Boston, Georgia

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|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Danny Groover{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonga.com/cityhall.htm#mayor |title=-------------------- City Hall -------------------- |accessdate=2008-02-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514211425/http://www.bostonga.com/cityhall.htm |archivedate=2008-05-14 }}. Access date 12 February 2008.

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|population_total = 1207

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|elevation_m = 63

|elevation_ft = 207

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|postal_code = 31626

|area_code = 229

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|blank_info = 13-09460{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}

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|blank1_info = 0311663{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=2007-10-25}}

|website = http://www.bostonga.com/

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Boston is a city in Thomas County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 1,207.{{Cite web|title=Boston city, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1309460|website=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=April 15, 2022}}

History

Boston was incorporated by the Georgia General Assembly in 1870.{{cite book|title=Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3cJpFYpCzQAC&pg=PA134|year=1897|publisher=Clark & Hines, State Printers|page=134}} An early variant name was "Blue Springs"; the present name is after Thomas M. Boston, who found a medicinal spring near the town site.{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/b.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=22 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}} Boston, Georgia is home to one of the original Carnegie Libraries, and one of a handful in Georgia that is still being used as a library.

Geography

Boston is located at {{coord|30|48|N|83|47|W|type:city}} (30.7926, -83.7907).{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}} According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|2.2|sqmi|km2}}, all land. It is 107 miles east of Dothan, Alabama and 21 miles west of Valdosta.

Demographics

{{US Census population

|1880= 360

|1890= 646

|1900= 722

|1910= 1130

|1920= 1640

|1930= 1243

|1940= 1099

|1950= 1035

|1960= 1357

|1970= 1443

|1980= 1424

|1990= 1395

|2000= 1417

|2010= 1315

|2020= 1207

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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}
1850-1870{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1870 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1870|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}} 1870-1880{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1880 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-09.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}
1890-1910{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1910|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}} 1920-1930{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|pages=251–256}}
1940{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 1950{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1950|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 1960{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1960 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1960|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-12-c.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}
1970{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1970 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1970|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ga-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 1980{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 1990{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1990 Census of Population - Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1990|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-5/cph-5-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}
2000{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 2000 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 2010{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 2010 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 2010|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 2020

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|+Boston city, Georgia – racial and ethnic composition
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
{{nobold|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.}}

!Race / ethnicity

!Pop. 2010{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Boston city, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1309460&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}

!Pop. 2020{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Boston city, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1309460&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}

!% 2010

!% 2020

White alone (NH)

|426

|392

|32.40%

|32.48%

Black or African American alone (NH)

|854

|725

|64.94%

|60.07%