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Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Roxbury,_Boston,_Massachusetts,_USA
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:neighborhood
gptkbp:annexedBy
gptkb:Boston
1868
gptkbp:areaCode
617
857
gptkbp:borderedBy
gptkb:Brookline
gptkb:Dorchester
gptkb:Fenway–Kenmore
gptkb:Jamaica_Plain
gptkb:Mattapan
gptkb:Mission_Hill
gptkb:South_End
gptkbp:city
gptkb:Boston
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:demographics
predominantly African American and Hispanic/Latino
gptkbp:founded
1630
gptkbp:historicallyPartOf
gptkb:Norfolk_County,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
one of the original towns founded in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts,_USA
gptkbp:notableEvent
site of 1967 Boston riots
gptkbp:notableInstitution
gptkb:Haley_House
gptkb:Museum_of_the_National_Center_of_Afro-American_Artists
gptkb:Roxbury_Community_College
gptkb:Roxbury_Boys_&_Girls_Club
gptkb:Roxbury_YMCA
gptkbp:notableLandmark
gptkb:Cochituate_Standpipe
gptkb:Franklin_Park
gptkb:Highland_Park
gptkb:Horatio_Harris_Park
gptkb:Madison_Park
gptkb:Marcella_Park
gptkb:Roxbury_Community_College
gptkb:Roxbury_Heritage_State_Park
gptkb:First_Church_in_Roxbury
Dudley Square (Nubian Square)
gptkbp:notablePerson
Donna Summer (born in Roxbury)
Elma Lewis (arts educator)
Malcolm X (lived in Roxbury as a youth)
gptkbp:population
approximately 59,000 (2020 census)
gptkbp:publicTransit
gptkb:MBTA_Orange_Line
gptkb:MBTA_Silver_Line
MBTA bus routes
gptkbp:state
gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:zipCode
02119
02120
02121
02125
02130
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Roxbury_YMCA
gptkb:Highland_Park,_Roxbury,_Boston,_Massachusetts,_USA
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6