Massachusetts
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Lower Mills

The Dorchester-Milton Lower Mills Industrial District is a historic district on both sides of the in the area of and in the town of .
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: Boston, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed
  • Also known as: “Dorchester” and “Dorchester-Milton Lower Mills Industrial District”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Milton station and Central Avenue station.

Railway station
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is a light rail station in . Located in the Dorchester-Milton Lower Mills Industrial District, it serves the MBTA's Mattapan Line. This station is accessible via wooden ramps on both platforms.

Railway station
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is a light rail station located off Central Avenue near Eliot Street in . It serves the Mattapan Line, a branch of the MBTA Red Line.

Railway station
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is a light rail station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the MBTA Mattapan Line. It is located at Butler Street in the Lower Mills section of the Dorchester neighborhood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ashmont and Mattapan.

Neighborhood
is a section of the neighborhood of , . It includes the subsections of Hill, Peabody Square, and Ashmont-Adams.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. 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.

Neighborhood
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is a district in the southeastern corner of , , United States. The Indians were the original inhabitants of this district and in 1646 John Eliot preached unsuccessfully to the Native American community in Lower Mills led by Sachem Cutshamekin before the tribe moved to Ponkapoag.

Lower Mills

Latitude
42.27307° or 42° 16′ 23″ north
Longitude
-71.06892° or 71° 4′ 8″ west
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
Open location code
87JC7WFJ+6C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158846902
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­neighborhood
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
4942694
Wiki­data ID
Q5297588
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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Milton Village and Shawmut Junction.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lower Mills Branch Library and Baker Chocolate Factory.

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