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Welcome to Boswell ...

So far, we found very little information about Boswell. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Boswell to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Boswell, please Contact Us.

Boswell would have been located within present day Cumberland County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boswell, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Boswell is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Boswell was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Boswell was located: 804 & 686<4>

Communities Also Named Boswell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Boswell - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), British Columbia, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Boswell ...

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

  • Scottsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scottsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scottsville
    • Scottsville is located in Albemarle County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scottsville <6>
  • Dillwyn
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Columbia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Fork Union
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Trenton Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Trenton Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
    • Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
  • Bridgeport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bridgeport. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
  • Weber City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Arvonia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Arvonia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arvonia
    • Arvonia is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arvonia <6>
  • Fife
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fife. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fife
    • Fife is located in Goochland County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fife <6>
  • Gold Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
    • Gold Hill is located in Buckingham County

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

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

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

Adding Boswell to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Boswell 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 for Boswell was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boswell.

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Boswell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Cumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Boswell - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Boswell area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Boswell area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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