Boston, Summit County, Ohio

The community takes its name from Boston Township.{{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}} The first settlement at Boston was made in 1820.{{cite book|last=Perrin|first=William Henry|title=History of Summit County: With an Outline Sketch of Ohio|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofsummitc00perr|year=1881|publisher=Baskin & Battey|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofsummitc00perr/page/542 542]}} A sawmill was built at Boston in about 1821. An early variant name was Boston Mills.{{cite book|last=Doyle|first=William B.|title=Centennial History of Summit County, Ohio and Representative Citizens|url=https://archive.org/details/centennialhistor00doyl|year=1908|publisher=Biographical Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/centennialhistor00doyl/page/102 102]}} A post office called Boston was established in 1825, and remained in operation until 1957.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Summit | title=Summit County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=23 January 2016}}

In 1974, a significant portion of the area near Boston was added to what would become Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Owing to delays, several private homes and other buildings purchased by the US park service to be added to national park stood vacant for decades until demolished in 2016.{{cite web |last=Evon |first=Dan |date=25 November 2019 |title=Does ‘Helltown’ Film Document Weird Happenings in Abandoned Ohio Town? |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/helltown-document-real-events/ |access-date=20 December 2020 |website=Snopes |publisher=}} The area is also known as Helltown or Hell Town{{Cite web |last=Bhatia |first=Kabir |date=29 October 2021 |title=If Hell Town exists, where in Cuyahoga Valley National Park is it? |url=https://www.ideastream.org/community/2021-10-29/if-hell-town-exists-where-in-cuyahoga-valley-national-park-is-it |access-date=27 May 2023 |website=Ideastream Public Media |language=en}} in relation to this event.

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Summit County, Ohio

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