Official Name: | New Boston, Pennsylvania |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Label: | New Boston |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 40.7969°N -76.1525°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Schuylkill |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Mahanoy |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.14 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.14 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.36 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.36 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Density Km2: | 641.04 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 1560 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 17948 |
Area Code: | 570/272 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 42-53272 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2805585 |
Population Total: | 231 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 1661.87 |
New Boston is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. Before that, it was part of the New Boston-Morea CDP.
New Boston is in northern Schuylkill County, in the south part of Mahanoy Township. It sits at around above sea level in a high valley on top of Broad Mountain, which rises to an elevation over to the south.
Morea Road runs along the northern edge of the community, leading northeast 2miles to Mahanoy City and southwest to Morea and 4miles to Frackville. Interstate 81 passes south of New Boston, with access from exits near Frackville and Mahanoy City.