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Welcome to Boyd ...

Boyd is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Boyd is located in Dallas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boyd, you might consider that their post office opened in 1864.

Boyd is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Boyd: 417

Communities Also Named Boyd ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Boyd: This one is located in Dallas County and the other is located in Crawford County.

Beyond Missouri, there are 37 communities that are also named Boyd - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (3), California (2), Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, 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.

  • Bolivar
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Willard
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Buffalo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Fair Grove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ash Grove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Walnut Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pleasant Hope
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fair Play
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Morrisville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dadeville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

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 the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section 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.<4>

From that list, the Boyd post office opened in 1864. The Boyd post office closed in 1887.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boyd.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Dallas, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/