Brookline

town in Massachusetts, United States
Place new_england_town Q49142
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Brookline

Summary

Brookline is a New England town[1]. Brookline ranks in the top 0.59% of new_england_town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (865 views/month, #3 of 511).[2]

Key Facts

  • Brookline is located in Norfolk County[3].
  • Brookline is in the country of United States[4].
  • Brookline's image is recorded as Aspinwall Hill, Brookline, MA, USA - panoramio (1).jpg[5].
  • Brookline's instance of is recorded as New England town[6].
  • Brookline's instance of is recorded as town[7].
  • Brookline's instance of is recorded as suburb[8].
  • Brookline's shares border with is recorded as Boston[9].
  • Brookline's shares border with is recorded as Newton[10].
  • Brookline's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 150726697[11].
  • Brookline's GND ID is recorded as 4275728-9[12].
  • Brookline's locator map image is recorded as Brookline ma lg.png[13].
  • Brookline's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80025793[14].
  • Brookline's postal code is recorded as 02445[15].
  • Brookline's postal code is recorded as 02446[16].
  • Brookline's part of is recorded as Massachusetts House of Representatives' 15th Norfolk district[17].
  • Brookline's part of is recorded as Massachusetts House of Representatives' 10th Suffolk district[18].
  • Brookline's part of is recorded as Massachusetts House of Representatives' 15th Suffolk district[19].
  • Brookline's part of is recorded as Massachusetts House of Representatives' 18th Suffolk district[20].
  • Brookline's part of is recorded as Massachusetts Senate's First Middlesex and Norfolk district[21].
  • Brookline's part of is recorded as Greater Boston[22].
  • Brookline's Commons category is recorded as Brookline, Massachusetts[23].
  • Brookline's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2306361[24].
  • Brookline's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[25].
  • Brookline's local dialing code is recorded as 617[26].
  • +1638-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Brookline[27].

Body

Geography

Brookline is in the country of United States[4]. Brookline is located in Norfolk County[3]. Part of include Massachusetts House of Representatives' 15th Norfolk district[17], a Massachusetts House of Representatives electoral district[28], in United States[29]; Massachusetts House of Representatives' 10th Suffolk district[18], a Massachusetts House of Representatives electoral district[30], in United States[31]; Massachusetts House of Representatives' 15th Suffolk district[19], a Massachusetts House of Representatives electoral district[32], in United States[33]; Massachusetts House of Representatives' 18th Suffolk district[20], a Massachusetts House of Representatives electoral district[34], in United States[35]; Massachusetts Senate's First Middlesex and Norfolk district[21], a Massachusetts Senate electoral district[36], in United States[37]; and Greater Boston[22], a metropolitan statistical area[38], in United States[39].

Physical Characteristics

Brookline's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+6.8'}[40]. Brookline's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+15'}[41]. Population counts include {'amount': '+484'}[42], {'amount': '+58732'}[43], {'amount': '+59180'}[44], and {'amount': '+63191'}[45].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include New England town[6], town[7], and suburb[8].

History and Context

+1638-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Brookline[27].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Brookline include Brookline[46], a village in the United States[47], in United States[48], founded in 1971[49].

Why It Matters

Brookline ranks in the top 0.59% of new_england_town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (865 views/month, #3 of 511).[2] Brookline has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Brookline is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

Entities named for Brookline include Brookline[46], a village in the United States[47], in United States[48], founded in 1971[49].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Retrieved . digital.newberry.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved . sec.state.ma.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . mapc.org. Retrieved . mapc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [42] . wikidata.org.
  27. [43] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . factfinder2.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [44] . datacommons.org. datacommons.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [45] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [41] . wikidata.org.
  31. [40] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [46] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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