Boston (disambiguation)

Boston is the state capital of Massachusetts in the United States.

Boston may also refer to:

Places

United Kingdom

• Boston, Lincolnshire, a town on the east coast of England
  • Boston (borough), a local government district of Lincolnshire, England
• Boston Lodge, the works of the Ffestiniog Railway in Wales
• Boston Manor, London, England
• Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, England
• Boston Manor tube station, a station on the Piccadilly line formerly the District line

United States

• Greater Boston, a conurbation centered on Boston, Massachusetts
• Boston, Alabama, a former name of West Greene
• Boston Mountains, in Arkansas and Oklahoma
• Boston Ravine, California
• Boston, Georgia
• Boston, Indiana
• Boston Township, Wayne County, Indiana
• Boston, Kentucky
• Boston, Louisville, a neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky
• Boston Township, Michigan
• Boston, Missouri
• Boston, New York
• Boston, Belmont County, Ohio
• Boston, Licking County, Ohio
• Boston, Summit County, Ohio
• Boston Township, Summit County, Ohio
• Boston, Pennsylvania
• Boston, Texas
• Boston Corner, New York
• South Boston, Virginia
• Boston, Accomack County, Virginia
• Boston, Culpeper County, Virginia

Canada

• Boston Bar, British Columbia, a community and gold-bearing bar of the same name in the Fraser Canyon
• Boston Mills, Ontario
• Boston, Ontario, in Norfolk County
• Boston Township, Ontario

Other places

• Boston, County Clare, Ireland
• Boston, County Laois, a townland in County Laois, Ireland
• Boston, Suriname
• Boston, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Boston, Davao Oriental, Philippines
• Ebon Atoll, Marshall Islands, also known as Boston
• Boston, Belize, a village in the Belize District
• Boston, South Australia, a locality on Eyre Peninsula

Animals

• Boston (horse), American racehorse
• Boston terrier, a breed of domestic dog

Organizations

• Boston Acoustics, a manufacturer of home and mobile audio equipment
• Boston Market, an American fast-casual restaurant chain
• Boston Pizza, a Canadian pizza chain, owner of Boston's of America
• Boston Store, a department store chain, also the name of other defunct stores
• Old Mr. Boston (later Mr. Boston, then just "Boston"), a defunct distillery

Education

United Kingdom

• Boston College (England)
• Boston Grammar School, a state school in England
• Boston High School, a state school in England

United States

• Boston Baptist College, a Baptist bible college in Milton, Massachusetts
• Boston College, a private Jesuit university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
• Boston College High School, a private Catholic preparatory school
• Boston Conservatory, a music conservatory
• Boston University, a private secular university
• University of Massachusetts Boston, a public university in the University of Massachusetts system
• Urban College of Boston, a junior college

Music

• Boston (band)
  • Boston (album), their debut album
• Boston (dance), a number of waltz-type dances
• "Boston" (song), a song by Augustana
• Boston Pops Orchestra
• Boston Musical Instrument Company
• Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Boston, a brand of piano designed by Steinway & Sons

Ships and airplanes

• A-20 Boston, a WW II-era light bomber and night fighter made by the Douglas Aircraft Company
• Boston (ship), a vessel in the marine fur trade off British Columbia, captured and destroyed in 1803; see List of historical ships in British Columbia
• SS City of Boston, an ocean liner which disappeared without a trace in 1870
• USS Boston, several U.S. Navy ships

Sports and games

• Boston (card game), an 18th-century card game
• Boston Bears (AFL), team that competed in AFL III in 1940
• Boston Bruins, oldest NHL team in the US, third oldest team in the NHL, overall (one of the original six, est. 1924)
• Boston Bulldogs (AFL), team that competed in AFL I in 1926
• Boston Celtics, a professional basketball team, competing in NBA
• Boston City League, a high school athletic conference in Massachusetts
• Boston Red Sox, a Major League Baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts
• Boston Shamrocks (AFL), team that won the AFL II championship in 1936
• Boston Marathon, world's oldest annual marathon
• Boston United, a Conference North football team based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England
• Eight Ball or "Boston", a pocket billiards game
• Boston Yanks
• Portland Breakers, originally Boston Breakers
• Washington Redskins, current NFL member that evolved from Boston Braves/Redskins
• Boston Patriots, member of AFL IV (1960-1969) that currently competes in the National Football League as the New England Patriots
• Boston, winning or bidding to win every trick in a round of Bid whist
• Greater Boston League, a high school athletic conference in Massachusetts

People

• Boston (surname)
• Boston Charley, a warrior in the Modoc War of 1872
• Boston Corbett (Thomas "Boston" Corbett 1832–presumed dead 1894), the Union soldier who shot Abraham Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth
• Bill Rodgers (athlete), nickname "Boston Billy", four-time winner of the Boston Marathon

Other uses

• Boston (Hasidic dynasty), a Hasidic dynasty founded in Boston in the early 20th century
• Boston (novel), a 1928 work by Upton Sinclair
• Boston Blackie, a fictional character in literature, films, radio and television
• Boston Camera, a type of camera
• Boston Post Road, a system of mail-delivery routes established in colonial times
• "Boston", an unaired episode of the Adult Swim animated television series, Aqua Teen Hunger Force
• Boston, the Microsoft pre-release codename for Microsoft Visual Studio 97
• "Boston the Bear", a geographic Beanie Baby honoring the city of Boston

See also

• List of colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston
• Bostonian (disambiguation)
• New Boston (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Boston"