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Welcome to Boydston ...

Boydston is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Boydston is primarily located in Donley County<1>. A portion of Boydston extends into Gray County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boydston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Boydston is 3,230 feet [985 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Boydston is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Boydston: 806

Communities near Boydston ...

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

  • Clarendon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • White Deer
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Groom
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Howardwick
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Howardwick is located in Donley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardwick
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
  • Goodnight
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Alanreed
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Bowers City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Bowers City is located in Gray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers City
  • Malden
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Malden is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
  • Claude
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Claude is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claude
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,200 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Claude <3>
  • Kingsmill ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Kingsmill is located in Gray County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsmill

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boydston ...

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

Adding Boydston to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Boydston post office opened in 1891. The Boydston post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boydston.

Footnotes ...

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