Boone County: the Largest County in My 4th District

JACK TRUMAN FOR U.S. CONGRESS

Missouri 4th Congressional District

There's no place like home.

I think it's important to bring something back to my home state here in Missouri. Where I grew up. Was raised. Went to school. Own property. And call home.

There's a lot to share about Boone County Missouri. This is one of 26 counties in the 4th Congressional District of Missouri that I'm running for U.S. Congress in 2016.

You can't get much more rural and down home than in Boone County. The total population here in Boone County is over 170,000 people. So even though it's a rural area, it is a larger city and a college city. In fact, Boone County is the most populated county for my district, District 4. But it's made up of a lot of small towns, too. And it feels like everyone's right here in your backyard. Good morals. Good values. Good small town living.

Boone County is in the center of the state of Missouri, about 100 miles or so northeast of where I live in Lamar.

A little history and facts about Boone county:

Boone County Missouri started back in 1820.

Columbia is the largest town. But there's 6 local towns, 5 villages, 5 'unincorporated communities', and 10 townships.

The history that Boone County is most known for is a few things. The county is named after Daniel Boone. Back in the 1800's, it was really populated with slave ownership. Slaves made up over 25 percent of the population. The main crops the settlers cultivated were hemp and tobacco. The area was known as 'Little Dixie'. That's ironic, with my film company called Dixie Films.

Several towns, villages and what they call unincorporated towns make up Boone County in central Missouri:

Towns:

Ashland

Centralia

Columbia

Hallsville

Rocheport

Sturgeon

Villages:

Harrisburg

Hartsburg

Huntsdale

McBaine

Pierpont

Unincorporated Communities:

Midway

Rucker

Shaw

Two Mile Prairie
Woodlandville

There's also a lot of schools in Boone County. Lots of public schools, private schools and colleges. So education makes up a lot and plays a big factor in Boone County. 46 public schools. 17 private schools. And 4 colleges:

University of Missouri Columbia
Columbia College
Stephens College
Moberly Community College

Being a college graduate and former college professor, education is very important and personal to me. So it's great to see that it plays a big factor in Boone County.

A lot of issues that need to be addressed relate more than ever to small town rural America. And Boone County is no exception.

Taking care of our Farmers. Veterans. Senior Citizens. Children. Education. Health. Equality. The Second Amendment. Making our country great again. Taking care of our own here domestically, and focusing on the little man and woman. The rural communities are our roots. Where everything got started. There's no discipline anyone. This culture doesn't follow rules. It's time to get back to some basic hometown values and traditions.

It's time for a radical change. It's time for outsiders who represent the little man and woman to be a part of our government. It's time to shake things up in Washington. It's time for a political revolution.

My name is Jack Truman. And I'm running for U.S. Congress in Missouri's 4th Congressional District.