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Boies

Ghost town · Black Hawk County, Iowa

Cedar Falls quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000)
Cedar Falls quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Boies is a ghost town in Black Hawk County, Iowa. It is one of 6 former communities in Black Hawk County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 4th among the 79 Iowa counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Boies as a historical populated place on the Cedar Falls topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 42.6144° N, 92.3771° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCedar Falls
Elevation952 ft
Nearest living townDenver, IA
Distance to it4.3 miles
GNIS feature ID464145
Coordinates42.61443, -92.37713

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What's there now

Boies is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Denver, IA (population 2,216), about 4.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 952 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Boies?

Boies is in Black Hawk County, Iowa, at 42.6144, -92.3771.

How many ghost towns are in Black Hawk County?

Black Hawk County, Iowa has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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