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Mattapan (NYNH
Mattapan () is a Neighborhoods in Boston, neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. Historically and for legal processes a section of Dorchester, Massachusetts, Dorchester, Mattapan became a part of Boston when Dorchester was annexed in 1870. Mattapan is the original Native American name for the Dorchester area,William F. Galvin, Galvin, William Francis, (Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts)" Archaic Community, District, Neighborhood, Section and Village, Names in Massachusetts" Citizen Information Service, Office of The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 2008. It lists: "''Mattapan / Archaic Name of Dorchester / Suffolk''". possibly meaning "a place to sit."Cf"Heart of the City, Mattapan", The Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University At the 2010 census, it had a population of 36,480, with the majority of its population immigrants. Like other neighborh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighborhoods In Boston
Boston, Boston's diverse Neighbourhood, neighborhoods serve as a political and cultural organizing mechanism. The City of Boston's Office of Neighborhood Services has designated 23 Neighborhoods in the city: * Allston * Back Bay, Boston, Back Bay * Bay Village, Boston, Bay Village * Beacon Hill, Boston, Beacon Hill * Brighton, Boston, Brighton * Charlestown, Boston, Charlestown * Chinatown, Boston, Chinatown–Leather District, Boston, Leather District * Dorchester, Boston, Dorchester (divided for planning purposes into Mid-Dorchester and Dorchester) * Downtown Boston, Downtown * East Boston * Fenway-Kenmore (includes Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Longwood) * Hyde Park, Boston, Hyde Park * Jamaica Plain * Mattapan * Mission Hill, Boston, Mission Hill * North End, Boston, North End * Roslindale * Roxbury, Boston, Roxbury * South Boston * South End, Boston, South End * West End, Boston, West End * West Roxbury, Boston, West Roxbury * Wharf District The islands in Boston Harbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
