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Boston, MA 02120
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Mission Hill, MA 02120
Roxbury, MA 02120
Roxbury Crossing, MA 02120
Roxbury Xing, MA 02120

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The 02120 ZIP Code is centered1 in Suffolk County at latitude 42.334 and longitude -71.097 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Suffolk County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 02120 was 10,842 with 4,236 housing units; a land area land area of 0.59 sq. miles; a water area of 0 sq. miles; and a population density of 18,379.04 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Longwood Station, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Brookline Village, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Roxbury, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Roxbury Crossing, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Back Bay, MA (1.4 miles NNE)
Brookline, MA (1.4 miles W)
Coolidge Corner, MA (1.4 miles WNW)
Cambridgeport, MA (1.9 miles N)
Grove Hall, MA (1.9 miles SE)
Jamaica Plain, MA (1.9 miles SW)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Bay Village, MA (1.9 miles NE)
Beacon Hill, MA (2.4 miles NE)
Dock Square, MA (2.4 miles ENE)
Downtown Crossing, MA (2.4 miles NE)
Forest Hills, MA (2.7 miles SSW)
North End, MA (3.1 miles NE)
Coolidge Hill, MA (3.4 miles NW)
Huron Village, MA (3.9 miles NNW)
Larchwood, MA (3.9 miles NW)
Avon Hill, MA (3.9 miles NNW)

ZIP Codes - Key Concepts

  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.