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Welcome to Boyden ...

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.

Boyden would have been located within present day Surry County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boyden, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Boyden is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Boyden was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Boyden was located: 336 & 743<4>

Communities Also Named Boyden ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Boyden - it's located in Iowa.

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

Communities near Boyden ...

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

  • Winston - Salem
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Clemmons
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Lewisville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Mount Airy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • King
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • King is located in Forsyth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,912 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for King <5>
  • Walkertown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Rural Hall
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Yadkinville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Tobaccoville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Bermuda Run
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

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

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

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

Adding Boyden to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Boyden 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 Boyden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Boyden post office opened in 1890. The Boyden post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boyden.

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>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Surry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Boyden - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 336 code has been Overlayed with the 743 area code. New phone numbers in the Boyden area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Boyden area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/