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Welcome to Boston ...Boston is located in Culpeper County<1>. The location of Boston has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Boston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1841. When the people of Boston refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Bostonian<3> Boston is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Boston lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Boston is within the boundaries of the (540) area code. Websites for Boston ...Chamber of Commerce: www.culpepervachamber.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Boston, the following might be of interest: Communities Also Named Boston ...While we believe that this Boston is located in Culpeper County, we know of another 2 Virginia communities named Boston. Those communities are located in the following counties: Accomack and Suffolk City. Beyond Virginia, there are 37 communities that are also named Boston - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky (5), Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri (4), New York, Ohio (5), Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Boston. Communities near Boston ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Boston.
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 Boston. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Boston. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of 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 Boston. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Boston. See our Newspapers Page for Boston. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boston ...Looking for more information about 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 Boston, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Boston. Adding Boston to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of 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 for Boston was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Boston in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Boston. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Boston. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Culpeper County: www.culpepercounty.gov/ The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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