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Welcome to Bostick ...

Bostick is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Bostick is located in Smith County<1>.

Bostick is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bostick: 903 & 430<3>

Communities Also Named Bostick ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Bostick - they are located in Georgia and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Bostick ...

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

  • Tyler
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Tyler is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 108,222 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tyler <4>
  • Whitehouse
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Lindale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Bullard
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Chandler
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Hideaway
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hideaway is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,208 people
  • Overton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Troup
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Troup is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troup
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,064 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troup <4>
  • Big Sandy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hawkins
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bostick ...

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

Adding Bostick to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bostick in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Bostick was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bostick.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Smith, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bostick - 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 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Bostick area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Bostick 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.