Explore Boston, Kentucky, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Boston, Kentucky. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Kentucky or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Boston.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Boston |
| State | Kentucky (KY) |
| County | Butler County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 37.781189 |
| Longitude | -85.687244 |
| Population | 253 |
| Density | 49.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 42366, 42256, 41006, 40107 |
| Area Code | 859, 502 |
| County Seat | Morgantown |
| School District | Nelson County School District |
Boston emerges from the low-slung, limestone-rich basin where the quiet currents of Boston Lick Creek trace a path through the earth. It lies 20.1 miles west-northwest of Bowling Green, KY (from Bowling Green, KY: bearing 290°T), and is situated 17.7 miles north-northeast of Russellville. The landscape surrounding Boston holds the stillness of ancient, weathered soil, where the horizon is defined not by jagged peaks but by the distant, hazy silhouette of Chestnut Oak Ridge rising against the sky. In the cool hours before noon, the air carries a faint, sharp scent of damp earth and drying tobacco leaves, a grounding fragrance that speaks to the agricultural heritage of the land. Beyond the immediate tree lines, the terrain stretches into a series of soft, rolling swells, a quiet expanse of woodland and pasture that remains largely undisturbed by the frantic pace of larger centers.
History in Boston lingers in the architecture of older homesteads and the enduring reliance on the land, where the local economy has long been tethered to the rhythms of seasonal harvest and the quiet industry of the distillery trade. While the nearby expanse of Epperson Hollow and the calm waters of Subletts Lake provide a sanctuary for local wildlife, the human life here remains centered on the small, persistent connections of a rural existence. Residents might travel as far as Hadley Community Park for a change of pace, but the character of the place is forged in the daily work of maintaining these fields and the shared silence of the valley. It is a region where the light at dusk turns the limestone dust to a pale, bruised gold, illuminating a life that prioritizes the steady turning of the seasons over the noise of the modern world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Boston, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.781189, -85.687244. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Boston includes the ZIP code (42366, 42256, 41006), telephone area code (859, 502), county seat of Butler County (Morgantown), and school district assignment (Nelson County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |