Boyd County

Kentucky



"Where Coal Meets Iron"

 

United We Stand

Statehood - June 1, 1792, 15th state
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

 

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 Bradley. 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 

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What's New on the KYBOYD Webpage

What's For February, 2009

Added a couple of Family Group Sheets by Ann Kendall Horton Mefford (Under Family Index)

Added an Unknown Ashland Tintype Picture (Know who it is?) donated by Vicki Evans (Under Photographs-Who's Who)

Added More Images Folder for the 1930 Census, Westwood, Fairview, Miscellaneous - Thanks to Teresa Scott-Scoggins (More Boyd County Images in the Future)(Under Census-1860-1930 Census Files)

Added a H.Q. Picture from the 1930 A.H.S. Football Champions - Thanks to Stella Gadd (Under Schools - Ashland H.S. - Pictures)

Added a Family Group Sheet of the Lore/Arms Family by Mary Jane Cookson (Under Family Index)

Added a great family Photo of the McCown Family from around 1900 - donated by Robert T. McCown (Under Photographs - Family)

Added Link to Ashland H.S. - 1957 and Misc. by Madge Maupin Haney (Under Internet Links)


What's For March, 2009

Completely revamped Ashland Elementary School Section. Elementary Schools have their own folder now. (Under Schools - Ashland Elementary Schools)

There are over 250 Pictures in Ashland Elementary Schools, most are Class Pictures from the 50s. (Under Schools - Ashland Elementary Schools)

Look for even more New Class Pictures being added during March for Ashland Schools

An added bonus of the Older Boyd County Elementary Schools from James & Teresa Klaiber (Under Schools - Boyd Elementary Schools)

Added the John Shouse Martin Photograph Collection (Over 50 Photos) submitted by Teresa Klaiber (Under Photographs - Collections)

Added Calvary Episcopal Church Class from 1953 from Teresa Klaiber (Under Churches - Pictures)

Added a half a dozen Hager School Elementary pictures donated by Teresa Klaiber (Unders Schools - Ashland Elementary Schools)

Added a New Link below to Boyd County Publications - If you know of any place selling such items, let me know - Thanks!

Added a Family Group Sheet of the Harris/Mayhew Family by Nola Harris Bull (Under Family Index)

Added Boyd County Delayed Birth Certificates by Mary Hatton and edited for Boyd Cty by Teresa Scott Scoggins (Under Vitals)

Updated the Listings for the Cemeteries (A Listings and Calvary). This will be ongoing over the next month or two. Special thanks goes out to the Boyd County Library for their permission to post these. (Under Cemeteries)

Added Directions to the Boyd County Cemeteries donated by Teresa Martin Klaiber (Under Cemeteries)


What's For April, 2009

Added 18 Various School Pictures donated by Paul DeHart (Under Photographs-Collections)


What's For June, 2009

Added a Family Group Sheet of the Moore/Harper Family by Thelma Moore (Under Family Index)

Added a Photo donated by Judy Hendricks. Can you help Identify some of the People? (Under Photographs-Who's Who)

Added a Link to Misc. Cemetery Pictures donated by Bruce DeBoard (Under Cemeteries)

Added 3 Ashland H.S. Basketball Pictures from 1955-58 donated by Lee Hart (Under Schools-Ashland H.S.-Pictures)


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.

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This page was last modified June 8th, 2009