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Welcome to Bouse ...

Bouse is located in La Paz County<1>.

Bouse was established in 1908.

Bouse is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bouse lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Bouse and travel west, you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.

Area Code for Bouse: 928

The ZIP code for Bouse: 85325<3>

The community of Bouse was previously named Brayton.

Communities near Bouse ...

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bouse ...

Looking for more information about Bouse? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Bouse, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Bouse.

Adding Bouse to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bouse post office opened in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bouse.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including La Paz, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bouse - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Bouse). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Bouse or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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/