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Boone is the surname of explorer Daniel Boone, and is also the name of several cities and towns named after him in the United States:
- Boone, North Carolina
- Boone, Colorado
- Boone, Iowa
- Boone, Oklahoma
- Boone Grove, Indiana
- Boones Mill, Virginia
- Booneville, Mississippi
- Booneville, Arkansas
- Booneville, Kentucky
- Booneville, Iowa
There is also a Boone County in any of several U.S. states.
In the 1850s, Daniel's nephew Levi Boone was the mayor of Chicago.
Several professional baseball players have been named Boone, including Aaron Boone, Bob Boone, Bret Boone, and Dan Boone.
There was also a country music singer named Pat Boone.
In mathematics, William W. Boone was involved in the proof of the unsolvability of the Word problem.
In physics, there is a MiniBooNE experiment at Fermilab to detect neutrinos.
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