Do you know of Boyd ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Boyd. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Boyd.<1>

Our sources for Boyd (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Boyd other than they indicate that Boyd would be found somewhere in Adams County, Pennsylvania.

Communities Also Named Boyd ...

We found 37 communities that share the name Boyd.

There are three communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Boyd.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 34 communities, 35 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Allegheny County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Boyd [Allegheny County].
- Dauphin County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Boyd [Dauphin County].
- Northumberland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Boyd [Northumberland County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Barbour County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Boyd [Barbour County].
  - Sumter County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Boyd [Sumter County].
- Arkansas
  - Lafayette County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Boyd [Lafayette County].
  - Lonoke County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Boyd [Lonoke County].
  - Miller County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Boyd [Miller County].
- California
  - Sacramento County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Boyd [Sacramento County].
  - San Joaquin County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Boyd [San Joaquin County].
- Florida
  - Taylor County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Boyd [Taylor County].
- Illinois
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Boyd [Jefferson County].
- Indiana
  - Rush County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Boyd [Rush County].
- Iowa
  - Chickasaw County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Boyd [Chickasaw County].
- Kansas
  - Barton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Boyd [Barton County].
- Kentucky
  - Harrison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Boyd [Harrison County].
- Manitoba
  - Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Boyd.
- Michigan
  - Allegan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Boyd [Allegan County].
- Minnesota
  - Lac qui Parle County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Boyd [Lac qui Parle County].
- Missouri
  - Crawford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Boyd [Crawford County].
  - Dallas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Boyd [Dallas County].
- Montana
  - Carbon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Boyd [Carbon County].
  - Roosevelt County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Boyd [Roosevelt County].
- Nevada
  - Lincoln County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Boyd [Lincoln County].
- New Mexico
  - Dona Ana County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Boyd [Dona Ana County].
- New York
  - Lewis County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Boyd [Lewis County].
- North Carolina
  - Rockingham County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Boyd [Rockingham County].
- Oklahoma
  - Beaver County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Boyd [Beaver County].
- Ontario
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Boyd.
- Oregon
  - Wasco County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Boyd [Wasco County].
- South Carolina
  - Jasper County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Boyd [Jasper County].
  - Newberry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Boyd [Newberry County].
- Tennessee
  - Knox County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Boyd [Knox County].
- Texas
  - Fannin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Boyd [Fannin County].
  - Wise County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Boyd [Wise County].
- West Virginia
  - Upshur County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Boyd [Upshur County].
- Wisconsin
  - Chippewa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Boyd [Chippewa County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Boyd ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Boyd:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Boyd - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in Adams County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Adams County.

Footnotes ...

<1>

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

<2>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Boyd could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.