Boyd, Montana

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.[1] 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.[4] Since December 3, 1965, the office has operated as a rural station or a CPO of Roberts with the ZIP code of 59013.

Boyd, Montana
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 45°27′27″N 109°03′57″W
Country	United States
State	Montana
County	Carbon
Area [1]
• Total	0.22 sq mi (0.58 km^2)
• Land	0.22 sq mi (0.58 km^2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km^2)
Elevation	4,037 ft (1,230 m)
Population  (2010)[2]
• Total	35
• Density	156/sq mi (60.4/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code	59013
Area code(s)	406
GNIS feature ID	802051[3]

As a station for the Northern Pacific Railway, Boyd prospered. Once travel by automobile became common, the town's economy declined.[5]

References

1. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Boyd CDP, Montana". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boyd, Montana
4. Carkeek Cheney, Roberta (1983). Names on the Face of Montana. Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Company. p. 5. ISBN 0-87842-150-5.
5. "Montana Place Names Companion". Montana Historical Society. Retrieved 25 July 2017.