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]
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^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boston, Missouri
^. Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
^Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 207.
boston, missouri, boston, unincorporated, community, southern, barton, county, missouri, united, states, situated, approximately, halfway, between, lamar, jasper, about, mile, northeast, intersection, route, route, county, roads, once, post, office, mail, deli. 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 Edit U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Boston Missouri Post Offices Jim Forte Postal History Archived from the original on March 6 2016 Retrieved August 27 2016 Eaton David Wolfe 1916 How Missouri Counties Towns and Streams Were Named The State Historical Society of Missouri pp 207 37 24 46 N 94 16 54 W 37 4128 N 94 2817 W 37 4128 94 2817 This Barton County Missouri state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Boston Missouri amp oldid 1166631296, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
