Town of Dorchester

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The Town of Dorchester was an early colonial Massachusetts settlement that later became a historic neighborhood within the city of Boston.

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Town of Dorchester canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former municipality in Massachusetts ⓘ
former town ⓘ
historic neighborhood ⓘ
adjacentTo Boston Harbor ⓘ
Milton, Massachusetts ⓘ
Quincy, Massachusetts ⓘ
Roxbury (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Roxbury
annexationYear 1870 ⓘ
annexedBy Boston ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentStatus historic district ⓘ
neighborhood of Boston ⓘ
earlierRegion Norfolk County, Massachusetts (historical association) ⓘ
establishedIn 1630 ⓘ
formerSettlementType independent town ⓘ
foundedAs colonial town ⓘ
foundedBy English Puritan settlers ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Colony settlers ⓘ
governedBy Town meeting (historical) ⓘ
governingBodyAfterAnnexation Boston city government ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage New England colonial history ⓘ
hasHistoricSignificance early colonial settlement ⓘ
site of early New England town government ⓘ
hasNeighborhoodName Dorchester ⓘ
historicalJurisdiction Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
historicRole agricultural and maritime community ⓘ
languageOfEarlySettlers English ⓘ
laterBecame Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ
locatedIn Massachusetts ⓘ
New England ⓘ
Suffolk County, Massachusetts ⓘ
locatedInTime colonial era ⓘ
locatedNear Neponset River ⓘ
locatedOn Dorchester Bay ⓘ
mergedInto Boston ⓘ
namedAfter Dorchester, Dorset, England ⓘ
oneOfEarliestSettlementsIn Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
New England ⓘ
partOf City of Boston ⓘ
Greater Boston ⓘ
region Suffolk County (after annexation) ⓘ
religiousOrigins Puritan ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
urbanization incorporated into Boston city fabric ⓘ

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