| YEAR | EVENT |
| 603 | Territorial division called the scir found in the laws of King Ine of Wessex. |
| 693 | Heretoga governed scir as the appointed officer of the West Saxon King. |
| 787 | Scirgerefa or Shire-Reeve appointed administrator subordinate to Heretoga. |
| 1066 | Norman Conquest: Shire became known as conte’ or county. County business left to the Shire-Reeve or Sheriff. |
| 12th Century | Sheriff’s Assessor, Receiver, and Recording Clerk were predecessors of the Assessor, Collector, and Recorder. |
| 1194 | First King’s Crowners or Coroners appointed to county office. |
| 1215 | Magna Carta: Local Barons checked the power of royal county officials by law. |
| 13th Century | Clerk of the King’s Court of Common Pleas was the predecessor of the Circuit Clerks. County Court Attorney was the predecessor of the Prosecuting Attorney |
| 1327 | Justices of the King’s Peace first appointed as county officials. |
| 1485 | Justices of the King’s Peace, predecessors of the County Commissioners, began to be the most important administrative officials of the county. |
| 1634 | Counties were established as local government units in Virginia Colony. |
| 1643 | Massachusetts Bay Colony was divided into four counties. |
| 1644 | Duke of York established ridings, later counties, in the middle colonies. |
| 1703 | New York Colonial Assembly passed law establishing non-judicial County Board of Supervisors, thereby separating administrative from judicial functions. |
| 1724 | Pennsylvania law provided for a three-member Board of County Commissioners, elected at large. |
| 1816 | Howard County was organized from part of what had been a portion of the St. Charles District. It was named for former territorial Governor Benjamin A. Howard. |
| 1818 | Montgomery County was organized from another part of what had been the St. Charles District. It was named for Revolutionary War General Richard Montgomery. |
| 1820 | Boone County was organized from part of what had been Howard and Montgomery Counties. It was named for Daniel Boone. |
| 1820 | The first Missouri Constitution established "Inferior Tribunals" in each county to oversee certain administrative affairs of the county. |
| 1865 | The second Missouri Constitution called for "Inferior Tribunals to be known as County Courts". |
| 1875 | The third Missouri Constitution called for "County Courts" in each county. (The reference to "Inferior Tribunals" was dropped.) |
| 1875 | The levy rate which County Courts could levy without a vote of the people was limited to fifty cents per one-hundred dollars assessed valuation for the county general fund and thirty-five cents per hundred dollars assessed valuation for the road and bridge fund. Levies higher than these could be adopted for a period not to exceed four years upon a two-thirds vote of the people. Similar restrictions were also placed on other units of local government. |
| 1945 | The fourth Missouri Constitution was adopted. It called for no more than four classes of counties. Separate statutes were adopted for each class of county. Boone County became a county of the third class. County courts were no longer listed as judicial bodies. Charter form of government was made available to counties with populations in excess of 85,000. |
| 1969 | Boone County became a county of the second class. |
| 1972 | Revenue Sharing began. |
| 1978 | State Constitution amended to permit counties with populations greater than 80,000 as of the 1970 census to adopt a charter (home rule) form of government. This amendment only affected Boone County since it was the only county having a population greater than 80,000 but less than the previous threshold of 85,000 as of 1970. |
| 1979 | State Legislature authorized counties to levy a sales tax. Subsequent legislation provided for additional taxes upon voter approval. |
| 1980 | The Hancock Amendment to the Missouri Constitution was adopted. This amendment required the county to obtain voter approval prior to any increase in tax rates or fees. It also required the state to pay for new activities or services or increases in level of activities or services mandated by the state above that which existed when the amendment was adopted. |
| 1982 | Boone County voters reject a home rule charter. |
| 1985 | State statute provided that the "County Court" shall be known as "County Commission". |
| 1985 | Statewide reassessment took effect. |
| 1986 | Revenue Sharing ended. |
| 1991 | Boone County became a county of the first c1assification (first class). |
| 1996 | Boone County voters reject proposed county constitution. |
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