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Welcome to Boswell ...

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

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

Boswell would have been located within present day Mahoning County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boswell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Boswell is 1,180 feet [360 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Boswell was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Boswell was located: 330 & 234<4>

Communities Also Named Boswell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Boswell - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), British Columbia, Indiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

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

Communities near Boswell ...

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

  • Youngstown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Alliance
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Niles
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Niles is located in Trumbull County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,050 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Niles <5>
  • Salem
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Salem is located in Columbiana County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,517 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <5>
  • Struthers
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Louisville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Canfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Columbiana
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Newton Falls
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Sebring
    (3 miles [4.8 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 Boswell. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Boswell.

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

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

Adding Boswell to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Boswell 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 Boswell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Boswell post office opened in 1858. The Boswell post office closed in 1888.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boswell.

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 Boswell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Mahoning, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Boswell - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 330 code has been Overlayed with the 234 area code. New phone numbers in the Boswell area will be assigned with one of these codes: 330 or 234. As a result, placing a call in the Boswell area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/