-history/iowa-county-courthouse-history/boone-county-courthouse|title=Boone County Courthouse|publisher=Iowa Judicial Branch|access-date=August 20, 2018|archive-date=August 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807002226/https://www.iowacourts.gov/for-the-public/iowa-courts-history/iowa-county-courthouse-history/boone-county-courthouse|url-status=dead}}</ref>