Boston, Suriname

Boston
Boston is located in Suriname
Boston
Boston
Location within Suriname
Coordinates: 5°42′51″N 55°21′35″W / 5.71417°N 55.35972°W / 5.71417; -55.35972
Country Suriname
DistrictSaramacca District
ResortKampong Baroe
Elevation
12 m (42 ft)
Time zoneUTC-3 (ART)

Boston is a settlement in Kampong Baroe in the Saramacca District of Suriname, near the resort capital of Kampong Baroe.[1] Boston was founded as a wood plantation in 1819, and abandoned in 1828.[2] In 1840, it was listed as inhabited, and used for crop cultivation.[3]

  1. ^ "Boston Map". Map Landia. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Plantage Boston". Suriname Plantage. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Surinaamsche Almanak voor het Jaar 1842". Digital Library for Dutch Literature (in Dutch). 1841. p. 95. Retrieved 10 January 2022.