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Welcome to Bois ...

Bois is located in Webster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bois, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Bois is 1,120 feet [341 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bois: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Bois ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Bois - it's located in Illinois.

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

Communities near Bois ...

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

  • Sutton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Gassaway
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Addison
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Addison is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
  • Burnsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Flatwoods
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Duffy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Duffy is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffy
  • Hacker Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Kanawha Head
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kanawha Head is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha Head
  • Goshen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Goshen is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
  • Falls Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Falls Mill is located in Braxton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mill

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bois ...

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

Adding Bois to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bois post office opened in 1897. The Bois post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bois.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Webster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bois - 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Bois area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Bois 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/