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Boston, MA 02127
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South Boston, MA 02127
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S Boston, MA 02127

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The 02127 ZIP Code is centered1 in Suffolk County at latitude 42.339 and longitude -71.025 (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) 02127 was 29,456 with 14,761 housing units; a land area land area of 2.03 sq. miles; a water area of 0.19 sq. miles; and a population density of 14,501.08 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

City Point, MA (< 0.1 mile)
Fort Independence, MA (< 0.1 mile)
South Boston, MA (1.4 miles WSW)
Dorchester Heights, MA (1.4 miles WSW)
Jeffries Point, MA (1.9 miles NNW)
Savin Hill, MA (2.4 miles SW)
Uphams Corner, MA (2.4 miles SW)
Boston, MA (2.4 miles NW)
Court Park, MA (2.7 miles NNE)
East Boston, MA (2.7 miles NNW)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Downtown Crossing, MA (1.9 miles WNW)
Dock Square, MA (1.9 miles WNW)
Bay Village, MA (2.4 miles WNW)
North End, MA (2.4 miles NW)
Beacon Hill, MA (2.7 miles WNW)
New Squantum, MA (3.1 miles S)
Admirals Hill, MA (3.6 miles NNW)
Forest Hills, MA (5.3 miles WSW)
Mattapan, MA (5.6 miles SW)
Avon Hill, MA (6 miles WNW)

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.