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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Boyden. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Boyden to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Boyden, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Boyden (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Boyden. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Boyden is historic, it would have been located within present day Surry County.
To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Surry County: Alleghany, Forsyth, Stokes, Wilkes, Yadkin, Carroll (VA), Grayson (VA) & Patrick (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Boyden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boyden:
- Surry County (The home county of Boyden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyden, with the one closest to Boyden listed first.
- Shoals
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Siloam
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Pilot Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pine Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hill is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
- Rockford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rockford is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Ararat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Copeland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Copeland is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Flat Shoals ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Stony Knoll
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Stony Knoll is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Knoll
- Black Water
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Black Water is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Water
- Holly Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Holly Springs is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Westfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fairview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Alleghany County
- Roaring Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyden, with the one closest to Boyden listed first.
- Arcadia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Gum Tree
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Tree is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Reedy Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Reedy Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
- Wallburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Midway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Currytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Currytown is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
- Bethany ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Welcome
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Abotts Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Abotts Creek is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abotts Creek
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyden, with the one closest to Boyden listed first.
- Pino
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pino is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino
- Bermuda Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Advance
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mocksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Calahaln
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Calahaln is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calahaln
- Ephesus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyden, with the one closest to Boyden listed first.
- Heritage Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Donnaha
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
- The Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Meadows
- King
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tobaccoville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dozier
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dozier is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dozier
- Oak Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Park is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
- Hunters Trace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hunters Trace is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trace
- River Ridge Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- River Ridge Run is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Ridge Run
- Seward
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Seward is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Dorchester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dorchester is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Hunter Meadows
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hunter Meadows is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Meadows
- Sherwood Forest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood Forest is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Forest
- Guilford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyden, with the one closest to Boyden listed first.
- Colfax
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stokesdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Guilford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyden, with the one closest to Boyden listed first.
- Houstonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Houstonville is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonville
- Harmony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Olin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Olin is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olin
- Turnersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Turnersburg is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersburg
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyden, with the one closest to Boyden listed first.
- Ellisboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ellisboro is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisboro
- Madison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gold Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gold Hill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Mayodan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stokes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyden, with the one closest to Boyden listed first.
- Pinnacle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Flat Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Capella
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Capella is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capella
- Neatman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Quaker Gap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Germanton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Vade Mecum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vade Mecum is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vade Mecum
- Danbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meadows
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Bailey Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bailey Town is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Fulp
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Fulp is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulp
- Walnut Cove
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wilkes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyden, with the one closest to Boyden listed first.
- Pleasant Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Clingman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Clingman is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clingman
- New Castle ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Castle is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
- Ronda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brier Creek ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
- Lomax
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lomax is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomax
- Roaring River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
- Yadkin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyden, with the one closest to Boyden listed first.
- East Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forbush
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Richmond Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Union Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Union Grove is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Mount Pleasant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Nebo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Nebo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebo
- Huntsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Huntsville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Yadkinville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wyo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wyo is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyo
- Courtney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Courtney is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney
- Branon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Branon is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branon
- Footville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Footville is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Carroll County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyden, with the one closest to Boyden listed first.
- Cana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lambsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Drenn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Drenn is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drenn
- Gladesboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gladesboro is located in Carroll County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesboro
- Fancy Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Patrick County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyden, with the one closest to Boyden listed first.
- Ararat
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Carters Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Carters Mill is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Mill
- Peters Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Peters Creek is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Creek
- Stuart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nettleridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nettleridge is located in Patrick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleridge
- Patrick Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boyden, see our County-by-County Page for Boyden.
Cemeteries Near Boyden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boyden.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Boyden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boyden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boyden, with the one closest to Boyden listed first.
- Union Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Friends Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stoney Ridge AME Zion Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shoals Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Bend Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gilliam Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Bend Friends Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (432 more) ...
- Newsome Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsome Family Cemetery
- The Newsome Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Newsome - Hendrix Cemetery
- Wall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Home Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
Boyden itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boyden, with the one closest to Boyden listed first.
- Shoals
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shoals is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- East Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Donnaha
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Donnaha is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnaha
- Dalton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dalton is located in Stokes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Pinnacle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Siloam
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Siloam is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Poindexter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Poindexter is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Tobaccoville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Forbush
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forbush is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbush
- Richmond Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Richmond Hill is located in Yadkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hill
- Pilot Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Vienna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vienna is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Pfafftown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethania
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethania is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Rockford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rockford is located in Surry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boyden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boyden.
Newspapers Published in Boyden ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boyden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boyden, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boyden.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Boyden:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Surry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alleghany County
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Forsyth County
- Guilford County
- Iredell County
- Rockingham County
- Stokes County
- Wilkes County
- Yadkin County
- Carroll County
- Patrick County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Boyden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Boyden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |