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Welcome to Boer ...

Boer is located in Lancaster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Boer is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Boer lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Boer: 804 & 686<3>

Communities near Boer ...

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

  • West Point
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Tappahannock
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Warsaw
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kilmarnock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Urbanna
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Irvington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • White Stone
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Alfonso
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Alfonso is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfonso
  • Nesting
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Nesting is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesting
  • Downings
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Downings is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downings

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boer ...

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

Adding Boer to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Boer 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 Boer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Boer post office opened in 1900. The Boer post office closed in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boer.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Lancaster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Boer - 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 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Boer area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Boer 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.
<5>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/