New Boston in Bowie County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

New Boston

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 7, 2023

1. New Boston Marker

Inscription. Established as shipping point when Texas & Pacific Railroad was built across Bowie County in 1870s, drawing business from original town of Boston (4 mi. S). New Boston townsite was platted in 1876; its post office opened Jan. 26, 1877, with L. C. DeMorse as postmaster. Baptists organized church here in 1880; Methodists, 1883; Church of Christ, 1943. The first building designed as a school was erected in 1886.

New Boston men who have served in the Texas Legislature: Blair McGee (1889); Norman L. Dalby (1909-1910); R. M. Hubbard (1929, 1931), and Joseph White, Jr. (1939).

Erected 1971 by Texas State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 9496.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Political Subdivisions. A significant historical year for this entry is 1876.

Location. 33° 27.572′ N, 94° 25.025′ W. Marker is in New Boston, Texas, in Bowie County. It is at the intersection of Northeast Front Street (U.S. 82) and North West Street (U.S. 82), on the left when traveling west on Northeast Front Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: New Boston TX 75570, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Jones-Tyson House (approx. 0.4 miles away); James Bowie / Gold Star County (approx. 1.1

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miles away); Bowie County (approx. 1.2 miles away); Red Bayou Methodist Church (approx. 2.1 miles away); Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church (approx. 5.7 miles away); Harvey C. Sanders, C.S.A. (approx. 6.8 miles away); Site of the Texas Home of Richard Ellis (approx. 6.8 miles away); Hooks (approx. 6.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Boston.

Also see . . . New Boston, TX. When the railroad was being constructed four miles north of Boston in the summer of 1876, it was clear to many businessmen in Boston (now Old Boston) that their town would suffer a serious decline as a consequence of its distance from the line. At a mass meeting J. H. Smelser, a local resident and surveyor for the railroad, was selected to meet with railroad officials to secure the location of a depot at a point on the line nearest to Boston. (Cecil Harper, Jr., Handbook of Texas, Texas State Historical Association) (Submitted on October 23, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 7, 2023

2. New Boston Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 23, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 23, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 542 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 23, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.