New Boston is an unincorporated community in eastern Linn County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on Missouri Route 129 approximately sixteen miles northeast of Brookfield. Mussel Fork flows past one mile to the east in adjacent Macon County.[2]

New Boston was laid out in 1846, and named after Boston, Massachusetts.[3] A post office called New Boston has been in operation since 1872.[4][5]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Boston, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, pp. 22-3, ISBN 0899332242
  3. Ramsay, Robert L. (1952). Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names. University of Missouri Press. p. 26. ISBN 9780826205865.
  4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
  5. "Linn County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 29, 2016.

39°57′07″N 92°51′35″W / 39.95194°N 92.85972°W / 39.95194; -92.85972


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