Official Name: | Boissevain, Virginia |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Virginia#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Tazewell |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 457 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 2454 |
Coordinates: | 37.2817°N -81.3803°W |
Area Code: | 276 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1492603 |
Boissevain is an unincorporated community, census-designated place (CDP), 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.[1] It did not reappear again as a CDP until the 2020 census with a population of 457.[2]
In February 1932 38 men lost their lives in a coal mine explosion.[3]
Boissevain is served by the Abbs Valley -Boissevain - Pocahontas Rescue Squad Inc - Rescue 945 for Emergency Medical Services.