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Suffolk County

county in Massachusetts, United States
AdministrativeArea county_of_massachusetts Q54072
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Suffolk County

Summary

Suffolk County is a county of Massachusetts[1]. It draws 860 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_massachusetts category, ranking #3 of 15).[2]

Key Facts

  • Suffolk County is located in Massachusetts[3].
  • Suffolk County is in the country of United States[4].
  • Suffolk County's instance of is recorded as county of Massachusetts[5].
  • Suffolk County's capital is recorded as Boston[6].
  • Suffolk County's shares border with is recorded as Essex County[7].
  • Suffolk County's shares border with is recorded as Norfolk County[8].
  • Suffolk County's shares border with is recorded as Middlesex County[9].
  • Suffolk is named after Suffolk County[10].
  • Suffolk County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Boston[11].
  • Suffolk County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Revere[12].
  • Suffolk County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Chelsea[13].
  • Suffolk County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Winthrop[14].
  • Suffolk County's Commons category is recorded as Suffolk County, Massachusetts[15].
  • 1643 marks the founding of Suffolk County[16].
  • Suffolk County's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.334949, 'lon': -71.073494}[17].
  • Suffolk County's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Suffolk County, Massachusetts[18].
  • Suffolk County has a population of {'amount': '+722023'}[19].
  • Suffolk County has a population of {'amount': '+725140'}[20].
  • Suffolk County has a population of {'amount': '+735607'}[21].
  • Suffolk County has a population of {'amount': '+746039'}[22].
  • Suffolk County has a population of {'amount': '+755503'}[23].
  • Suffolk County has a population of {'amount': '+778121'}[24].
  • Suffolk County has a population of {'amount': '+797936'}[25].
  • Suffolk County's topic has template is recorded as Template:Suffolk County, Massachusetts[26].
  • Suffolk County's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Suffolk County, Massachusetts[27].

Body

Geography

Suffolk County is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Massachusetts[3].

Physical Characteristics

Suffolk County covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+311'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+722023'}[19], {'amount': '+725140'}[20], {'amount': '+735607'}[21], {'amount': '+746039'}[22], {'amount': '+755503'}[23], and {'amount': '+778121'}[24].

Designation and Status

Suffolk County's instance of is recorded as county of Massachusetts[5].

History and Context

1643 marks the founding of Suffolk County[16]. Suffolk is named after it[10].

Why It Matters

Suffolk County draws 860 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_massachusetts category, ranking #3 of 15).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Boston College Massachusetts Province of Massachusetts Bay United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . mass.gov. Retrieved . mass.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . mass.gov. Retrieved . mass.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . mass.gov. Retrieved . mass.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . United States Census Bureau. Retrieved . quickfacts.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . 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] ↑ . United States Census Bureau. Retrieved . quickfacts.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Population Estimates Program. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 20d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 00006328
    Umls cui → C3814823
    Taxonomicon id → 1806094
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  2. 21d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Suffolk County, Massachusetts
    Number of households → {'amount': '+312978'}
    Named after → —
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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