Boone, North Carolina

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Boone
Nickname : The Heart of the High Country
Boone, North Carolina
Boone
Boone
Location in North Carolina
Basic data
Foundation : 1872
State : United States
State : North Carolina
County : Watauga County
Coordinates : 36 ° 13 ′  N , 81 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 36 ° 13 ′  N , 81 ° 40 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 13,472 (as of 2006)
Population density : 857 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 15.72 km 2  (approx. 6 mi 2 ) of
which 15.72 km 2  (approx. 6 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 995.5 m
Postcodes : 28607-28608
Area code : +1 828
FIPS : 37-07080
GNIS ID : 1009539
Website : www.townofboone.com
Mayor : Loretta Clawson

Boone is a city in the northwest of the US state North Carolina with 13,472 inhabitants (2000 census).

To the city and location

It is the seat of the county administration ( county seat ) of Watauga County , which is directly adjacent to the state of Tennessee . The city is named after the US pioneer and supposed founder of the city, Daniel Boone .

Boone is located in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains at an altitude of about 1100 m. The largest single employer is the Appalachian State University , at which approx. 14,000 students are enrolled, which means that the population of Boone almost doubles during the lecture periods.

In the winter months, the place is a popular local recreation area because of the good skiing opportunities. In the summer, numerous residents of the nearby US states of Florida, South Carolina and Georgia who maintain holiday homes here or in the vicinity are drawn to Boone because of the pleasantly mild climate.

windmill

In 1980, the then newest and largest wind power plant in the USA in the small town of Boone gave its designers a headache: it rattled window panes and the dishes in the cupboards within a radius of several kilometers. Furthermore, according to the residents, the 60-meter-long rotor blades, whose noise should be below the human hearing threshold, produced an indefinable whistling and whistling sound. Engineers from the manufacturing company General Electric and the US Department of Energy identified the annoying swish-swish as a component of the infrasound generated by the rotors. In certain weather conditions and wind directions, the vibrations were amplified and triggered the background noise in the vicinity of the 2000 kilowatt wind power plant. To solve the problem, the rotor speed was reduced or the steel rotor blades were replaced with blades made of glass fiber. In the 1980s and 1990s, these unforeseen disturbances were often referred to in specialist circles as the Boone Effect .

Boone: King Street

Urban development

Industrial, commercial and residential development in the city of Boone is a controversial issue due to its location in the Appalachian Mountains. On October 16, 2009, the city council approved the Boone 2030 Land Use Plan . This development plan is not a binding legal norm, but is intended to serve as a guideline for the city council and the corresponding committees to make decisions about an adapted regional development.

In 2009, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) began widening US421 (King Street) from a four- to six-lane expressway over a mile (1.6 km) at a cost of around $ 16 million. This expansion cuts 25 businesses and 63 residential complexes east of historic downtown from King Street. The completion of the project is planned for December 31, 2011.

Individual evidence

  1. KELLER, Prof. Dr. Cornelius, Spuk und Rock vom Windkraftwerk, in "Bild der Wissenschaft", accent no. 12, p. 3, Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart, December 1980
  2. RUGGIERO, Frank, US 421 widening project: DOT paves forum for input , in WATUGA DEMOCRAT, Boone, March 16, 2007