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.

[3] Boonford's U.S. Post Office opened on November 17, 1902, in Yancey County.

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