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New Boston is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States. Boston was named for an early storekeeper in the settlement, W.J. Boston. The coming of the railroads led to the location of two more Bostons. A depot was built approximately four miles north of Boston and was named New Boston. The original Boston then became Old Boston.
Boston is an unincorporated community in, and the county seat of, Bowie County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas , the community had a population of 200 in 2000. It is part of the Texarkana metropolitan area .
Bowie County (/ ˈ b uː i / BOO-ee [1]) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. Its legal county seat is Boston, though its courthouse is located in New Boston. [2] As of the 2020 census, the population was 92,893. [3] Bowie County is part of the Texarkana metropolitan statistical area.
State Highway 8 (SH 8) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of Texas that runs from the Red River, which serves as the boundary between Texas and Arkansas, north of New Boston to SH 155 at Linden.
State Highway 98 (SH 98) is a north–south state highway in Bowie County, Texas, covering a total distance of 8.913 miles (14.344 km). Its northern terminus is at U.S. Highway 82, 3.3 miles (5.3 km) due west of New Boston. From there, it travels half a mile south, passing under Interstate 30.
Old Boston is an unincorporated community located in Bowie County, Texas, United States. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas , the community had a population of 100 in 2000. [ 2 ] It is located within the Texarkana metropolitan area .
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The Barry B. Telford Unit (TO) a.k.a. Telford Unit (opened July 1995) is a Texas state prison located in unincorporated Bowie County, Texas. The facility, along Texas State Highway 98, is 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Interstate 30. It has a "New Boston, Texas" mailing address, [1] and is in proximity to Texarkana. [2]