Boonville is a city and the county seat of Cooper County, Missouri, United States. The population was 8,319 at the 2010 census. The city was the site of a skirmish early in the Civil War, on July 17, 1861. Union forces defeated a small and poorly equipped force of the Missouri State Guard in the first Battle of Boonville. It is part of the Columbia, Missouri metropolitan area.
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