Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Roxbury,_Boston,_Massachusetts,_United_States

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:neighborhood
gptkbp:adjacentTo	gptkb:Dorchester gptkb:Fenway–Kenmore gptkb:Jamaica_Plain gptkb:Mission_Hill gptkb:South_End
gptkbp:annexedBy	gptkb:Boston 1868
gptkbp:areaCode	617 857
gptkbp:city	gptkb:Boston
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:demographics	predominantly African American and Hispanic
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, United States
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:notableEvent	site of significant civil rights activism
gptkbp:notableInstitution	gptkb:Boston_Latin_Academy gptkb:Museum_of_the_National_Center_of_Afro-American_Artists gptkb:Roxbury_Community_College gptkb:Madison_Park_Technical_Vocational_High_School
gptkbp:notableLandmark	gptkb:Cochituate_Standpipe gptkb:Dudley_Square gptkb:Franklin_Park gptkb:Roxbury_Heritage_State_Park gptkb:First_Church_in_Roxbury
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Donna_Summer gptkb:Malcolm_X gptkb:Elma_Lewis Roxbury Conglomerate (geological formation)
gptkbp:population	approximately 59,000
gptkbp:publicTransit	gptkb:MBTA_Orange_Line gptkb:MBTA_Silver_Line
gptkbp:state	gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:zipCode	02119 02120 02121 02125 02130
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Kim_Janey gptkb:Dimock_Center gptkb:First_Church_of_Roxbury gptkb:John_D._O'Bryant_School_of_Mathematics_and_Science gptkb:Roxbury_Community_College gptkb:Roxbury_Heritage_State_Park
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5