Do you know of Boston ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Boston. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Boston.
Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Boston, so we are uncertain whether Boston is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Boston would be found somewhere in Marion County, Alabama.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Boston ...
We found 36 communities that share the name Boston.
There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Boston.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 35 communities, 35 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Covington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Boston [Covington County].
- Covington County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Boston [Madison County].
- Colorado
- Baca County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Boston [Baca County].
- Connecticut
- Fairfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Boston [Fairfield County].
- Georgia
- Thomas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Boston [Thomas County].
- Indiana
- Crawford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Boston [Crawford County].
- Wayne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Boston [Wayne County].
- Kansas
- Chautauqua County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Boston [Chautauqua County].
- Riley County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Boston [Riley County].
- Kentucky
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Boston [Butler County].
- Daviess County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Boston [Daviess County].
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Boston [Jefferson County].
- Nelson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Boston [Nelson County].
- Pendleton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Boston [Pendleton County].
- Louisiana
- Vermilion Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Boston [Vermilion Parish].
- Massachusetts
- Suffolk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Boston [Suffolk County].
- Michigan
- Houghton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Boston [Houghton County].
- Missouri
- Barton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Boston [Barton County].
- Christian County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Boston [Christian County].
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Boston [Monroe County].
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Boston [Warren County].
- New York
- Erie County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Boston [Erie County].
- Ohio
- Belmont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Boston [Belmont County].
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Boston [Franklin County].
- Highland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Boston [Highland County].
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Boston [Jefferson County].
- Summit County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Boston [Summit County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Boston.
- Oregon
- Linn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Boston [Linn County].
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Boston [Allegheny County].
- Tennessee
- Williamson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Boston [Williamson County].
- Texas
- Bowie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Boston [Bowie County].
- Virginia
- Washington
- Arkansas
More Orphans in Marion County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Marion County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Boston could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |