- Inception
- 7 September 1630
- Part of
- Greater Boston, Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Suffolk district, Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Suffolk district, Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Suffolk district, Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Suffolk district, Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Suffolk district, Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Suffolk district, Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Suffolk district, Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Suffolk district, Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Suffolk district, Massachusetts House of Representatives' 10th Suffolk district, Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Suffolk district
- Population
- 10567, 15520, 18320, 24937, 33787, 43298, 61392, 93383, 136881, 177840, 250526, 362839
- Area
- 232140634, 232.167761
- Elevation
- 43 m
- demonym
- Bostonian, Bostoniens, Bostoner, Bostonerin, Bostonerinnen, bostończyk, bostonka, bostonano, Bostonienne, Bostonien, bostondar, Bostoniani
- described by source
- Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica, The Encyclopedia Americana, The American Cyclopædia, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921, Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition
- hashtag
- Boston, boston
- local dialing code
- 617
- name
- Ba Sĩ Đốn
- native label
- Boston
- nickname
- Beantown, The Hub, The Cradle of Liberty
- number of households
- 273188
- official name
- Boston
- per capita income
- 46845
- postal code
- 02108, 02109, 02110, 02111, 02112, 02113, 02114, 02115, 02116, 02117, 02118, 02123
- shares border with
- Quincy, Brookline, Cambridge, Somerville, Winthrop, Revere, Chelsea, Everett, Watertown, Newton, Dedham, Milton
- social media followers
- 332317, 323100, 345932, 355689
- twinned administrative body
- Kyoto, Strasbourg, Barcelona, Hangzhou, Padua, City of Melbourne, Taipei, Sekondi-Takoradi, Haifa, Athens, Santo Domingo, Boston
- water as percent of area
- 46.1435