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Boyden

Ghost town · Surry County, North Carolina

Pinnacle quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000)
Pinnacle quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Boyden is a ghost town in Surry County, North Carolina. It is one of 7 former communities in Surry County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 16th among the 48 North Carolina counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Boyden as a historical populated place on the Pinnacle topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 36.2626° N, 80.4748° W.

Key facts

USGS quadranglePinnacle
Elevation766 ft
Nearest living townEast Bend, NC
Distance to it3.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1731533
Coordinates36.26264, -80.47478

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What's there now

Boyden is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is East Bend, NC (population 765), about 3.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 766 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Boyden?

Boyden is in Surry County, North Carolina, at 36.2626, -80.4748.

How many ghost towns are in Surry County?

Surry County, North Carolina has 7 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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