Official Name: | Boonford, North Carolina |
Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
Named For: | Daniel Boone |
Pushpin Map: | North Carolina |
Pushpin Label: | Boonford |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of North Carolina |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Name2: | Yancey, Mitchell |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1902 |
Population Total: | 0 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 35.9304°N -82.169°W |
Elevation M: | 996 |
Elevation Ft: | 2421[1] |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 28705, 28714 |
Area Code: | 828 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1019262 |
Boonford is a ghost town in Yancey County, North Carolina, and Mitchell County, North Carolina in the United States, located near present-day North Carolina Highway 80.
Boonford was named for Daniel Boone, as it was said he forded the North Toe River at the site.[2] The town's development was spurred on by the arrival of the Clinchfield Railroad in 1902, on its line to Johnson City, Tennessee. Nearly every structure in the town no longer exists.[3]
Boonford's U.S. Post Office opened on November 17, 1902, in Yancey County.[4] It was moved to Mitchell County on December 28, 1914, and closed on May 31, 1951.[5]
The town was home to a number of feldspar and mica mines.[6]