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Welcome to Boley Springs ...

Boley Springs is located in Fayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boley Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

A typical abbreviation for Boley Springs: Boley Spgs. (or less commonly used: Boley Spngs. or Boley Sprngs.)

Boley Springs is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Boley Springs lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Boley Springs: 205 & 659<3>

Communities near Boley Springs ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Boley Springs.

  • Jasper
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Fayette
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Carbon Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Berry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Berry is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,086 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berry <4>
  • Parrish
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Parrish is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 929 people
  • Oakman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Oakman is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakman
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
    • Former names for Oakman:
    • Day's Gap
    • Marietta
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakman <4>
  • Kansas
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Kansas is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
  • Patton Junction ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Patton Junction is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
  • Corona
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Corona is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
  • Patton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Patton is located in Walker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Boley Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Boley Springs.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Boley Springs. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boley Springs.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Boley Springs. See our Newspapers Page for Boley Springs.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boley Springs ...

Looking for more information about Boley Springs? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Boley Springs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Boley Springs.

Adding Boley Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Boley Springs in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Boley Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Boley Springs post office opened in 1877. The Boley Springs post office closed in 1887.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boley Springs.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Boley Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Boley Springs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Boley Springs area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/