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Boylen

A vanished town in Barbour County, West Virginia.

Survey record — verification pendingFILED: WV

Boylen

Barbour County, West Virginia

records pending
Classification
Vanished town (federal archive)
Coordinates
39.1848° N, 80.0373° W

What the record shows

Boylenappears in the U.S. Geological Survey's place-name archive as a historical populated place — a settlement that once carried a name and no longer does. Our editors are verifying its full story against census records, newspaper archives, and county histories; this record will grow as sources are confirmed.

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