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Welcome to Boyd ...

Boyd is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boyd, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Boyd is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Boyd: 618 & 730<3>

Communities Also Named Boyd ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 37 communities that are also named Boyd - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (3), California (2), Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (2), Montana (2), Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (4), South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Texas (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Boyd ...

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

  • Mount Vernon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Centralia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Salem
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Ina
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Ina is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ina
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,279 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ina <4>
  • Sandoval
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Wamac
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Wamac is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamac
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,117 people
  • Central City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Central City is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,107 people
  • Odin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Odin is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,004 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odin <4>
  • Woodlawn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Bluford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)

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 Boyd. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Boyd.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Boyd. 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 Boyd.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boyd ...

Looking for more information about Boyd? 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 Boyd, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Boyd.

Adding Boyd to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Boyd 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 Boyd was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Boyd post office opened in 1887. The Boyd post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boyd.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Boyd - 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 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Boyd area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Boyd 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/