Boston

Summary

Boston is a town in the United States^[1]. Boston ranks in the top 4% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Boston is located in Erie County^[3].
• Boston is in the country of United States^[4].
• Boston's instance of is recorded as town in the United States^[5].
• Boston's instance of is recorded as town of New York^[6].
• Boston's locator map image is recorded as Erie County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas Boston highlighted.svg^[7].
• Boston's postal code is recorded as 14025^[8].
• Boston's Commons category is recorded as Boston, New York^[9].
• Boston's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 13642223^[10].
• Boston's local dialing code is recorded as 716^[11].
• +1817-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Boston^[12].
• Boston's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 978744^[13].
• Boston's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.628888888889, 'lon': -78.7375}^[14].
• Boston's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0x_8b^[15].
• Boston's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 36-07454^[16].
• Boston's official website is recorded as http://www.townofboston.com/^[17].
• Boston's population is recorded as {'amount': '+8023'}^[18].
• Boston's population is recorded as {'amount': '+7948'}^[19].
• Boston's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Town of Boston'}^[20].
• Boston's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Boston'}^[21].
• Boston's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+3903'}^[22].
• Boston's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5109797^[23].
• Boston's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 2068137^[24].
• Boston's UN/LOCODE is recorded as USYBS^[25].
• Boston's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+281'}^[26].
• Boston's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+35.82'}^[27].

Body

Founding

+1817-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Boston^[12].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Town of Boston'}^[20] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Boston'}^[21].

Why It Matters

Boston ranks in the top 4% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month).^[2] Boston has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Boston is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]