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Welcome to Boyd ...

So far, we found very little information about Boyd. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Boyd to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Boyd, please Contact Us.

Boyd would have been located within present day Wasco County<2>.

Boyd was established in 1861.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Boyd is 1,220 feet [372 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Boyd was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Boyd was located: 541 & 458<4>

Communities Also Named Boyd ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that 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, Missouri (2), Montana (2), Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, 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.

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.

Adding Boyd to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Boyd in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Boyd was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9>

X2X - From that list, the Boyd post office opened in 1884.

We also found Boyd in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boyd.

The official website for Wasco County: www.co.wasco.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

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 Boyd, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Wasco, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Boyd - 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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Boyd area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Boyd 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>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.
<7>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<8>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<9>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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