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Welcome to Boatman ...

Boatman is located in Mayes County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boatman, you might consider that their post office opened in 1922.

Boatman is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Boatman lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Boatman: 918 & 539<3>

Communities near Boatman ...

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

  • Pryor Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Pryor Creek is located in Mayes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor Creek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,392 people
    • Pryor Creek has also been known as:
    • Pryor
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pryor Creek <4>
  • Chouteau
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Salina
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Locust Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Langley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Adair
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Spavinaw
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sportsmen Acres
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Sportsmen Acres is located in Mayes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsmen Acres
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
  • Disney
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Oaks
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Oaks is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oaks <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boatman ...

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

Adding Boatman to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Boatman 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 (so far) for Boatman was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Boatman post office opened in 1922. The Boatman post office closed in 1965.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boatman.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Mayes, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Boatman - 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 918 code has been Overlayed with the 539 area code. New phone numbers in the Boatman area will be assigned with one of these codes: 918 or 539. As a result, placing a call in the Boatman 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/