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Welcome to Boydstown ...

Boydstown is located in Butler County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boydstown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1861.

Boydstown is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Boydstown ...

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

  • Butler
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Kittanning
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Zelienople
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Slippery Rock
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Evans City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mars
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Mars is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,608 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mars <3>
  • Saxonburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Valencia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Prospect
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • West Kittanning
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • West Kittanning is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Kittanning
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boydstown ...

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

Adding Boydstown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Boydstown post office opened in 1861. The Boydstown post office closed in 1867.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boydstown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Butler, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Boydstown - 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/