Boone County is part of the Harrison, Arkansas, Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Contrary to popular belief, it was not named for frontiersman Daniel Boone.

Boone County serves as the national headquarters of the white supremacy organization Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, lead by Zinc resident Thomas Robb, who pastors a nearby Christian church.

[10] The county is located in the northwest portion of the state, and borders Missouri to the north.

Rolling hills of the Springfield and Salem Plateaus characterize the majority of the topography, with the more rugged Boston Mountains lying just to the south.

School districts include:[21] As with all county-level governments in Arkansas, Boone County's eleven-member quorum court forms the legislative branch and controls all spending and revenue collection.

Representatives, called justices of the peace, are elected from single-member districts in every even-numbered year.

At the federal level, Boone County is part of Arkansas's third US congressional district, currently represented by Steve Womack.

Over the past few election cycles, Boone County has trended heavily towards the GOP.

The last Democrat (as of 2024) to carry this county was then-Governor Bill Clinton in 1992, by only a 34-vote plurality.

Each township includes unincorporated areas; some may have incorporated cities or towns within part of their boundaries.

However, the United States census does list Arkansas population based on townships (sometimes referred to as "county subdivisions" or "minor civil divisions").

Each town or city is within one or more townships in an Arkansas county based on census maps and publications.

Chronic wasting disease has been found in Boone County as well as Benton, Carroll, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Newton, Pope, Searcy, Sebastian, Scott, and Washington counties.