Welcome to Boaz ...

So far, we found very little information about Boaz. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Boaz to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Boaz, please Contact Us.

Boaz would have been located within present day Chaves County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boaz, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Boaz is 4,100 feet [1,250 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Boaz is about ¾ mile [or 1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Boaz was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Boaz and travel east, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

The Area Code where Boaz was located: 575

Communities Also Named Boaz ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Boaz - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri (2), Nevada, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

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

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

Adding Boaz to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Boaz post office opened in 1907.

We also found Boaz in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Arizona & New Mexico.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boaz.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chaves County: www.co.chaves.nm.us/

The official website for State of New Mexico: https://www.nm.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Boaz, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Chaves, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Boaz - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/