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North Boston’s post office opened in 1832

Most of North Boston was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Below: maps from 1905 on.

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How North Boston began

When was North Boston founded?

1832

The North Boston post office opened in 1832, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 2,529194 years
Founding year: the first North Boston post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about North Boston’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of North Boston are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19053 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 1965. Watch North Boston change.Deep rootsA post office since 1832: 194 years of North Boston.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how North Boston’s history is told.

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On the map

North Boston on the map, 1905 to 1965

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of North Boston. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

North Boston on the 1905 USGS mapNorth Boston on the 1948 USGS mapNorth Boston on the 1965 USGS map1905Eden sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of North Boston.

The story so far

North Boston, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of North Boston yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

North Boston is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Boston in Erie County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, North Boston had a population of 2,529. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. North Boston is on the northern town line, located around the junction of NY Routes 277 and 391.

Its first post office opened in 1832. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,521 in 2010, 2,529 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to North Boston

Nobody well known was born in North Boston itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Willis CarrierAmerican inventor · b. 1876
Christian LaettnerAmerican basketball player · b. 1969
E. Howard HuntAmerican intelligence officer and author · b. 1918
Ruben Santiago-HudsonAmerican actor and screenwriter · b. 1956
Alice Moore HubbardAmerican activist · b. 1861
Lee StempniakAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1983
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about North Boston’s history

What year was North Boston founded?

The North Boston post office opened in 1832, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.