Boyd, Kansas Town View, courtesy Google Maps.
Boyd is an extinct town in Eureka Township of Barton County, Kansas.
This village was first called Maherville when it began as a station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1873. On June 22, 1874, a post office was established.
Post-rock buildings in Boyd, Kansas, courtesy of Google Maps.
Grain was the chief export in 1878. It was on the stage line between Russell and Great Bend, from which weekly mail was delivered to Samuel S. Shields, the postmaster.
On January 27, 1904, the town and post office name changed from Maherville to Boyd, and the post office also took on the new name.
In 1910, Boyd was a trading and shipping point for the neighborhood with a population of 40. The post office closed its doors forever on October 15, 1937.
However, the townsite still sports several grain silos, agricultural buildings, and one stone commercial building. It is four miles west of Hoisington and 12 miles northwest of Great Bend on NW 40 Avenue, south of NW 110 Road.
Grain elevators and silos in Boyd, Kansas, courtesy Google Maps.
©Kathy Alexander/Legends of Kansas, updated October 2024.
Also See:
Extinct Towns of Barton County
Sources:
Blackmar, Frank W.; Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Vol I; Standard Publishing Company, Chicago, IL 1912.
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Kansas Post Office History
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