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Welcome to Boyer ...

Boyer is located in Pocahontas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boyer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Boyer is 2,680 feet [817 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Boyer is ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Boyer: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Boyer ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Boyer - they are located in Alberta, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas (2), Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Quebec (2).

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

Communities near Boyer ...

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

  • Mill Creek
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Mill Creek is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 681 people
  • Durbin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Huttonsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Monterey
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Frank
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Frank is located in Pocahontas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank
  • Green Bank
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Thornwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Thornwood is located in Pocahontas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornwood
  • Cass
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Hightown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hightown is located in Highland County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
  • Meadowdale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadowdale is located in Highland County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boyer ...

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

Adding Boyer to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Boyer post office opened in 1901. The Boyer post office closed in 1967.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boyer.

Footnotes ...

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