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Geographic overview[edit] Downtown Boston includes Downtown Crossing, the Financial District and Government Center . Aerial view of Back Bay and the neighboring City of Cambridge across the Charles River. Surrounding downtown are the neighborhoods of Chinatown/Leather District, South End, North End, West End, Bay Village, Beacon Hill and Back Bay.
Based on the form of government, there are 292 towns and 59 cities in Massachusetts. Some municipalities, however, still refer to themselves as "towns" even though they have a city form of government. The Census Bureau classifies towns in Massachusetts as a type of "minor civil division" and cities as a type of "populated place".
History. The town of Boston had been incorporated as an ancient borough in 1545. It was reformed to become a municipal borough in 1836.. The modern borough was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, by merging the municipal borough of Boston with Boston Rural District.
617, 781, 857, 339, 978, 508, 351, 774, 603, 401. Greater Boston is the metropolitan region of New England encompassing the municipality of Boston, the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the most populous city in New England, and its surrounding areas. The most stringent definition of the region consists of most of the eastern third ...
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Boston ( US: / ˈbɔːstən / [9] ), officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It has an area of 48.4 sq mi (125 km 2) [10] and a population of ...
Pages in category "Borough of Boston" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Boston, Lincolnshire. / 52.974°N 0.0214°W / 52.974; -0.0214. Boston is a market town and inland port in the borough of the same name in the county of Lincolnshire, England. Boston is the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Boston local government district. The town had a population of 45,339 at the 2021 census, [1] while the ...