Boyd is located seven miles south of
Decatur in southern
Wise County, on Hwy 114 near
Eagle Mountain Lake.
In the late 1950s the town began to serve as a bedroom community for citizens working in nearby Fort Worth. Its population increased from 496 to 525 between 1940 and 1960 and grew steadily thereafter. In 1990 Boyd reported a population of 1,041 and forty-five businesses.
