Boston Kentucky Map

About Boston, Kentucky

Boston is a locality in Pendleton 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 emerges from the morning haze as a quiet collection of structures anchoring the landscape where the earth begins its slow, rhythmic swell toward the distant Appalachian Mountains. It lies 13.7 miles south of Alexandria, KY (from Alexandria, KY: bearing 172°T), and is situated 6.1 miles north-northwest of Falmouth. Harris Creek carves a narrow, serpentine path through the terrain, its waters reflecting the pale, shifting light of a sky that seems to hold the weight of the coming afternoon. The soil here, rich with the mineral legacy of limestone, supports a landscape defined by deep, emerald hollows and the expansive, quiet geometry of Irving Bottom. Beyond the immediate fields, the horizon remains vast and unpeopled, save for the occasional silhouette of a hawk circling the thermal currents that rise from the cooling ground.

Boston sustains itself through a patient, enduring connection to the soil, where the economy remains tied to the cycles of harvest and the slow maturation of local spirits. The rhythms of the day are punctuated by the passage of heavy-laden trucks and the steady, mechanical hum of machinery echoing from the fields. Residents often look toward Kincaid Lake State Park when the heat settles, finding a reprieve in the stillness of the woods that surround Kincaid Lake. History here is not a loud proclamation but a quiet accumulation of habit, evident in the way the light catches the weathered siding of older barns and the deliberate, unhurried pace at which life moves between the creek banks and the tree lines.

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 Pendleton County (Falmouth), 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.