Mattapan

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 being immigrants.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Suburb with 36,300 residents
  • Description: neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Matapan”, “Mattapan, Boston”, and “Mattapan, Massachusetts”
  • Postal code: 02126

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mattapan station and Blue Hill Avenue station.

Railway station
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is an MBTA light rail station in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the southern terminus of the Mattapan Line, part of the Red Line, and is also an important MBTA bus transfer station, with eight routes terminating there.

Railway station
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is a regional rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Fairmount Line located in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Railway stop
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is a light rail station in . It serves the MBTA Mattapan Line. It is located on Capen Street off Eliot Street; the westernmost of the four MBTA stations in Milton, it consists of two side platforms flanking the eponymous street's grade crossing.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lower Mills and Ashmont.

Neighborhood
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The Dorchester-Milton Industrial District is a historic district on both sides of the in the area of and in the town of .

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

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

Mattapan

Latitude
42.27232° or 42° 16′ 20″ north
Longitude
-71.087° or 71° 5′ 13″ west
Population
36,300
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
87JC7WC7+W6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158804619
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
4943426
Wiki­data ID
Q1499193
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Mattapan” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Mattapan”
  • Chinese: “馬塔潘”
  • Dutch: “Mattapan”
  • French: “Mattapan”
  • German: “Mattapan”
  • Japanese: “マタパン”
  • Russian: “Маттапан”
  • Spanish: “Mattapan”
  • Turkish: “Mattapan”
  • Urdu: “مٹاپان”

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