New Boston is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Wayne County in the U.S. state of

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. The community is located within Huron Charter Township. As an unincorporated community, New Boston has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own. New Boston is located close to three divisions of the

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system: Lower Huron, Oakwoods, and

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. The

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runs through New Boston. The community has its own post office with the 48164 ZIP Code, which also serves the communities of

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and

, as well as smaller portions of Sumpter Township to the west and Brownstown Charter Township to the east. The community is served by Huron School District.

History

New Boston was first settled in 1827 and was originally called "Catville" after the initials of the proprietor, C. A. Trowbridge. It received a post office with that name in 1860. On March 20, 1868, it was renamed New Boston, after

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Transportation

Interstate 275 passes through the middle of the community with three exits within the New Boston ZIP Code area: Will Carleton Road (exit 8), South Huron Road (exit 11). Clark Road makes the border with the Township of Sumpter, and Sibley Road (exit 13). The

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is just north of New Boston in the city of

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. The Waltz Road–Huron River Bridge is a bridge crossing the Huron River just south of the central business district of New Boston.

References

Unincorporated communities in Wayne County, Michigan Unincorporated communities in Michigan Metro Detroit Populated places established in 1827 1827 establishments in Michigan Territory {{WayneCountyMI-geo-stub