Boston, Highland County, Ohio

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Boston is an unincorporated community in Highland County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

History

Boston was laid out in 1840, and named after Boston, Massachusetts.{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=32|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=16}} A variant name was Dallas.{{GNIS|1064466}} A post office called Dallas was established in 1845, and remained in operation until 1905.{{cite web |url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=OH |title=Post offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=9 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013181747/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=OH |archivedate=13 October 2015 }}

References

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{{Highland County, Ohio}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Highland County, Ohio

Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio

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