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Welcome to Boylston ...

Boylston is located in Kittitas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boylston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

Boylston is 2,460 feet [750 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Boylston is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Boylston lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Boylston ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Boylston - they are located in Alabama, Massachusetts (2), North Carolina, Nova Scotia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Boylston ...

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

  • Ellensburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Mattawa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Kittitas
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Vantage
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Wanapum Village
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Wanapum Village is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanapum Village
  • Beverly
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Hillside Siding
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillside Siding is located in Kittitas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Siding
  • Desert Aire
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • George
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Selah
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boylston ...

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

Adding Boylston to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Boylston post office opened in 1910. The Boylston post office closed in 1919.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boylston.

Footnotes ...

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