Boston, Highland County, Ohio

Boston is an unincorporated community in Highland County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

History

Boston was laid out in 1840, and named after Boston, Massachusetts.[1] A variant name was Dallas.[2] A post office called Dallas was established in 1845, and remained in operation until 1905.[3]

gollark: Since your probability of deciding an election by voting is not very high, the expected value of that is very low, and - since people are very hard to convince away from their views - it's even worse for *discussing* politics.
gollark: Regardless of how much you think the results of elections and such matter, I contest that for an individual, at least, politics is not very important.
gollark: So I appear to have been timed out: obviously, this is a clear sign that Cap and WS's views are correct and stand up by themselves.
gollark: Please pay attention.
gollark: As I said, I lost *ironically* with knowledge of what would happen.

References
  1. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 16.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boston, Highland County, Ohio
  3. "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2016.



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