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Boston
Capital city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and seat of Suffolk County
Also known as Beantown · The Cradle of Liberty · The Hub · The Cradle of Modern America · The Athens of America · The Walking City
- Country
- United States(since 1776)
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- , Province of Massachusetts Bay(1692–1776)
- , Massachusetts Bay Colony(1628–1692)
- United States(since 1776)
- Located in
- Population
- 675,647(April 1, 2020)
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Sources- 1.Stated in 2020 United States Censusdata.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Populations%20and%20People&g=0100000US,%241600000&y=2020Retrieved 2022-01-01
- , 692,600(2011)
- , 617,594(April 1, 2010)
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Sources- 1.Stated in 2010 U.S. Gazetteer FilesRetrieved 2020-07-09
- 2.Stated in 2010 United States Censusdata.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0100000US%241600000&y=2010&d=DEC%20Redistricting%20Data%20%28PL%2094-171%29Retrieved 2022-05-10
- +24 more
- 675,647(April 1, 2020)
- Area
- 232.1678 km²(April 1, 2010)
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- , 232M m²
- 232.1678 km²(April 1, 2010)
- Elevation
- 43 m
- Head of government
- Michelle Wu(since 2021)
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- , Marty Walsh(2014–2021)
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Sources- 1.boston.com/news/politics/2021/03/24/kim-janey-sworn-in-boston-first-black-woman-mayorRetrieved 2021-03-24
- , Thomas Menino(1993–2014)
- +1 more
- Michelle Wu(since 2021)
- Founded
- September 7, 1630
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Sources- 1.“Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of Boston”quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/AFJ7482.0001.001/24
- September 7, 1630
- Postal code
- 02108
- , 02109
- , 02110
- +30 more
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
361 statements · 23% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
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- Padua(since 1983)
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- Sekondi-Takoradi
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- Capital of
- Massachusetts
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Sources- 1.Stated in Getty Thesaurus of Geographic NamesRetrieved 2019-01-21
- Suffolk County
- Massachusetts
- Native label
- Boston
- Part of
- Greater Boston
- Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Suffolk district(2013)
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Sources- 1.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter153Retrieved 2020-04-05
- 2.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-04-05
- Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Suffolk district(2013)
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Sources- 1.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter153Retrieved 2020-04-05
- 2.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-04-05
- Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Suffolk district(2013)
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Sources- 1.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter153Retrieved 2020-04-05
- 2.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-04-05
- Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Suffolk district(2013)
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Sources- 1.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter153Retrieved 2020-04-05
- 2.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-04-05
- Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Suffolk district(2013)
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Sources- 1.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter153Retrieved 2020-04-05
- 2.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-04-05
- Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Suffolk district(2013)
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Sources- 1.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter153Retrieved 2020-04-05
- 2.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-04-05
- Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Suffolk district(2013)
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Sources- 1.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter153Retrieved 2020-04-05
- 2.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-04-05
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- Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Suffolk district(2013)
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Sources- 1.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter153Retrieved 2020-04-05
- 2.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-04-05
- Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Suffolk district(2013)
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Sources- 1.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter153Retrieved 2020-04-05
- 2.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-04-05
- Massachusetts House of Representatives' 10th Suffolk district(2013)
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Sources- 1.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter153Retrieved 2020-04-05
- 2.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-04-05
- Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Suffolk district(2013)
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Sources- 1.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter153Retrieved 2020-04-05
- 2.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-04-05
- Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Suffolk district(2013)
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Sources- 1.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter153Retrieved 2020-04-05
- 2.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-04-05
- Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th Suffolk district(2013)
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Sources- 1.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter153Retrieved 2020-04-05
- 2.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-04-05
- Massachusetts House of Representatives' 14th Suffolk district(2013)
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Sources- 1.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter153Retrieved 2020-04-05
- 2.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-04-05
- Massachusetts House of Representatives' 15th Suffolk district(2013)
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Sources- 1.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter153Retrieved 2020-04-05
- 2.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-04-05
- Massachusetts House of Representatives' 17th Suffolk district(2013)
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Sources- 1.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter153Retrieved 2020-04-05
- 2.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-04-05
- Massachusetts House of Representatives' 18th Suffolk district(2013)
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Sources- 1.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter153Retrieved 2020-04-05
- 2.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-04-05
- Massachusetts Senate's First Suffolk district(2013)
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Sources- 1.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/sen11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-03-21
- 2.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter152Retrieved 2020-03-21
- Massachusetts Senate's First Suffolk and Middlesex district(2013)
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Sources- 1.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/sen11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-03-21
- 2.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter152Retrieved 2020-03-21
- Massachusetts Senate's Middlesex and Suffolk district(2013)
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Sources- 1.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/sen11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-03-21
- 2.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter152Retrieved 2020-03-21
- Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk and Suffolk district(2013)
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Sources- 1.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/sen11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-03-21
- 2.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter152Retrieved 2020-03-21
- Massachusetts Senate's Second Suffolk district(2013)
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Sources- 1.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/sen11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-03-21
- 2.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter152Retrieved 2020-03-21
- Massachusetts Senate's Second Suffolk and Middlesex district(2013)
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Sources- 1.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/sen11idx.htmRetrieved 2020-03-21
- 2.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter152Retrieved 2020-03-21
- Massachusetts Senate's Middlesex, Suffolk, and Essex district(2003)
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Sources- 1.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2001/Chapter126Retrieved 2020-04-06
- 2.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/sen02idx.htmRetrieved 2020-04-06
- Massachusetts Senate's Suffolk and Norfolk district(2003)
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Sources- 1.malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2001/Chapter126Retrieved 2020-04-06
- 2.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/sen02idx.htmRetrieved 2020-04-06
- Demonym
- Bostonian
- Bostoniens
- Bostoner applies to part: masculine singular, masculine plural
- Bostonerin applies to part: feminine singular
- Bostonerinnen applies to part: feminine plural
- bostończyk applies to part: masculine singular
- bostonka applies to part: feminine singular
- bostonano
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- Bostonienne applies to part: feminine singular
- Bostonien applies to part: masculine singular
- bostondar
- Bostoniani applies to part: masculine plural
- Bostončan applies to part: masculine singular
- Bostončanka applies to part: feminine singular
- بُسْطُنِيٌّ applies to part: masculine singular
- Nickname
- Beantown
- The Hub
- The Cradle of Liberty
- Highest point
- Bellevue Hill, Boston elevation: 100 m
- Water as percent of area
- 46.1435%(April 1, 2010)
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- 46.1435%(April 1, 2010)
- Per capita income
- $46,845(December 31, 2020) statement supported by: 2016–2020 American Community Survey
- Number of households
- 273,188(December 31, 2020) statement supported by: 2016–2020 American Community Survey
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Sources- 1.Stated in 2016–2020 American Community Surveydata.census.gov/cedsci/table?d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Detailed%20TablesRetrieved 2022-05-05
- 273,188(December 31, 2020) statement supported by: 2016–2020 American Community Survey
- Hashtag
- Boston
- boston
- Territory overlaps
- Boston urban area subject has role: primary place
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- Boston urban area subject has role: primary place
- Official name
- Boston
On other databases
153 identifiers linking Boston across the web's reference databases
- AllTrails trail IDus/massachusetts/boston
- Alvin IDalvin-place:148
- American Battlefield Trust battlefield IDboston
- Arab Encyclopedia concept ID2581
- ArchINFORM location ID1897
- Armeniapedia ID4118
- BabelNet ID00009334n
- Ballotpedia IDBoston,_Massachusetts
- BBC News topic IDcl866rk9m6dt
- BBC Things ID4ab4df58-37f3-4ac0-9d19-3010a93a7efe
- BHCL UUID5b599d37-379b-461e-8ec3-3354b5c4a128
- Biblioteca Nacional de México ID000001563
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID12038429t
- BIBSYS ID2094292
- Bluesky handleboston.gov
- BNMM authority ID000044407
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDboston-40
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf10195043
- Comic Vine ID4020-56311
- Curlie IDRegional/North_America/United_States/Massachusetts/Localities/B/Boston/
- Data Commons IDgeoId/2507000
- Database of Canada's Early Women Writers IDplace/23
- DeCS ID28260
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--74461
- DPLA subject termBoston (Mass.)
- Early Modern Letters Online location ID8e2abcd5-7baf-4268-963a-b5e543ca7ef7
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Boston
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDboston
- Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the Present entry ID0162
- Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID194090
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)3BjDq7
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)560876
- Facebook location ID106003956105810
- FactGrid item IDQ140576
- Fandom article IDboston:Boston
- Fandom wiki IDboston
- FAST ID1205012
- FIPS 55-3 (locations in the US)2507000
- Freebase ID/m/01cx_
- GeoNames ID4930956
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7013445
- Giant Bomb Wiki IDLocations/Boston
- GND ID4007840-1
- GNIS Feature ID617565
- Golden ID (archived)Boston
- Google Arts & Culture entity IDm01cx_
- Google Maps Customer ID8682024343026460832
- Google News topics IDCAAqIQgKIhtDQkFTRGdvSUwyMHZNREZqZUY4U0FtVnVLQUFQAQ
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDboston-2
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0011689
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDBoston_-_by_i_Massachusetts,_USA
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)1879861
- Grove Art Online IDT010327
- Gynopedia IDBoston
- Harper's tagboston
- Hiking Project area ID8008619
- Hikr waypoint ID65523
- House Divided ID9122
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID8935
- ICPSR Geographic Names Thesaurus ID30287
- IDAI.gazetteer ID2087600
- IdRef ID028576195
- IMDb keywordboston-massachusetts
- Instagram location ID206698624
- Interlingual Index IDi84426
- ISNI0000000403739193
- J-GLOBAL ID200906092605823376
- J9U entity ID987007559518705171
- Japan Search name IDボストン
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID3597
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian)10718
- Joconde location IDT84-4512
- KBpedia IDCityOfBostonMA
- Klexikon article IDBoston
- KSW place ID77454
- Larousse IDville/wd/109585
- Lemmy community IDboston@lemmy.world
- Lex IDBoston
- Libraries Australia ID35020527
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79045553
- LocalWiki IDboston
- MeSH concept IDM0002837
- MeSH descriptor IDD001900
- MeSH term IDT005410
- MeSH tree codeZ01.107.567.875.550.510.210
- Museum-digital place ID269
- MusicBrainz area IDe331bfdf-b908-429c-a79b-710cf9c06abb
- Mythoskop IDo136
- Namuwiki ID보스턴
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/234CABB8-F518-4816-95B3-396764E45FC1