The community takes its name from Boston Township.[2] The first settlement at Boston was made in 1820.[3] A sawmill was built at Boston in about 1821.[3] An early variant name was Boston Mills.[4] A post office called Boston was established in 1825, and remained in operation until 1957.[5]
In 1974, a significant portion of the area near Boston was added to what would become Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Owing to delays, several private homes and other buildings purchased by the US park service to be added to national park stood vacant for decades until demolished in 2016.[6] The area is also known as Helltown[6] or Hell Town[7] in relation to this event.[6][7]
Referencesedit
^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boston, Summit County, Ohio
^Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 16.
^ abPerrin, William Henry (1881). History of Summit County: With an Outline Sketch of Ohio. Baskin & Battey. p. 542.
^Doyle, William B. (1908). Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. p. 102.
^"Summit County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
^ abcEvon, Dan (November 25, 2019). "Does 'Helltown' Film Document Weird Happenings in Abandoned Ohio Town?". Snopes. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
^ abBhatia, Kabir (October 29, 2021). "If Hell Town exists, where in Cuyahoga Valley National Park is it?". Ideastream Public Media. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
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