Welcome to Boz ...
Boz is located Boz is located in Ellis County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Boz, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891. Boz is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Boz lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Boz - it's located in South Dakota. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Boz. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Boz. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Boz. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Boz. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Boz. 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 Boz. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Boz. See our Newspapers Page for Boz. Looking for more information about Boz? 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 Boz, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Boz. We originally found mention of Boz 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 Boz was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Boz in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Boz.
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Boz. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Ellis County: www.co.ellis.tx.us/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boz ...
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From that list, the Boz post office opened in 1891.Off-the-Road Links ...
Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Ellis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Boz - 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/