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Welcome to Boston Harbor ...

Boston Harbor is located in Thurston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boston Harbor, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1908.

A typical abbreviation for Boston Harbor: Boston Hbr. (or less commonly used: Boston Harb. or Boston Hrbr.)

Boston Harbor is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Boston Harbor lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Boston Harbor: 360 & 564<3>

Communities near Boston Harbor ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Boston Harbor.

  • Lakewood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Lacey
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
    • Lacey is located in Thurston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,178 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lacey <4>
  • Olympia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • University Place
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Tumwater
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Shelton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Gig Harbor
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • DuPont
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Yelm
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelm
    • Yelm is located in Thurston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,591 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yelm <4>
  • Fircrest
    (19 miles [30.6 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 Boston Harbor. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Boston Harbor.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Boston Harbor. 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 Harbor.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Boston Harbor. See our Newspapers Page for Boston Harbor.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boston Harbor ...

Looking for more information about Boston Harbor? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Boston Harbor, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Boston Harbor.

Adding Boston Harbor to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Boston Harbor 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 Harbor was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Boston Harbor post office opened in 1908.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Thurston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Boston Harbor - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Boston Harbor area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Boston Harbor area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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