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Welcome to Boulder Junction ...

Boulder Junction is located in Clark County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Boulder Junction: Boulder Jct. (or less commonly used: Boulder Jctn.)

Boulder Junction is 2,280 feet [695 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Boulder Junction is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Boulder Junction lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Boulder Junction, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Area Codes for Boulder Junction: 702 & 725<3>

Communities Also Named Boulder Junction ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Boulder Junction - they are located in Colorado and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Boulder Junction ...

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boulder Junction ...

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

Adding Boulder Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Boulder Junction 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 Boulder Junction was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boulder Junction.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Clark, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Boulder Junction - 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 702 code has been Overlayed with the 725 area code. New phone numbers in the Boulder Junction area will be assigned with one of these codes: 702 or 725. As a result, placing a call in the Boulder Junction 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.