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Welcome to Boyleston ...

Boyleston is located in Wayne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boyleston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Boyleston is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Boyleston (for example, toward Decker (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Boyleston: 618 & 730<3>

Communities Also Named Boyleston ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Boyleston - they are located in Indiana and Iowa.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Boyleston.

Communities near Boyleston ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boyleston ...

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

Adding Boyleston to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Boyleston post office opened in 1882. The Boyleston post office closed in 1927.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boyleston.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Wayne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Boyleston - 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 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Boyleston area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Boyleston 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/