Boissevain, Virginia

Boissevain, Virginia
Unincorporated community & Former census-designated place
Boissevain, Virginia
Coordinates: 37°16′54″N 81°22′49″W / 37.28167°N 81.38028°W / 37.28167; -81.38028Coordinates: 37°16′54″N 81°22′49″W / 37.28167°N 81.38028°W / 37.28167; -81.38028
Country United States
State Virginia
County Tazewell
Elevation 2,454 ft (748 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s) 276
GNIS feature ID 1492603[1]

Boissevain is an unincorporated community and former coal town in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States. It was defined as a census-designated place (then termed an unincorporated place) at the 1950 United States Census under the spelling Boissevaine when it had a population of 1,197.[2] It did not reappear at subsequent censuses.

Boissevain is served by the Abbs Valley-Boissevain Pocahontas Rescue Squad Inc - Rescue 945 for Emergency Medical Services.

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