About Boyd
Boyd is a tiny community in western Minnesota, home to 140 residents as of the latest Census estimates.
Boyd holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.51 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 275 residents per square mile.
📰 Boyd News Today
- Felizia Baum Star Tribune · Aug 13
- Dawson-Boyd Boys Varsity Basketball @ CMCHS MaxPreps · Aug 14
- Joel Boyd '79, M'80, Biology Bucknell University · Feb 9
- Temple Made, Olympic bound (again): Joel Boyd heads to Milan with Team USA Hockey Temple Now · Feb 11
- Minnesota Icons 2025: Thomas Boyd, Winthrop & Weinstine Minnesota Lawyer · Dec 12
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Boyd Unique
- Positioned in western Minnesota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
- Part of the fabric of Minnesota — one of 915 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 12 miles.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Boyd House · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Boyd
- Church Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Lundy Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Medicine Pipe Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Ten-Well Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Wild Wings Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMinnesota
TypeCity
Population (2024)140
Rank in state#710 of 855
Land area0.51 sq mi
Density275/sq mi
Coordinates44.8512, -95.9009