Massachusetts
Suffolk
City of Boston

Uphams Corner

Uphams Corner, or Upham's Corner, is a commercial center in , the largest neighborhood of , . The intersection of Dudley Street/Stoughton Street and Columbia Road is the heart of Uphams Corner, and one of Dorchester's main business districts.
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 4,550 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Massachusetts, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Burying Place Corner”

Places of Interest

Highlights include James Blake House and St. Mary’s Episcopal Church.

Museum
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The is the oldest surviving house in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The house was built in 1661 and the date was confirmed by dendrochronology in 2007.

Place of worship
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St. Mary's Episcopal Church is a parish of the Episcopal Church, noted for its historic church at 14–16 Cushing Avenue in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Park
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, in Dorchester, , is the intersection of Columbia Road, Massachusetts Avenue, East Cottage Street and Boston Street, that was named in 1894 after a former governor of Massachusetts, Edward Everett, who was born near there.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Savin Hill and Fields Corner.

Neighborhood
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is a section of , the largest neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, . Named after the geographic feature it covers and surrounds, is about one square mile in area, and has a population of about 15,000 people.

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

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Honor. Tradition. Loyalty. If you're familiar with as presented on the silver screen, these values might spring foremost to your mind. You wouldn't be wrong, but a lot has changed since mob boss Whitey Bulger controlled his criminal underworld from here during the 1970s.

Uphams Corner

Latitude
42.31677° or 42° 19′ 0″ north
Longitude
-71.06061° or 71° 3′ 38″ west
Population
4,550
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
Open location code
87JC8W8Q+PQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158909021
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
4953724
Wiki­data ID
Q7898299
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Turkish—“Uphams Corner” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Uphams Corner”
  • French: “Uphams Corner”
  • Turkish: “Uphams Corner”

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