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 Upshur County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Boyd, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Boyd is 1,600 feet [488 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Boyd was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Boyd was located: 304 & 681<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, Oregon, Pennsylvania (4), South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Texas (2) 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.
- Buckhannon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Weston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Burnsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jane Lew
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Flatwoods
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Fork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Duffy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Duffy is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duffy
- Hoover Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hoover Town is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover Town
- Kanawha Head
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kanawha Head is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha Head
- Abbott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Abbott is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
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 (so far) for Boyd was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Boyd post office opened in 1891. The Boyd post office closed in 1895.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Boyd.
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 West Virginia's counties, including Upshur, 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Boyd area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. 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> | 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/ |