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Welcome to Bostwick ...

Bostwick is located in Geauga County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bostwick, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Bostwick is 1,220 feet [372 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bostwick lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Bostwick: 440 & 436<3>

Communities Also Named Bostwick ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Bostwick - they are located in Florida, Georgia, Michigan and Nebraska.

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

Communities near Bostwick ...

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

  • Mentor
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Willoughby
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Painesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Eastlake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Willowick
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Willoughby Hills
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Mentor-on-the-Lake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Kirtland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Geneva
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Geneva is located in Ashtabula County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,899 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geneva <4>
  • Chardon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bostwick ...

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

Adding Bostwick to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bostwick in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Bostwick was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Bostwick post office opened in 1887. The Bostwick post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bostwick.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Geauga, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bostwick - 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 440 code has been Overlayed with the 436 area code. New phone numbers in the Bostwick area will be assigned with one of these codes: 440 or 436. As a result, placing a call in the Bostwick 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/