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Welcome to Athboy ...

Athboy is located in Corson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Athboy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1916.

Athboy is 2,320 feet [707 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Athboy is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Athboy lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Athboy (for example, toward Iron Lightning), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Athboy: 605

Communities near Athboy ...

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

  • Summerville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Summerville is located in Perkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,118 people
  • Glad Valley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Meadow
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Shadehill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Keldron
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Bison
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Isabel
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lemmon
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Morristown
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Watauga
    (30 miles [48.3 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 Athboy. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Athboy.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Athboy ...

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

Adding Athboy to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Athboy post office opened in 1916. The Athboy post office closed in 1944.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Athboy.

Footnotes ...

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