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12/7/2022, 9:35 PM Mike C boston added (from user-submitted name 8102)
11/17/2014, 9:11 AM Mike C 8102
11/7/2014, 12:46 AM LMS 8102
4/3/2012, 3:44 PM SeaHorse15 8102 merge 2 names
11/17/2011, 3:22 PM Lucille 8102
2/26/2008, 2:53 PM anonymous 8102
3/21/2007, 2:00 PM Elysia Evans

Type Settlement
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. BAWS-tən

Meaning & History

Means "Botwulf's stone", from the Old English name Botwulf combined with stan "stone". This is a town in Lincolnshire, England, and a city in the United States that is named after it.