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.
See also: List of people from the Louisville metropolitan area.
Colonel Henry Pierson Crowe, USMC, was born there in 1899.