Boyer, Iowa

Boyer, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Boyer, Iowa is located in Iowa
Boyer, Iowa
Boyer, Iowa
Coordinates: 42°10′55″N 95°14′07″W / 42.18194°N 95.23528°W / 42.18194; -95.23528
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyCrawford
Elevation
1,243 ft (379 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code712
GNIS feature ID454787[1]

Boyer is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.[1]

History

Stockholm Township, Iowa 1920, showing the location of Boyer, Old Kiron, and Ells.

Boyer was laid out in 1889.[2] The community took its name from the Boyer River.[2] Boyer's population was 60 in 1902,[3] and 80 in 1925.[4]

A post office called Boyer was established in 1899, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1967.[5]

The population was 70 in 1940.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boyer, Iowa
  2. ^ a b Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 46.
  3. ^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
  4. ^ Company, Rand McNally and (1925). Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States,territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. p. 190.
  5. ^ "Crawford County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  6. ^ The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 294.