Dorchester

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former town historic district neighborhood

Dorchester is one of the earliest English settlements in New England, now a historic neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Aliases (6)

Dorchester, Massachusetts ×7
Dorchester, Boston ×4
Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts ×2
Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States ×2
Dorchester Area ×1
Dorchester waterfront ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former town → historic district → neighborhood →
annexationYear	1870 →
annexedBy	Boston →
country	United States →
demographicCharacteristic	ethnically diverse population →
foundedAs	English settlement →
foundedBy	English Puritan settlers →
foundingYear	1630 →
governingBody	Boston City Council →
hasBodyOfWater	Dorchester Bay → Neponset River NERFINISHED →
hasBorderWith	Boston Harbor → Mattapan → Milton, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Quincy, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Roxbury → South Boston →
hasLandmark	Dorchester Heights Monument → Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate → First Parish Church of Dorchester → John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum →
hasNeighborhood	Ashmont → Codman Square → Fields Corner → Neponset NERFINISHED → Savin Hill → Uphams Corner →
hasZIPCode	02121 → 02122 → 02124 → 02125 →
historicalStatus	one of the original towns of the Massachusetts Bay Colony →
locatedIn	Boston → Massachusetts → New England →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
namedAfter	Dorchester, Dorset, England →
oneOfEarliestEnglishSettlementsIn	New England →
partOf	City of Boston → Suffolk County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
servedBy	MBTA Fairmount Line NERFINISHED → MBTA Red Line NERFINISHED →
state	Massachusetts →
traversedBy	Interstate 93 NERFINISHED → Massachusetts Route 3 NERFINISHED →

Referenced by (42)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ashmont → Columbia Junction → Columbia Point → Dorchester Avenue → Fields Corner → Fields Corner commercial district → Geneva Avenue → JFK/UMass ("Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts") → John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum → Massachusetts State Archives → Savin Hill → Savin Hill Cove → Shawmut ("Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts") →	locatedIn
Ashmont → Ashmont branch → MBTA Ashmont Branch → Mattapan High-Speed Line → Shawmut →	servesNeighborhood
Edward Everett ("Dorchester, Massachusetts") → Edward Everett ("Dorchester, Massachusetts") → Mark Wahlberg ("Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States") → Ray Bolger ("Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States") →	placeOfBirth
Butler station →	borough
Richard Mather ("Dorchester, Massachusetts") →	burialPlace
Morrissey Boulevard →	connectsNeighborhood
Richard Mather →	deathPlace
Bishop of Dorchester ("Dorchester Area") →	episcopalArea
Harborwalk ("Dorchester waterfront") →	hasSection
Old Colony Railroad ("Dorchester, Boston") →	influencedDevelopmentOf
JFK/UMass station →	locatedInNeighborhood
Dorchester North Burying Ground ("Dorchester, Massachusetts") →	location
Massachusetts Bay Colony →	majorTown
Dorchester County, South Carolina ("Dorchester, Massachusetts") →	namedAfter
Shawmut →	neighborhood
Columbia Point →	neighborhoodOf
Mattapan Trolley →	neighborhoodServed
Old Colony Railroad ("Dorchester, Boston") →	operatedThrough
Henry Wheaton ("Dorchester, Massachusetts") →	placeOfDeath
Richard Mather ("Dorchester, Massachusetts") →	residence
Old Colony Railroad ("Dorchester, Boston") →	servedNeighborhood
MBTA Mattapan High-Speed Line →	serves
Braintree branch ("Dorchester, Boston") →	servesCommunity