New Boston, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in New Boston Village. It lies in ZIP code area 45662. It lies in Turkey Hollow. The Survey maps it on the New Boston quadrangle. 2,297 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 512 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNew Boston grew from 2,272 to 2,297 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,272 | |
| 2020 | 2,297 | +25 (+1%) |
Then and now
1911 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1911 USGS Sciotoville quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Sciotoville quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Sciotoville quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Sciotoville quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS New Boston quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Boston quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Boston quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph, 1942Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Vachon, John, 1942. Library of Congress
Fires nearby
120 since 1997The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of New Boston between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,180 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1821 |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | PORTSMOUTH |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | ROSEMOUNT |
| 1 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,110 shownMuseums hold 1,110 specimens collected within 10 miles of New Boston between 1884 and 1975: 1,009 Animalia, 64 Plantae, 31 Fungi, 3 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A.P. Morgan, A.P. Morgan; L.V. Morgan and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) | 1884 | H. Mores | Scioto River |
![]() | Bovistella Morgan | 1885 | A.P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Cylindrocladium scoparium Morgan | 1893 | A.P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Campeloma Rafinesque, 1819 | 1885 | Ch. R. Orcutt | Scioto River |
![]() | Harpographium fasciculatum (Sacc.) Sacc. | 1887 | A.P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Puccinia recondita Roberge ex Desm. | 1889 | Craig M. | Franklin Co. "hayden's Falls" on Scioto River |
![]() | Lycogala epidendrum (L.) Fr., 1829 | 1896 | not recorded | Scioto River |
| unnamed | 1897 | Morgan | Preston | |
![]() | Ambystoma opacum (Gravenhorst, 1807) | 1897 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio |
![]() | Peronospora polygoni Halst. | 1897 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Sialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1897 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | South Webster, Scioto, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Sturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1897 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | South Webster, Scioto, Ohio, USA |
All 1,110 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
7 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of New Boston: 3 producers, 2 prospects, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclops Corp/ New Boston, Ohio | Iron | Producer | ||
| Own Crews Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cunningham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Frankfort Mtls. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Portsmouth Works | Clay | Plant | ||
| River Creek Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect | ||
| South Shore Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect |
Storms nearby
5 since 2004The National Weather Service names New Boston in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | New Boston | $50,000 | One to two feet of water was rushing along Lakeview Avenue with some structures inundated. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Boston | $6,000 | A dozen trees were knocked down across the eastern part of the county. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Boston | $2,000 | A few large limbs were downed. |
| February 2025 | Flood | New Boston | - | The southbound lane of U.S. 52 East was closed due to high water. |
| February 2025 | Flood | New Boston | - | Lakeview Avenue was closed due to high water. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Moreland | 0.7 miles | 12 | |
| East Portsmouth (historical) | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Eden Park | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Sciotoville | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Twin Valley | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Vera Junction | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Rosemount | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Portsmouth | 3.5 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on New Boston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2672546 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1056446. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






















