2000 Population:
49,752 County Seat: Catlettsburg
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From History
of Kentucky by Kerr, 1922
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Boyd County was named in honor of Hon.
Linn Boyd, a native of Tennessee, but long a resident of Kentucky and
prominent in public life.
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History from
Collins' History of Kentucky, 1877
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Boyd county, the 107th in order of
formation, was organized in 1860, out of parts of Greenup, Carter
and Lawrence counties, and named after Hon. Linn Boyd. It is the
extreme NE county of the state, bounded N by the Ohio river, E by the Big
Sandy river, S by Lawrence, and W by Carter and Greenup. |
