Roxbury
One of the first towns founded in Massachusetts Bay, Roxbury is located at the geographic center of Boston. Serving as the heart of Black culture in Boston, Roxbury seriously considered seceding from Boston during the late 1980s.- Type: Suburb
- Description: dissolved municipality and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Boston Highlands”, “Rockesbury”, “Rocksberry”, “Rocksboro”, “Rocksborough”, “Rocksbury”, “Roxborough”, “Roxburgh”, “Roxbury, Boston”, “Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts”, and “Roxbury, Massachusetts”
- Neighbors: Dorchester, Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill, and South End
Places of Interest
Highlights include William Lloyd Garrison House and Roxbury Heritage State Park.
William Lloyd Garrison House
Historic house
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The William Lloyd Garrison House, also known as Rockledge, is a National Historic Landmark house, located at 125 Highland Street in the Roxbury Highlands section of Boston, Massachusetts.
Roxbury Heritage State Park
Park
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Roxbury Heritage State Park is a history-themed heritage park in the oldest part of Roxbury, a former town annexed in 1868 by Boston, Massachusetts. It is anchored by the Dillaway–Thomas House, a large colonial structure built in 1750 and thought to be the oldest surviving house in Roxbury.
Ruggles station
Railway station
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Ruggles station is an intermodal transfer station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority rapid transit, bus, and commuter rail services and is located at the intersection of Ruggles and Tremont streets, where the Roxbury, Fenway–Kenmore, and Mission Hill neighborhoods meet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South End and Fenway-Kenmore.
South End
Possessing the largest Victorian row house district in the country, the South End is one of Boston's most popular places. After many homes underwent renovation in the 1960s, upscale restaurants and art galleries sprang up, and the area has attracted a diverse blend of families, young professionals, a gay and lesbian community and a thriving artistic center.
Fenway-Kenmore
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The Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood is named after Kenmore Square, and after the Fens, both of which it encompasses. Kenmore Square is the area's dynamic urban center.
Mission Hill
Suburb
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Mission Hill is a 3⁄4 square mile, primarily residential neighborhood of Boston, bordered by Roxbury, Jamaica Plain and Fenway-Kenmore and the town of Brookline.
Roxbury
- Categories: neighborhood in Boston, African-American neighborhood, and locality
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.32891° or 42° 19′ 44″ northLongitude
-71.08509° or 71° 5′ 6″ westElevation
154 feet (47 metres)Open location code
87JC8WH7+HXOpenStreetMap ID
node 158876379OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Roxbury” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ռոքսբերի”
- Belarusian: “Роксберы”
- Bulgarian: “Роксбъри”
- Catalan: “Roxbury”
- Cebuano: “Roxbury”
- Chinese: “波士頓”
- Chinese: “波士顿”
- Chinese: “洛克斯伯里”
- Chinese: “洛斯貝利”
- Chinese: “罗克斯伯里”
- Chinese: “羅克斯伯裏”
- Chinese: “羅克斯伯里”
- Czech: “Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts”
- Czech: “Roxbury”
- Danish: “Roxbury”
- Dutch: “Roxbury”
- French: “Roxbury”
- German: “Roxbury”
- Greek: “Ρόξμπερι”
- Hebrew: “רוקסברי”
- Irish: “Roxbury”
- Italian: “Roxbury”
- Japanese: “マサチューセッツ州”
- Japanese: “ロクスベリー”
- Korean: “록스버리”
- Latin: “Roxberia”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Roxbury”
- Persian: “راکسبری”
- Persian: “روکسبوری، بوستون”
- Polish: “Roxbury”
- Portuguese: “Roxbury”
- Russian: “Роксбери”
- Slovenian: “Roxbury”
- South Azerbaijani: “روکسبوری، بوزتون”
- Spanish: “Roxbury”
- Swahili: “Roxbury, Massachusetts”
- Swahili: “Roxbury”
- Swedish: “Roxbury”
- Turkish: “Roxbury”
- Urdu: “روکسبیری، بوسٹن”
- Welsh: “Roxbury”
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