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Introduction ...
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 Boyds (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 Boyds. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 west contained birth and death records; the county to the south 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.
Boyds is located in Fayette County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fayette County: Clinton, Greene, Highland, Madison, Pickaway & Ross.
Below are the counties that are near Boyds. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boyds:
- Fayette County (The home county of Boyds)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyds, with the one closest to Boyds listed first.
- Washington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Washington Court House
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hagler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hagler is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
- Milledgeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 108 people
- Cook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook has also been known as:
- Cook Station
- Yatesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Yatesville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Jeffersonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Octa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Octa is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyds, with the one closest to Boyds listed first.
- South Charleston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cortsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cortsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortsville
- Lisbon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyds, with the one closest to Boyds listed first.
- Memphis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Sabina
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lees Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Clinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Clinton is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- New Vienna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Port William
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Port William is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port William
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Wilmington
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Morrisville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Martinsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- North Kingman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- Midland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Midland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
- Fairfield County
- Stoutsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyds, with the one closest to Boyds listed first.
- Harrisburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Darbydale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Darbydale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbydale
- Pleasant Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corners
- Ridpath ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ridpath is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridpath
- Darby Park ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Darby Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby Park
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Grove City Country Club
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Zuber ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Zuber is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuber
- Grove City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lockbourne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyds, with the one closest to Boyds listed first.
- Bowersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bowersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Grape Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grape Grove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Grove
- Jamestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shawnee Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- New Jasper
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Cedarville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wilberforce
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyds, with the one closest to Boyds listed first.
- Greenfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Monroe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- Leesburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bridges
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Highland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- New Petersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Barretts Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Hillsboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Willettsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Willettsville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willettsville
- Marshall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Marshall is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Hoagland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hoagland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoagland
- Turkey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Turkey is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyds, with the one closest to Boyds listed first.
- Mount Sterling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Range
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Range is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Midway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- South Solon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Solon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Solon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Chrisman
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Chrisman is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrisman
- London
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Summerford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Summerford is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerford
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyds, with the one closest to Boyds listed first.
- New Holland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grange Hall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Williamsport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pherson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Darbyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Darbyville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Fox
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Logan Elm Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Matville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Matville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matville
- Elmwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Orient
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Circleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Commercial Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyds, with the one closest to Boyds listed first.
- Cynthiana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cynthiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthiana
- Spellman Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Spellman Crossing is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spellman Crossing
- Newfain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Newfain is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfain
- Latham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Peck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Ross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyds, with the one closest to Boyds listed first.
- Austin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- South Salem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clarksburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Clarksburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Frankfort
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fruitdale is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Lattaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Roxabell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Roxabell is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxabell
- Humboldt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Humboldt is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Musselman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- Bainbridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bourneville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Dills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boyds, see our County-by-County Page for Boyds.
Cemeteries Near Boyds ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boyds.
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 Boyds - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boyds covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boyds, with the one closest to Boyds listed first.
- Davis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Archer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Coffman - Orr Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eyeman - Bryant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sugar Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Mills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rowe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Washington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Colmans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carmean Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sollars Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (537 more) ...
- Compton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Old Washington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Boyds in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Boyds.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boyds, with the one closest to Boyds listed first.
- McLean
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- McLean is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLean
- Good Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Good Hope is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Kingfred ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kingfred is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingfred
- Fairview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Johnson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Washington Court House
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Staunton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Staunton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
- Ghormley ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ghormley is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghormley
- New Holland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomingburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jasper Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jasper Mills is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper Mills
- New Martinsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Martinsburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Martinsburg
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Manara
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Manara is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manara
- Greenfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Austin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Austin is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boyds. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boyds.
Newspapers Published in Boyds ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boyds.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boyds, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boyds.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Boyds:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Fayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Clinton County
- Fairfield County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Highland County
- Madison County
- Pickaway County
- Pike County
- Ross County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <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 Boyds, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Boyds) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |