Charlestown

's Charlestown was the traditional home of employees at the now-decommissioned Navy Yard. It has experienced a shift in its population and industry and an increasing number of young professionals are joining the families who have lived in the area for years.
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  • Suburb with about 20,400 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 40 feet (10 metres)
  • Description: neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  • Postal code: 02129
  • Also known as
    “Charles Towne”
    “Charleston”
    “Charlestown Heights”
    “Charlestown, Boston”
    “Charlestown, Massachusetts”
    “Charlton”
    “Mishawum”

Places of Interest

Highlights include TD Garden and Bunker Hill Monument.
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Stadium
is a multi-purpose arena in , Massachusetts.
Scenic viewpoint
The is a on Breed's…
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Museum
is a Fletcher-class destroyer of the…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North End and East Boston.
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Known as "Little Italy" for over a hundred years, the…
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A lot of neighborhoods claim to be diverse, but is the real deal.
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A city of history and tradition, offers a proud…

Charlestown

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Latitude
42.37788° or 42° 22′ 40″ north
Longitude
-71.062° or 71° 3′ 43″ west
UN/LOCODE
US CHN
Open location code
87JC9WHQ+56
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158842640
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
4932819
Wiki­data ID
Q1756813

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Charlestown” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Չալզթաուն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çarlztaun”
  • Belarusian: “Чарлзтаўн”
  • Catalan: “Charlestown”
  • Cebuano: “Charlestown”
  • Chinese: “查爾斯鎮 (麻薩諸塞州)”
  • Chinese: “查爾斯頓”
  • Chinese: “波士頓查爾斯頓”
  • Chinese: “波士顿查尔斯顿”
  • Chinese: “碳排放計畫”
  • Czech: “Charlestown”
  • Danish: “Charlestown”
  • Dutch: “Charlestown”
  • Finnish: “Charlestown”
  • French: “Charlestown”
  • Georgian: “ჩარლზტაუნი”
  • German: “Charlestown”
  • Greek: “Τσαρλστάουν”
  • Hebrew: “צ’ארלסטאון”
  • Hungarian: “Charlestown”
  • Irish: “Charlestown”
  • Italian: “Charlestown”
  • Japanese: “チャールズタウン”
  • Latin: “Carolopolis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Charlestown”
  • Norwegian: “Charlestown”
  • Ossetian: “Чарльзтаун”
  • Persian: “چارلزتاون، بوستون”
  • Persian: “چارلزتاون”
  • Polish: “Charlestown”
  • Portuguese: “Charlestown”
  • Romanian: “Charlestown, Massachusetts”
  • Romanian: “Charlestown”
  • Russian: “Чарлзтаун”
  • Russian: “Чарльзтаун”
  • Slovak: “Charlestown”
  • Slovenian: “Charlestown”
  • South Azerbaijani: “چارلزتوون، بوزتون”
  • Spanish: “Charlestown (Boston)”
  • Spanish: “Charlestown”
  • Swahili: “Charlestown, Massachusetts”
  • Swahili: “Charlestown”
  • Swedish: “Charlestown”
  • Tatar: “Чарлзтаун”
  • Turkish: “Charlestown”
  • Ukrainian: “Чарльзтаун”
  • Urdu: “چارلس ٹاؤن، بوسٹن”
  • Welsh: “Charlestown”

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