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While the city of Boston covers 48.4 square miles (125 km 2) and has 675,647 residents as of the 2020 census, the urbanization has extended well into surrounding areas and the Combined Statistical Area (CSA in the rest of the document), which includes the Providence, Rhode Island, Manchester, New Hampshire, Cape Cod and Worcester areas, has a ...
Map of locations by per capita income. Areas with higher levels of income are shaded darker. Massachusetts is the second wealthiest state in the United States of America, with a median household income of $89,026 (as of 2021), [1] and a per capita income of $48,617 (as of 2021). [2]
The Boston Redevelopment Authority map of "Urban Renewal Areas" [28] includes a somewhat smaller area that excludes the McCormack and Saltonstall Buildings. By contrast, a search for "Government Center" on Google Maps [ 29 ] yields a map showing an even smaller area that is bounded by Court, Cambridge, Sudbury, and Congress Streets.
The 23 official neighborhoods in Boston are made up of approximately 84 sub-districts, squares and neighborhoods within each official neighborhood. The Boston Redevelopment Authority defines 16 planning districts (plus the Boston Harbor Islands) and 64 Neighborhood Statistical Areas (with four areas further subdivided).
Guide to the Town of West Roxbury records City of Boston Archives; 1858 Map of Norfolk County by Henry F. Walling, which included West Roxbury at that time. A very large and detailed color map. Also see the detailed side map of Jamaica Plain on the top left side of the map. Suffolk County Atlas West Roxbury maps: 1874, 1896, 1905, 1914
In 1822, [15] the citizens of Boston voted to change the official name from the "Town of Boston" to the "City of Boston", and on March 19, 1822, the people of Boston accepted the charter incorporating the city. [68] At the time Boston was chartered as a city, the population was about 46,226, while the area of the city was only 4.8 sq mi (12 km 2).
Governor Chub Peabody and Mayor John F. Collins at the building's groundbreaking City Hall construction, c. 1960s Boston City Hall, c. 1968 Boston City Hall's interior courtyard in 1981 An aerial view of Boston City Hall in 2019. Boston City Hall was designed by Gerhard Kallmann, a Columbia University professor, [2] and Michael McKinnell, a ...
Downtown Boston is the central business district of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Boston was founded in 1630. Boston was founded in 1630. The largest of the city's commercial districts, Downtown is the location of many corporate or regional headquarters; city, county, state and federal government facilities; and many of Boston's tourist ...