Boyer, West VirginiaBoyer is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Boyer is located on state routes 28 and 92, south-southeast of Durbin.The community was named for a businessperson in the lumber industry.Notable personOpal Wilcox Barron was born here on September 19, 1914. She became the First Lady of West Virginia from 1961 to 1965.