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Welcome to Boatwright ...

Boatwright is located in Calloway County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boatwright, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Boatwright is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Boatwright: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Boatwright ...

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

  • Murray
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Murray is located in Calloway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,437 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <4>
  • Oak Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Oak Hill is located in Henry County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,703 people
  • Benton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Dover
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Dover is located in Stewart County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,578 people
    • Former name for Dover:
    • Monroe
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <4>
  • Puryear
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Puryear is located in Henry County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puryear
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
  • Hardin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hazel
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • New Concord
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Almo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Almo is located in Calloway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almo
  • Aurora
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boatwright ...

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

Adding Boatwright to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Boatwright post office opened in 1901. The Boatwright post office closed in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boatwright.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Calloway, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Boatwright - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Boatwright area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Boatwright 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/