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Massachusetts
Boston, the capital city of Massachusetts
Settled 1630 Incorporated 1822 Elevation 141 ft (43 m) Population 655,884
Metro 4,628,910 (US: 10th)
Boston is the capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is the largest city in New England and the 24th largest city in the United States. Greater Boston (metro) is the tenth-largest, and if you take into account all of those within commuting distance, the population of the Boston area is 7.6 million people, the sixth-largest in the United States.
Boston is also one of the oldest cities in the United States, being founded in 1630 by Puritan settlers from England. It is
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