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Milton
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town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Norfolk
- Type
- Representative town meeting
- Town administrator
- Nicholas Milano
- Total
- 13.3 sq mi (34.4 km )
- Land
- 13.1 sq mi (33.8 km )
- Water
- 0.23 sq mi (0.6 km )
- Elevation
- 130 ft (40 m)
- Density
- 2,190/sq mi (847/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip code
- 02186
- Area codes
- 617 and 857
- Fips code
- 25-41690
- Gnis feature id
- 0619459
- Website
- https://www.miltonma.gov/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Milton
- Population
- 27003
- Area
- 34.470697
- Elevation
- 40
- Official website
- www.townofmilton.org
- Image
- Closed street in East Milton Square, March 2017.JPG
- Households
- 8656
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- postal code
- 02186
- Commons category
- Milton, Massachusetts
- inception
- 1636-00-00
- P12749
- Diether von Isenburg
- per capita income
- 58520
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Article
Milton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States and an immediate southern suburb of Boston. The population was 28,630 at the 2020 census.
Milton is located in the relatively hilly area between the Neponset River and Blue Hills, bounded by Brush Hill to the west, Milton Hill to the east, Blue Hills to the south and the Neponset River to the north. It is also bordered by Boston's Dorchester and Mattapan district to the north and its Hyde Park district to the west, with the neighboring Massachusetts city of Quincy to the east and the towns of Randolph to the south, and Canton to the west.