Boston, Kentucky Explained

Boston
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:USA Kentucky#USA
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within the state of Kentucky
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Kentucky
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Nelson
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:5.13
Area Land Km2:5.08
Area Water Km2:0.04
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:253
Population Density Km2:49.76
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CST
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:528
Coordinates:37.7839°N -85.6803°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Postal Code:40107
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:21-08722
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2629579
Area Total Sq Mi:1.98
Area Land Sq Mi:1.96
Area Water Sq Mi:0.02
Population Density Sq Mi:128.88

Boston is a census-designated place in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States. Boston is along I-65; its ZIP code is 40107.

Boston is the home of Mount Moriah Baptist Church, organized in 1802. During 1929 - 1933, Mount Moriah was pastored by James L. Sullivan, who went on to be the president of the Baptist Sunday School Board (now Lifeway) and then president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Mount Moriah Baptist Church is a member of the Nelson County Baptist Association, Kentucky Baptist Convention, and Southern Baptist Convention. The earliest records of the church are lost, but it is believed that Mount Moriah Baptist was first constituted as Drennon's Lick Creek Baptist Church.

Demographics

Notable people

See also: List of people from the Louisville metropolitan area.

Colonel Henry Pierson Crowe, USMC, was born there in 1899.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. March 18, 2022.