Boyd County
Kentucky
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- Boyd County Link to State's County Formation
- Fayette County was formed from Kentucky County, Virginia in 1780. At the time Fayette County was formed it was one of the original three counties covering the entire state of Kentucky, now divided into 120 counties.
- Bourbon County was formed from Fayette County, Kentucky in 1786.
- Mason County was formed from Bourbon County, Kentucky in 1789.
- Greenup County was formed from Mason County in 1804.
- Lawrence County was formed from sections of Greenup and Floyd Counties in 1822.
- Carter County was formed from sections of Greenup and Lawrence Counties in 1838.
- Boyd County was formed from sections of Greenup, Lawrence and Carter Counties in 1860.
New Boyd County Site
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"Where Coal Meets Iron"
United We Stand Statehood - June 1, 1792, 15th state Boyd County is located in the Eastern Coal Field region of the state. The
elevation in the county ranges from 515 to 1140 feet above sea level. In 2000
the county population was 49,752 in a land area of 160 square miles, an average
of 310.6 people per square mile. The county seat is Catlettsburg, located at
the junction of the Ohio and Big Sandy rivers, where Kentucky meets Ohio and
West Virginia. About this Web Site This site linked to the Kentucky GenWeb Project
and the United States
GenWeb Project. It is maintained by Mark Meinhart and hosted by Rootsweb. The Assistant Coordinators for Boyd County are Teresa Scott-Scoggins and Judy Nunley Rengel , and the Kentucky State Coordinator is Sherri
Hall. The National Coordinator is Richard Harrison. The degree of effectiveness and usefulness of this site to those who
come here looking for information is dependent upon the support of our fellow
genealogists. Much of the material found here has been submitted by users to be
incorporated into the pages of the site. The coordinators welcome any and all
submissions of transcriptions, photographs, obituaries, news clippings, bible
records, or any other bits of data that might be helpful or interesting to Boyd
County researchers, and will try to incorporate them into an organized
presentation. They ask only that the data be specific to Boyd County. If you would like to submit something for use on the site, contact Teresa Scott-Scoggins
Boyd County Webpage Search Engine Search for Surnames/Information
located on this Boyd County site.
State Abbreviation -
KY or Ken
State motto - United We Stand, Divided We Fall
State song - My Old Kentucky Home by Stephen
Collins Foster
Nickname - The Bluegrass State
Pictures with Text ARE NOT SEARCHABLE! Please keep this in mind. I have over 7,000 PHOTOGRAPHS on this Site :)
Check out the Picture Site and the School Yearbooks!
What's New on the KYBOYD Webpage
What's
Added The Ashland Tomcat 1919-1969 Football Record Book donated by Joe Layman (Under Schools-Ashland H.S.)
Added a 1949 Seventh Annual Program Fraternal Order Of Police-Ashland Lodge No. 3 (Completed) (Under History)
What's
Added 6 Class Pictures for Charles Russell Elementary School and 2 Class Pictures for Coles J.H. donated by Larry Castle (Under Schools-Ashland)
Added a couple of Obituraries submitted by Various People (Under Vitals-Obituaries)
Added Notice about the Putnam Stadium Restoration Project from Madge Haney (Under Ashland H.S. and J.H. Schools)
Added "Google" for the Search Engine for the Website. Very Easy to Use and Works Great! (This Page)
What's
Added some Ashland Elementary and J.H. School Pictures donated by Anita Smith Waterbury (Under Schools-Ashland)
Added some H.R. pictures of the County donated by Anita Smith Waterbury (Under Photographs and New Pictures)
Added some Ashland J.H. and H.S. Pictures donated by Joe Layman (Under Schools-Ashland)
Coming Soon! The Ashland Tomcats Basketball -1921-1976 Record Book donated by Joe Layman (Under Schools-Ashland H.S.)
Added two Coles J.H. Programs (PDF) for 1961 donated by Park Beam (Under Schools-Ashland J.H.-Coles)
Added two Coles J.H. Pictures for National Honor Society donated by Park Beam (Under Schools-Ashland J.H.-Coles)
Added a Family Group Sheet of the Canterbury/Luman Family Submitted by Joyce Britt (Under FGS - Family Group Sheets)
Added a Fantastic Link to Central Park Baseball History of the 1950s - Webpage is maintained by David Carter (Under History)
I have some great items coming (100s) donated by Park Beam and Jim Powers. It will take first of the year to scan and upload. Worth the wait!
Added a couple of Reunions for the Maupin/Gill/Grace/Sanders/McDaniel Family and the Greenup/Front Street Residents (Under Reunions for Details)
What's
The Ashland Tomcats Basketball -1921-1976 Record Book (Boys Only - Girls Soon) donated by Joe Layman (Under Schools-Ashland H.S.)
If you have any research material that you no longer need, or if you
have produced material that you would like to offer for sale, contact Mark Meinhart or contact Teresa Scott-Scoggins .
Please bear with us as we try to improve the site. If you find any
broken links, or if you have any suggestions or contributions for the site,
contact Mark Meinhart or Teresa Scott-Scoggins or Judy Nunley Rengel . Remember, this is your web site. Mark Meinhart
moderates the Boyd Cty. E-Mail list at Rootsweb. Just Click Information: A **FREE** Web Site of Volunteers who will do various types of look ups in many states such as Birth, Death, Census, Cemetery, Marriage, and Obituaries
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