Boyds, Maryland

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Boyds, Maryland is located north of Washington, DC in Montgomery County, Maryland. Its ZIP Code is 20841.

According to the United States 2000 Census [1], the ZCTA for the town of Boyds covers an area of 27.54 miles and has a population of 2,025 people. Black Hill Regional Park, and most notably Little Seneca Lake, are part of Boyds.

However, since the 2000 Census, there has been enormous population growth in Boyds. Large, multi-thousand home developments such as "The Vistas," near the intersection of Route 118 and Richter Farm Road, have rapidly replaced farmland and forest throughout the Germantown and Clarksburg bordering sections of the town.

More recently, there has been some discussion as to the exact southern boundary of Boyds. Survey maps show that the town's southern boundary runs along Little Seneca Creek. Since the new multi-thousand home developments lie south of this creek, this means that technically these new communities are part of Germantown. In addition, these communities have long been part of Germantown's Master Plan. So, although, the zip code of these new communities continues to be 20841 which is served by the Boyds post office, they are not actually part of the town of Boyds.