Boyd, Montana Explained

Official Name:Boyd, Montana
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Montana#USA
Pushpin Label:Boyd
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Montana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Carbon
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:0.71
Area Land Km2:0.71
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Total Sq Mi:0.28
Area Land Sq Mi:0.28
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:19
Population Density Km2:26.69
Population Density Sq Mi:69.09
Timezone:Mountain (MST)
Utc Offset:-7
Timezone Dst:MDT
Utc Offset Dst:-6
Elevation Ft:4036
Coordinates:45.4575°N -109.0658°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:59013
Area Code:406
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:802051

Boyd is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Carbon County, Montana, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 35.[2] Boyd was a stop on the Northern Pacific Railway en route to Red Lodge. A post office was first established at Boyd on March 12, 1909 with Roland N. Doughty as the town's first postmaster.[3] Since December 3, 1965, the office has operated as a rural station or a CPO of Roberts with the ZIP code of 59013.

As a station for the Northern Pacific Railway, Boyd prospered. Once travel by automobile became common, the town's economy declined.[4]

Situated on U.S. Route 212, Boyd is about 21 miles from Red Lodge. The turnoff to Cooney Reservoir is in town.

Demographics

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. September 5, 2022.
  2. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Boyd CDP, Montana. https://archive.today/20200212190229/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3008800. dead. February 12, 2020. U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. October 8, 2014.
  3. Book: Carkeek Cheney. Roberta. Names on the Face of Montana. 1983. Mountain Press Publishing Company. Missoula, Montana. 0-87842-150-5. 5.
  4. Web site: Montana Place Names Companion. Montana Historical Society. 25 July 2017.