Do you know of Boyce ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Boyce. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Boyce.<1>

Our sources for Boyce (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Boyce other than they indicate that Boyce would be found somewhere in Wayne County, Mississippi.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890 and closed in 1916.

Communities Also Named Boyce ...

We found eight communities that share the name Boyce.

Within Mississippi, the name Boyce is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
  - Warren County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Boyce [Warren County].
- Louisiana
  - Rapides Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Boyce [Rapides Parish].
- New Hampshire
  - Merrimack County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Boyce [Merrimack County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Allegheny County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Boyce [Allegheny County].
  - Mercer County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Boyce [Mercer County].
- Tennessee
  - Hamilton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Boyce [Hamilton County].
- Texas
  - Ellis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Boyce [Ellis County].
- Virginia
  - Clarke County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Boyce [Clarke County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Boyce ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Boyce:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Boyce - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in Wayne County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Wayne County.

Amazon	Fonde
	Frostbridge
Britton
Bucatunna	Mason
	Miltonville
Carl
Chaparral	Pine Bluff
Coyt	Pogression

Diamond	Round Pond
Diaz
	Taylorton
Edney
Eset	Uriel

Fedora	Water Oak

Footnotes ...

<1>	This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Boyce could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/