Boyers

History

Boyers was a large mining community at the turn of the twentieth century, serviced by a branch of the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad known as the Hilliards branch. The rails were removed in the early 2000s. The abandoned mines have provided opportunities for underground storage facilities since 1954. The Iron Mountain Corporation merged with the longtime owner of the facility in 1998 and operates a large storage facility located in a former limestone mine close to Boyers. The Corbis photographic collection is stored there. The United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) operates a highly secure facility in an abandoned mine in Boyers which contains all the documents from security clearance proceedings. OPM also operates its processing center for retired federal employees in Boyers. At an underground limestone mine, the retirement of federal employees is processed on paper by hand, and the information is stored in file cabinets. It takes an average of 61 days to process the retirement of each federal employee. The United States Patent and Trademark Office stores original records in the Iron Mountain facility.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,939
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,693
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  5,379
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  5,373
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  5,096
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  4,777
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,517
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  4,295

Most recent

• M 3 — 2024-03-30
  2 km SSW of Maple Ridge, Ohio
• M 2.9 — 2020-10-06
  5 km WSW of Bolivar, Pennsylvania
• M 4 — 2011-12-31
  3 km NW of Youngstown, Ohio