Welcome to Booster ...

Booster is located in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Booster is located in Searcy County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Booster, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

Booster is 1,670 feet [509 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Booster: 870 & 327<3>

Communities near Booster ...

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

• Clinton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Clinton is located in Van Buren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,506 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <4>
• Marshall
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Marshall is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marshall <4>
• Leslie
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Leslie is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leslie <4>
• Gilbert
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Gilbert is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilbert <4>
• Watts
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Watts is located in Searcy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
• Copeland
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Copeland is located in Van Buren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
• Dennard
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Dennard is located in Van Buren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennard
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dennard <4>
• Alread
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Alread is located in Van Buren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alread
• Rumley
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Rumley is located in Van Buren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumley
• Tilly
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Tilly is located in Pope County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilly

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 Booster. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Booster.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Booster. 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 Booster.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Booster ...

Looking for more information about Booster? 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 Booster, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Booster.

Adding Booster to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Booster 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 Booster was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Booster post office opened in 1912. The Booster post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Booster.