Boston Kentucky Map

About Boston, Kentucky

Boston is a locality in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 253. The population density is 49.8 people per km². Boston is located at 37.7812°N, 85.6872°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 42366, 42256, 41006.

Boston defines the horizon where the Lick Branch carves a quiet, persistent path through the limestone-rich earth of the Kentucky landscape. It lies 12.6 miles east-southeast of Owensboro, KY (from Owensboro, KY: bearing 117°T), and is situated 7.0 miles east of Masonville. The land here rises in modest swells toward the distant silhouette of Barnetts Knob, a lonely sentinel watching over the fields where the golden-hour light casts long, amber shadows across the pasture. Near the outskirts, the landscape softens into the verdant sprawl of Whitesville City Park, providing a green expanse that breathes against the encroaching stillness of the woods. The air holds a persistent, cool dampness, smelling faintly of turned soil and the sharp, clean scent of the creek bed, marking the rhythm of a season that lingers longer than the calendar suggests.

Boston persists as a quiet intersection of heritage and the slow, steady hum of regional industry that has sustained families for generations. The economy remains tethered to the land, echoing the deep-rooted traditions of the surrounding countryside where the soil yields to the careful hands of those who work the rows and manage the local trade. While the bustling centers of commerce remain far off, the residents find their own measure of time in the quiet intervals between harvests and the occasional trip toward the waters of Vance Lake. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring character of the people who recognize their place within the quiet gravity of the interior plains, far removed from the press of the wider world.

About This Boston Map Page

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 Daviess County (Owensboro), and school district assignment (Nelson County School District).

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.