Dorchester

Summary

Dorchester is a neighborhood in Boston^[1]. Dorchester ranks in the top 10% of neighborhood_in_boston entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (525 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Dorchester is located in Boston^[3].
• Dorchester is in the country of United States^[4].
• Dorchester's image is recorded as Dorchester,Massachusetts,USA. - panoramio (5).jpg^[5].
• Dorchester's instance of is recorded as neighborhood in Boston^[6].
• Dorchester's shares border with is recorded as Roxbury^[7].
• Dorchester's shares border with is recorded as South Boston^[8].
• Dorchester's seal image is recorded as Seal of Dorchester, Massachusetts.png^[9].
• Dorchester's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 162385983^[10].
• Dorchester's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81022185^[11].
• Dorchester's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 145544329^[12].
• Dorchester's postal code is recorded as 02121^[13].
• Dorchester's postal code is recorded as 02122^[14].
• Dorchester's postal code is recorded as 02125^[15].
• Dorchester's Commons category is recorded as Dorchester, Boston^[16].
• Dorchester's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone^[17].
• Dorchester's pronunciation audio is recorded as SC-dorchester.ogg^[18].
• +1630-05-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Dorchester^[19].
• Dorchester's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 612904^[20].
• Dorchester's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.316666666667, 'lon': -71.05}^[21].
• Dorchester's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02s838^[22].
• Dorchester's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge679013^[23].
• Dorchester's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 25-17090^[24].
• Dorchester's official website is recorded as https://www.boston.gov/neighborhood/dorchester^[25].
• Dorchester's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dorchester, Boston^[26].
• Dorchester's page banner is recorded as Boston Skyline from Columbia Point.jpg^[27].

Body

Geography

Dorchester is in the country of United States^[4]. Dorchester is located in Boston^[3].

Designation and Status

Dorchester's instance of is recorded as neighborhood in Boston^[6].

History and Context

+1630-05-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Dorchester^[19].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Dorchester include Dorchester County^[28], a county of South Carolina^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1897^[31].

Why It Matters

Dorchester ranks in the top 10% of neighborhood_in_boston entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (525 views/month).^[2] Dorchester has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Dorchester is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for Dorchester include Dorchester County^[28], a county of South Carolina^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1897^[31].