New Boston is an
unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) in
Schuylkill County,
Pennsylvania
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, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the
2020 census.
[ Before that, it was part of the New Boston-Morea CDP.
New Boston is in northern Schuylkill County, in the south part of Mahanoy Township. It sits at around above sea level in a high valley on top of Broad Mountain, which rises to an elevation over to the south.
Morea Road runs along the northern edge of the community, leading northeast to Mahanoy City and southwest to ]Morea
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and to Frackville. Interstate 81
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passes south of New Boston, with access from exits near Frackville and Mahanoy City.
Demographics
References
Census-designated places in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Census-designated places in Pennsylvania
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