Boydsville, Kentucky and Tennessee

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Boydsville is an unincorporated community in Graves County, Kentucky, and Weakley County, Tennessee, in the United States.{{GNIS|507566}}

History

A post office called Boydsville was established on the Tennessee side in 1837, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1853.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=TN&county=Weakley | title=Weakley County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=6 February 2015 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094026/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=TN&county=Weakley | archivedate=4 March 2016 }} Abner Boyd, the first postmaster, gave the community its name.{{cite book|last=Miller|first=Larry L.|title=Tennessee Place-names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zOzPQYkkbaAC&pg=PA27|year=2001|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-21478-5|page=27}}

References

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{{Graves County, Kentucky}}

{{Weakley County, Tennessee}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Graves County, Kentucky

Category:Unincorporated communities in Weakley County, Tennessee

Category:Unincorporated communities in Kentucky

Category:Unincorporated communities in Tennessee

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