South Boston

neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts
Place town Q1759693
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South Boston

Summary

South Boston is a town[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (365 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • South Boston is located in Boston[3].
  • South Boston is in the country of United States[4].
  • South Boston's image is recorded as South Boston landscape.jpg[5].
  • South Boston's instance of is recorded as neighborhood in Boston[6].
  • South Boston's flag image is recorded as Flag of South Boston, Massachusetts.png[7].
  • South Boston's shares border with is recorded as Dorchester[8].
  • South Boston's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126838085[9].
  • South Boston's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n97022695[10].
  • South Boston's postal code is recorded as 02127[11].
  • South Boston's Commons category is recorded as South Boston[12].
  • +1776-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of South Boston[13].
  • South Boston's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.28582, 'lon': -71.12909}[14].
  • South Boston's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/043x77[15].
  • South Boston's topic's main category is recorded as Category:South Boston[16].
  • South Boston's page banner is recorded as Boston Seaport Wikivoyage banner.jpg[17].
  • South Boston's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/North_America/United_States/Massachusetts/Localities/B/Boston/Neighborhoods/South_Boston/[18].
  • South Boston's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10046462[19].
  • South Boston's GeoNames ID is recorded as 4951305[20].
  • South Boston's archINFORM location ID is recorded as 48182[21].
  • South Boston's Who's on First ID is recorded as 85849485[22].
  • South Boston's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007542652805171[23].
  • South Boston's WorldCat Entities ID is recorded as E39PBJt8kPfWYrDrmG9pYGYtrq[24].
  • South Boston's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/940bfe1d-94ae-4e8e-8a55-214a4f6a9216[25].

Body

Geography

South Boston is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Boston[3].

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

+1776-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of South Boston[13].

Why It Matters

South Boston ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (365 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . archINFORM. Retrieved . archinform.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of town, neighborhood in Boston
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Boston
    Inception
    Country
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