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Welcome to New Boston ...

The village of New Boston is located in Scioto County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of New Boston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, New Boston has a population of 2,140 people<2> (see below for details).

New Boston is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: New Boston lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for New Boston: 740 & 220<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, New Boston had an population of 2,140 people. This is a decrease of 5.81% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 8.55% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, New Boston had a population of 2,272 people. This makes New Boston the county's 2nd most populous community.

The population of New Boston represents 0.02% of the population of Ohio (which has 11,536,504 people), making it the state's 372nd most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 2,272 people, the population of New Boston decreased 2.91% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 2,340 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for New Boston.

Communities Also Named New Boston ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that 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, Nevada (2), New Hampshire, New York (2), Nova Scotia, 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.

  • Flatwoods
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Raceland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Raceland is located in Greenup County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,338 people
  • Worthington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Worthington is located in Greenup County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,488 people
  • Greenup
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenup is located in Greenup County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenup
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,100 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenup <5>
  • Wurtland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Wurtland is located in Greenup County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
  • South Webster
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Hanging Rock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hanging Rock is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Rock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
  • Otway
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • South Portsmouth
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • South Portsmouth is located in Greenup County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Portsmouth
  • Wheelersburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Boston ...

Looking for more information about New Boston? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for New Boston, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for New Boston.

Adding New Boston to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of New Boston in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for New Boston was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the New Boston post office opened in 1891. The New Boston post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for New Boston.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Scioto, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for New Boston.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around New Boston - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the New Boston area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the New Boston area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/