[5][6] Land within the locality is zoned for “agricultural production and the grazing of stock on relatively large holdings".

[4] A limestone quarry nearby supplied building materials for the Moonta and Wallaroo Mines.

The Boors Plains Oval was located on Moonta-Thrington Road at a site known as Stanways Corner.

[5] Boors Plain had its own branch of the Agricultural Bureau: it was reported as being highly successful in the 1930s, and in 1979 published a short history celebrating "the first 50 years".

[9][10] The Bald Hill 1864 Miners' Strike Site, located in the west of Boors Plain, is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.