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Mattapan, MA 02126
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Boston, MA 02126
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Hyde Park, MA 02126

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The 02126 ZIP Code is centered1 in Suffolk County at latitude 42.275 and longitude -71.09 (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) 02126 was 27,815 with 9,710 housing units; a land area land area of 2.05 sq. miles; a water area of 0.01 sq. miles; and a population density of 13,538.19 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Milton Upper Mills, MA (1.4 miles SSW)
Milton Village, MA (1.4 miles ESE)
Forbes Wharf, MA (1.4 miles ESE)
Milton Center, MA (1.4 miles SSE)
Lower Mills, MA (1.4 miles E)
Dorchester Center, MA (1.4 miles NE)
Ashmont, MA (1.4 miles ENE)
Cedar Grove, MA (1.9 miles ENE)
Fairmount, MA (1.9 miles SW)
Dorchester, MA (1.9 miles NNE)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Mattapan, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Clarendon Hills, MA (1.9 miles W)
Forest Hills, MA (1.9 miles NW)
New Squantum, MA (3.6 miles ENE)
Bay Village, MA (5.3 miles N)
Dock Square, MA (5.6 miles NNE)
Downtown Crossing, MA (5.8 miles NNE)
Beacon Hill, MA (6 miles N)
North End, MA (6.6 miles NNE)
Coolidge Hill, MA (7.2 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.