Boskydell is an unincorporated community in Makanda Township, Jackson County, Illinois, United States.

As early as 1852, surveyors for the Illinois Central Railroad discovered a very good deposit of sandstone at Boskydell.

A village grew around the railroad stop, and soon had a blacksmith shop, two general stores, two cream stations and a cooperage.

[4] In 1883, the Boskydell quarries were purchased by a stone merchant in Chicago, Mr. Rawles, who installed about forty thousand dollars' worth of modern machinery, including hoisting machines, dressing machines, steam drills, saws, and a gravity railroad from the quarries to the Illinois Central Railway.

[4] By 1909, Boskydell had several thriving businesses including a bank, two livery stables, a rifle range, a grain warehouse, a saw mill, four grocery stores and a tonsorial parlor (barber shop).