Dorchester Center

Dorchester Center is a neighborhood in City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Dorchester Center is situated nearby to the neighborhood Ashmont, as well as near Mount Bowdoin.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Talbot Avenue station and Shawmut station.

Talbot Avenue station

Railway station

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Talbot Avenue station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the Fairmount Line. It is located near Codman Square in the Dorchester neighborhood.

Shawmut station

Metro station

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Shawmut station is a subway station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the Ashmont branch of the MBTA's Red Line. It is located on Dayton Street in the Dorchester neighborhood.

Lucy Stone School

Building

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Lucy Stone School is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dorchester and Ashmont.

Dorchester

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So, you've decided to visit Dorchester. Congratulations! Boston's largest neighborhood had long been written off, dismissed as “too dangerous” by those who had never set foot here.

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.

Fields Corner

Neighborhood

Fields Corner is a historic commercial district in Dorchester, the largest neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States founded in June 1630.

Dorchester Center

Type: Neighborhood
Also known as: “Port Norfolk”
Category: locality
Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.29177° or 42° 17′ 30″ north

Longitude

-71.07172° or 71° 4′ 18″ west

Elevation

92 feet (28 metres)

Open location code

87JC7WRH+P8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158870846

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4934979

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Satellite Map

Discover Dorchester Center from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Codman Square Post Office and Second Church in Dorchester.

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