New Boston, Iowa | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Iowa#USA |
Pushpin Label: | New Boston |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Iowa##Location in the United States |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Iowa |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Lee |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 696 |
Coordinates: | 40.5606°N -91.5056°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 459469 |
New Boston is an unincorporated community in central Lee County, Iowa, United States. It lies in the southeast corner of Iowa, along U.S. Highway 218 and southwest of the city of Fort Madison, the county seat of Lee County.[1] New Boston is located nearby to the unincorporated communities of Argyle, Iowa and Charleston, Iowa. The community is part of the Fort Madison - Keokuk, IA-MO Micropolitan Statistical Area. There are no commercial establishments in New Boston, although this is the home of Liberty Baptist Church.
Founded in the 1800s, New Boston's population was 56 in 1902,[2] and 26 in 1925.[3] The population was 100 in 1940.[4]