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Welcome to Boulder ...Boulder is located in Barbour County<1>. The location of Boulder has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Boulder, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908. When the people of Boulder refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Boulderite<3> Boulder is 1,370 feet [418 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Boulder lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Boulder: (304) and (681)<5> Communities Also Named Boulder ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Boulder - they are located in British Columbia, California, Colorado (2), Idaho, Illinois, Montana, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Boulder. Communities near Boulder ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Boulder.
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 Boulder. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Boulder. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Boulder. 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 Boulder. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Boulder. See our Newspapers Page for Boulder. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boulder ...Looking for more information about Boulder? 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 Boulder, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Boulder. Adding Boulder to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Boulder 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 Boulder was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Boulder on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Boulder. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Boulder. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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