Boston is a town in the U.S. state of Texas, and is the county seat of Bowie County. The town had a population of only 200 in 1990.
History
Before 1890, Texarkana was the county seat of Bowie County. Then an election decided on a more central location for a courthouse. The site was chosen, and the town of Boston was created at the site. In 1986 a new courthouse was built in New Boston, which is just north of Boston, which remains the official county seat.
New Boston is on U.S. Highway 82 and the Missouri Pacific Railroad twenty-one miles west of Texarkana in the central part of Bowie County.
When the railroad was being constructed four miles north of Boston in the summer of 1876, it was clear to many businessmen in Boston (now Old Boston) that their town would suffer a serious decline as a consequence of its distance from the line.
The population grew from 1,111 in 1940 to 2,688 in 1950.
Boston, the county seat of Bowie County, is just south of U.S. Highway 82 and the Missouri Pacific Railroad and twenty-two miles west of Texarkana in central Bowie County.
In 1986 a new Bowie County Courthouse was built in New Boston, but Boston remained the official county seat.
The population of Boston was reported at 200 in the early 1990s and remained the same in 2000.
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