Milton

town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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Summary

Milton is a New England town[1]. Milton ranks in the top 5% of new england town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,445 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Norfolk County[3], Massachusetts[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Instance of: census-designated place in the United States[6]
  • Shares border with: Boston[7]
  • Postal code: 02186[8]
  • Part of: Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Norfolk district[9], Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Suffolk district[10], Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district[11]
  • Commons category: Milton, Massachusetts[12]
  • Located in time zone: Eastern Time Zone[13]
  • Inception: 1636[14]
  • Official website: https://www.townofmilton.org/[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Milton, Massachusetts[16]
  • Population: 25,691[17], 28,630[18], 27,003[19]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20], New International Encyclopedia[21]
  • Official name: Milton[22]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Milton, Massachusetts[23]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Milton, Massachusetts[24]
  • Number of households: 8656[25]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Milton, Massachusetts[26]
  • Elevation above sea level: 40 m[27]
  • Area: 13.3 square mile[28], 34.470697 km²[29]
  • Located in the statistical territorial entity: Boston–Cambridge–Newton NECTA division[30]
  • Per capita income: 58,520 US dollars[31]

Why It Matters

Milton has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Milton is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved . sec.state.ma.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Geonames id → 4944193
    Part of → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Norfolk County, Massachusetts
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Milton, Massachusetts
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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