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Communities Also Named Boyd ...

We found 37 communities that share the name Boyd.

Within Manitoba, the name Boyd is unique.

Beyond Manitoba, we know of another 37 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 37 communities, one is located in Canada and the other 36 communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Barbour County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Boyd [Barbour County].
      • Sumter County
      • This Boyd is located in Sumter County and lies 1,653 miles [2,660.2 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Boyd.
    • Arkansas
      • Lafayette County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Boyd [Lafayette County].
      • Lonoke County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Boyd [Lonoke County].
      • Miller County
      • This Boyd is located in Miller County and lies 1,560 miles [2,510.6 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miller County community of Boyd.
    • California
      • Sacramento County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Boyd [Sacramento County].
      • San Joaquin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Boyd [San Joaquin County].
    • Florida
      • Taylor County
      • This Boyd is located in Taylor County and lies 1,881 miles [3,027.2 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Boyd.
    • Illinois
      • Jefferson County
      • This Boyd is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,254 miles [2,018.1 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Boyd.
    • Indiana
      • Rush County
      • This Boyd is located in Rush County and lies 1,221 miles [1,965 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rush County community of Boyd.
    • Iowa
      • Chickasaw County
      • This Boyd is located in Chickasaw County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chickasaw County community of Boyd.
    • Kansas
      • Barton County
      • This Boyd is located in Barton County and lies 1,203 miles [1,936 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barton County community of Boyd.
    • Kentucky
      • Harrison County
      • This Boyd is located in Harrison County and lies 1,319 miles [2,122.7 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Boyd.
    • Michigan
      • Allegan County
      • This Boyd is located in Allegan County and lies 1,018 miles [1,638.3 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegan County community of Boyd.
    • Minnesota
      • Lac qui Parle County
      • This Boyd is located in Lac qui Parle County and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lac qui Parle County community of Boyd.
    • Missouri
      • Crawford County
      • Although located in Crawford County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Boyd.
      • Dallas County
      • This Boyd is located in Dallas County and lies 1,275 miles [2,051.9 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Boyd.
    • Montana
      • Carbon County
      • This Boyd is located in Carbon County and lies 903 miles [1,453.2 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carbon County community of Boyd.
      • Roosevelt County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Boyd [Roosevelt County].
    • Nevada
      • Lincoln County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Boyd [Lincoln County].
    • New Mexico
      • Dona Ana County
      • This Boyd is located in Dona Ana County and lies 1,697 miles [2,731.1 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dona Ana County community of Boyd.
    • New York
      • Lewis County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Boyd [Lewis County].
    • North Carolina
      • Rockingham County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Boyd [Rockingham County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Beaver County
      • This Boyd is located in Beaver County and lies 1,339 miles [2,154.9 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaver County community of Boyd.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Boyd.
    • Oregon
      • Wasco County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Boyd [Wasco County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Adams County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Boyd [Adams County].
      • Allegheny County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Boyd [Allegheny County].
      • Dauphin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Boyd [Dauphin County].
      • Northumberland County
      • This Boyd is located in Northumberland County and lies 1,366 miles [2,198.4 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of Boyd.
    • South Carolina
      • Jasper County
      • This Boyd is located in Jasper County and lies 1,783 miles [2,869.5 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Boyd.
      • Newberry County
      • This Boyd is located in Newberry County and lies 1,653 miles [2,660.2 km] to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newberry County community of Boyd.
    • Tennessee
      • Knox County
      • This Boyd is located in Knox County and lies 1,499 miles [2,412.4 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Boyd.
    • Texas
      • Fannin County
      • This Boyd is located in Fannin County and lies 1,534 miles [2,468.7 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Boyd.
      • Wise County
      • This Boyd is located in Wise County and lies 1,574 miles [2,533.1 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wise County community of Boyd.
    • West Virginia
      • Upshur County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Boyd [Upshur County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Chippewa County
      • This Boyd is located in Chippewa County and lies 790 miles [1,271.4 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chippewa County community of Boyd.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Boyd ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Pit Siding
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pit Siding came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pit Siding
  • Split Lake
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

How Far From Boyd to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Boyd to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Boyd and extending to:

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Boyd to Winnipeg, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 24 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 17 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,153 miles [1,855.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 66 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,743 miles [9,242.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,512 miles [10,480 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,510 miles [7,258.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Boyd. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Manitoba: https://www.gov.mb.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Boyd could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Boyd) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Boyd. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 55.8778, Longitude: -96.4725    
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Boyd, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Boyd to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.271 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.835 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.214 degrees.




 

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