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Brookline
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town in Massachusetts, United States
Brookline is a town in Massachusetts located near Boston that is known for its affluent residential character and strong community identity. It matters as a significant suburb that has influenced patterns of development and education in the Boston metropolitan area.
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Brookline
- Population
- 63191
- Area
- 6.8
- Elevation
- 15
- Official website
- www.brooklinema.gov
- Image
- Aspinwall Hill, Brookline, MA, USA - panoramio (1).jpg
- Households
- 24960
- Dialing code
- 617
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- native label
- Brookline
- Commons category
- Brookline, Massachusetts
- inception
- 1638-00-00
- per capita income
- 74549
- date of incorporation
- 1705-11-13
- postal code
- 02446
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Brookline (/ˈbrʊklaɪn/ ) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, and part of the Boston metropolitan area. An exclave of Norfolk County, Brookline borders six of the City of Boston's neighborhoods: Brighton, Allston, Fenway–Kenmore, Mission Hill, Jamaica Plain, and West Roxbury. The city of Newton borders Brookline to the west. It is known for being the birthplace of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Conan O'Brien.
The land which comprises what is today Brookline was first settled in 1638 as a hamlet in Boston, known as Muddy River (as it was settled on the west side of the river of the same name). It was incorporated as a separate town with the name of Brookline in 1705.