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Welcome to Boicourt ...

Boicourt is located in Linn County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boicourt, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Boicourt is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Boicourt: 913

Communities near Boicourt ...

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

  • Pleasanton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • La Cygne
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Drexel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Drexel is located in Bates County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drexel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 950 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Drexel <3>
  • Linn Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Mound City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Hume
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hume is located in Bates County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
  • Prescott
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Parker
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Parker is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
  • Fontana
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Fontana is located in Miami County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
  • Amsterdam
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boicourt ...

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

Adding Boicourt to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Boicourt 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 Boicourt was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Boicourt post office opened in 1886. The Boicourt post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boicourt.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Linn, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Boicourt - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/