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Boyd County
Also known as Boyd County, Kentucky, Boyd County, KY
county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- Linn Boyd
- Seat
- Catlettsburg
- Largest city
- Ashland
- Judge executive
- Eric Chaney (R)
- Total
- 162 sq mi (420 km )
- Land
- 160 sq mi (410 km )
- Water
- 2.2 sq mi (5.7 km ) 1.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 47,751
- Density
- 300/sq mi (120/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
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Boyd County is a county located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, its population was 48,261. The county seat is Catlettsburg, and its largest city is Ashland. The county was formed in 1860. The county spans 160 square miles (410 km), and is found at the northeastern edge of the state, near the Ohio River and Big Sandy River and situated in mountainous Appalachia. Boyd County is in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metropolitan statistical area.
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