Boistfort, Washington

Boistfort, Washington
Unincorporated community
Boistfort, Washington
Coordinates: 46°32′06″N 123°08′01″W / 46.53500°N 123.13361°WCoordinates: 46°32′06″N 123°08′01″W / 46.53500°N 123.13361°W
Country United States
State Washington
County Lewis
Elevation 285 ft (87 m)
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
  Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
Area code(s) 360
GNIS feature ID 1510831[1]

Boistfort is an unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington, United States. It lies 19 miles away from Chehalis and has one of the tallest peaks that is not a mountain in the entire state of Washington, Boistfort Peak (also called Baw Faw Peak). It has a K-8 school, a library and a tennis court. The original one-room school was established as the first school district in the Territory of Washington.[2]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boistfort, Washington
  2. Tiller, Priscilla (1991). The Wooden Bench: Inkwells, Slates and Coping Saws. ISBN 978-0962515101.