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Boling is an unincorporated census-designated place in Wharton County, Texas, in the Gulf Coast plains southwest of Houston.

Before the railroad arrived, the area around Boling was known as Floyd's Lane.

Boling was founded in 1900, when the New York, Texas and Mexican Railway built its line through the area.

The town was named for the Bolling family of Virginia, but the name lost a letter — it was misspelled 'Boling' when citizens applied for a U.S. post office.

By 1907, just a few years after its founding, Boling had a school, a store, a blacksmith shop, and about ten families.

Sulphur, oil, and gas were discovered on the Boling dome in 1925, turning the farm town into a boomtown whose population jumped from 20 in 1920 to 450 in 1930.

Many of Boling's streets and subdivisions were named for the mineral companies that flocked to the Boling dome, and mineral production dominated the local economy for about 70 years.

Boling first appeared as its own census-designated place in the 2010 census, after being split off from the old Boling-Iago CDP, and it counted 1,122 people that year.

The 2020 census counted 930 people in Boling, a decline of about 17% over the decade.

About 60% of Boling residents identified as Hispanic or Latino in the 2020 census.