Boston, Missouri

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Boston is an unincorporated community in southern Barton County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is situated approximately halfway between Lamar and Jasper, and is about one mile northeast of the intersection of U.S. Route 71 and Route 126 on county roads. It once had a post office, but mail is now delivered from Lamar.

The town was first established as Nodaway City. On February 13, 1851, a change of name to ‘Boston’ was granted at Jefferson City, as detailed in the Democratic Banner newspaper dated February 25, 1851. A post office called Boston was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1971. [2] The community is named after Boston, Massachusetts. [3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boston, Missouri
  2. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp.  207.

37°24′46″N94°16′54″W / 37.4128°N 94.2817°W / 37.4128; -94.2817


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