Boston

Also known as Beantown, The Cradle of Liberty, The Hub, The Cradle of Modern America, The Athens of America, The Walking City, The Hub of the Universe, Bostonia

Boston () is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It serves as a cultural and financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United States. Boston has an area of and a population of 675,647 as of the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in the Northeastern United States after New York City and Philadelphia. The larger Greater Boston metropolitan statistical area had a population of 4.9 million in 2023, making it the largest metropolitan area in New England and the eleventh-largest in the United States.

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Boston is the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, serving as a major cultural and financial center for the New England region in the Northeastern United States. With a population of about 676,000 people in the city proper and nearly 5 million in its greater metropolitan area, Boston is one of the most populous urban centers in the Northeast and plays an important role in the region's economy and culture.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Boston
Settlement.settlement_type: State capital
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Boston.svg
Settlement.image_seal: Seal of Boston, Massachusetts.svgclass=skin-invert
Settlement.image_blank_emblem: Wordmark of Boston, Massachusetts.svgclass=skin-invert
Settlement.blank_emblem_type: Wordmark
Settlement.nicknames: Bean Town, Title Town, others
Settlement.motto: (Latin)"As God was with our fathers, so may He be with us"
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe point: none
Settlement.pushpin_map: Boston Metro#Massachusetts#USA#Earth
Settlement.pushpin_relief: yes
Settlement.pushpin_label: Boston
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: United States
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region

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Research

658,915 papers

Boston marathon bombing.Foot & ankle international · 2013Bluman EMDOI: 10.1177/1071100713495811
Psychological Assessment and Intervention at the Boston Marathon.ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Brown JL, Raeder R, Troyanos C et al.DOI: 10.1007/s40279-024-02116-y
Boston marathon bombings: an after-action review.ReviewThe journal of trauma and acute care surgery · 2014Boston Trauma Center Chiefs’ CollaborativeDOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000397
Boston children's hospital and the origin of pediatric neurosurgery.ReviewChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2014Cohen ARDOI: 10.1007/s00381-014-2535-z
Boston and the history of biomagnetism.Neurology & clinical neurophysiology : NCN · 2004Cohen D
[Prof. Claes H. Dohlman has died in Boston: the "father" of American corneology].Die Ophthalmologie · 2024Cursiefen C, Fuchsluger TDOI: 10.1007/s00347-024-02098-2
Housing Boston's Chronically Homeless Unsheltered Population: 14 Years Later.Medical care · 2021Roncarati JS, Tiemeier H, Tachick R et al.DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001409
BOSTON LASER CONFERENCE.Skin · 1964APPEL B

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Official website

Homepage | Boston.gov

Welcome to the official homepage for the City of Boston.

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Boston
Demonym: بُسْطُنِيٌّ
Population: 675647
Area: 232.167761
Elevation: 43
Official website: www.boston.gov
Image: Boston from the Harbour, Massachusetts (493360) (10772382303).jpg
Households: 273188
Dialing code: 617

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Commons category: Boston
inception: 1630-09-07
Commons gallery: Boston, Massachusetts
native label: Boston
nickname: The Cradle of Liberty
social media followers: 355689
P8168: Q140576
water as percent of area: 46.1435
per capita income: 46845
hashtag: boston
postal code: 02298
name: Ba Sĩ Đốn

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Contents

Etymology
History
Indigenous era
European settlement
American Revolution and Siege of Boston
Post-revolution and the War of 1812
19th century
20th century
21st century
Geography
Neighborhoods
Environment
Climate
Demographics
Ethnicity
Income
Religion
Economy
Education
Primary and secondary
Colleges and universities
Government
Public safety
Arts and culture
Sports
Parks and recreation
Media
Newspapers
Radio and television
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Transportation
Notable people
International relations
See also
Notes
References
Works cited
Further reading
External links

Boston was founded on Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by English Puritan settlers, who named the city after the market town of Boston, Lincolnshire in England. During the American Revolution and Revolutionary War, Boston was home to several seminal events, including the Boston Massacre (1770), the Boston Tea Party (1773), Paul Revere's midnight ride (1775), the Battle of Bunker Hill (1775), and the Siege of Boston (1775–1776).