Welcome to Boonsville ...
Boonsville is located Boonsville is located in Wise County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Boonsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878. Boonsville is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Boonsville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Boonsville: 940 We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Boonsville. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Boonsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Boonsville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Boonsville. 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 Boonsville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Boonsville. See our Newspapers Page for Boonsville. Looking for more information about Boonsville? 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 Boonsville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Boonsville. We originally found mention of Boonsville 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 for Boonsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Boonsville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Boonsville.
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Boonsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Wise County: www.co.wise.tx.us/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/Communities near Boonsville ...
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To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boonsville ...
Adding Boonsville to Our Gazetteer ...
X2X - From that list, the Boonsville post office opened in 1878.Off-the-Road Links ...
Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Wise, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Boonsville - 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> The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. <5> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/