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Welcome to Boydsville ...

Boydsville is located in Clay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boydsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

Boydsville is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Boydsville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Boydsville: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Boydsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Boydsville - they are located in Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Boydsville.

Communities near Boydsville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Boydsville.

  • Kennett
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Kennett is located in Dunklin County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennett
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,034 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kennett <4>
  • Piggott
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Corning
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Rector
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Senath
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
  • Marmaduke
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Oak Grove Heights
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Grove Heights is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
  • Neelyville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Qulin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Qulin is located in Butler County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qulin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
  • Lafe
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lafe is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Boydsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Boydsville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Boydsville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boydsville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Boydsville. See our Newspapers Page for Boydsville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boydsville ...

Looking for more information about Boydsville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Boydsville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Boydsville.

Adding Boydsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Boydsville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Boydsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Boydsville post office opened in 1875. The Boydsville post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boydsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Boydsville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Boydsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Boydsville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/