Colpoys Library
Colpoys Library is a library in City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts which is located on Dorchester Avenue. Colpoys Library is situated nearby to Dorchester Park, as well as near the cemetery Dorchester South Burying Ground.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Library
- Also known as: “Colpoys Library (Closed)”
- Address: 2100 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester, MA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dorchester Park and Dorchester South Burying Ground.
Dorchester Park
Park
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Dorchester Park is a historic park bounded by Dorchester Avenue, Richmond, Adams and Richview Streets in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Dorchester South Burying Ground
Cemetery
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The Dorchester South Burying Ground is a historic graveyard on Dorchester Avenue in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Established in 1814, it is the second oldest cemetery in Dorchester, after the North Burying Ground. Dorchester South Burying Ground is situated 600 feet northwest of Colpoys Library.
Cedar Grove station
Railway station
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Cedar Grove station is a light rail station on the Mattapan Line located in the southern part of the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The station, named for the adjacent Cedar Grove Cemetery, has two side platforms serving the line's two tracks. Cedar Grove station is situated 1,500 feet northeast of Colpoys Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lower Mills and Ashmont.
Lower Mills
Neighborhood
Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.
The Dorchester-Milton Lower Mills Industrial District is a historic district on both sides of the Neponset River in the Dorchester area of Boston and in the town of Milton, Massachusetts.
Ashmont
Neighborhood
Ashmont is a section of the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It includes the subsections of Ashmont Hill, Peabody Square, and Ashmont-Adams.
Mattapan
Suburb
Photo: Ekennese, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mattapan is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Mattapan is the original Massachusett name for the Dorchester area, possibly meaning "a place to sit." At the 2010 census, it had a population of 36,480, with the majority of its population immigrants.
Colpoys Library
- Categories: office and education
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.2776° or 42° 16′ 39″ northLongitude
-71.06533° or 71° 3′ 55″ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
87JC7WHM+2VOpenStreetMap ID
node 367778127OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
office=Carney HospitalGeoNames ID
4933659
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