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Welcome to Boggsville ...

Boggsville is located in Armstrong County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boggsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Boggsville is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Boggsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Boggsville - it's located in Colorado.

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

Communities near Boggsville ...

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

  • Plum
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Plum is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,993 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <3>
  • Butler
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • New Kensington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Lower Burrell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Oakmont
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Fox Chapel
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Vandergrift
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Arnold
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Arnold is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,790 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arnold <3>
  • Tarentum
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Kittanning
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boggsville ...

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

Adding Boggsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Boggsville post office opened in 1890. The Boggsville post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boggsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Armstrong, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Boggsville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/