Direct-Pressure-7452 t1_itfhe2w wrote on October 23, 2022 at 6:54 AM

Reply to comment by LadyGreyIcedTea in Question about city terminology. by [deleted]

Dorchester was a separate town founded in 1630 by puritans who came from Dorchester, England. It was actually founded a few months before Boston. In 1870 it was still mainly a rural town, when it was annexed by Boston. Mattapan was part of Doechester . Mattapan was the Native American name for that area

LadyGreyIcedTea t1_itgvad3 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 3:40 PM

A lot of neighborhoods of Boston were previously separate and then annexed. Roslindale was originally part of the town of Roxbury. Then JP, Rozzie and W. Rox seceded from Roxbury in 1851 and eventually voted to be annexed into Boston in 1873. Roxbury was annexed separately in 1868.