Boyds is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either hav ...
and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, su ...
(CDP) in
Ferry County,
Washington
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* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
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** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
, United States. Boyds is located along
U.S. Route 395
U.S. Route 395 (US 395) is a U.S. Route in the western United States. The southern terminus of the route is in the Mojave Desert at Interstate 15 near Hesperia. The northern terminus is at the Canada–US border near Laurier, where the road b ...
at the north end of the
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is a U.S. national recreation area that encompasses the long Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake between Grand Coulee Dam and Northport, Washington, in eastern Washington state. The Grand Coulee Dam was built o ...
on the west side of the
Kettle River, which serves as a boundary with
Stevens County. The community of
Barstow is to the north, and the city of
Kettle Falls
Kettle Falls ( Salish: Shonitkwu, meaning "roaring or noisy waters", also Schwenetekoo translated as "Keep Sounding Water") was an ancient and important salmon fishing site on the upper reaches of the Columbia River, in what is today the U.S. ...
is to the south on US 395. Boyds was formerly assigned the
ZIP code 99107 and had a
2010 census population of 34.
References
Census-designated places in Ferry County, Washington
Census-designated places in Washington (state)
Populated places in the Okanagan Country
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