Welcome to New Boston ...
So far, we found very little information about New Boston. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added New Boston to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with New Boston, please Contact Us.
New Boston would have been located within present day Mineral County<2>.
New Boston was founded in 1879.
While the community is gone, the present day location for New Boston is 4,740 feet [1,445 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of New Boston is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where New Boston was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Code where New Boston was located: 775
Communities Also Named New Boston ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nevada communities named New Boston: This one is located in Mineral County and the other is located in Esmeralda County.
Beyond Nevada, there are 23 communities that are also named New Boston - they are located in Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts (3), Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Vermont (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for New Boston.
Communities near New Boston ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near New Boston.
- Luning
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luning
- Luning is located in Mineral County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Luning <4>
- Camp Douglas ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Camp Douglas. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Camp Douglas is located in Mineral County
- Kinkaid
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Tonopah Junction ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonopah Junction
- Tonopah Junction is located in Mineral County
- Marietta ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Marietta is located in Mineral County
- Candelaria Junction ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Candelaria Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candelaria Junction
- Candelaria Junction is located in Mineral County
- Simon ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simon
- Simon is located in Mineral County
- Candelaria ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candelaria
- Candelaria is located in Mineral County
- Metallic City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Metallic City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metallic City
- Metallic City is located in Mineral County
- Metallic City has also been known as:
- Pickhandle Gulch
- Goldyke ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldyke
- Goldyke is located in Nye County
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around New Boston. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Boston.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of New Boston. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Boston.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around New Boston. See our Newspapers Page for New Boston.
Adding New Boston to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of New Boston in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for New Boston was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the New Boston post office opened in 1879.
For more details, see References and Mentions for New Boston.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Nevada: https://nv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about New Boston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Mineral, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around New Boston - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |