Boyds

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Boyds (MARC station)

Boyds is a passenger rail station on the MARC Brunswick Line between Washington, D.C. and Martinsburg, WV (with an extension to Frederick, MD). The station is located west of a bridge over the MD 117-121 multiplex. Parking is available only on the south side of the tracks.

Boyds station includes a 1931-built pedestrian tunnel originally built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

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Media related to Boyds (MARC station) at Wikimedia Commons

Boyds, Maryland

Boyds, Maryland is an unincorporated community in rural Montgomery County, Maryland, located about 20miles(30min) north of Washington, DC. Its ZIP Code is 20841.

According to the United States 2010 Census, the ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) for the town of Boyds covers an area of about 26 square miles (67 km²) and has a population of 10,460. Black Hill Regional Park, and most notably Little Seneca Lake, are part of Boyds.

History

The community was named for Colonel James Alexander Boyd (1823–1896), a Scottish immigrant who was a construction engineer for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O). He built a temporary village to house construction workers as the B&O built the Metropolitan Branch line after the Civil War. The railroad line began service in 1873. A mill, stores and other businesses were established in the area after the railroad station opened. The B&O opened a brick railroad station in 1887, and demolished it in 1927 to make way for installation of a second track. A wooden station was built as a replacement, but was later taken down.Commuter Rail service (chiefly to Washington, D.C.) is still provided at Boyds by the MARC system.