Roxbury (Boston, Mass.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
רוקסברי (בוסטון, מסצ'וסטס)
Name (Latin)
Roxbury (Boston, Mass.)
Other forms of name
Boston (Mass.). Roxbury
Roxbury (Mass.)
Boston Highlands (Boston, Mass.)
Rocksbury (Boston, Mass.)
Coordinates
-71.09527778 -71.09527778 42.325 42.325 (gooearth )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 138651422
Wikidata: Q20138
Library of congress: no 90004175
OCoLC: oca02697006
Sources of Information
  • GNIS, Nov. 12, 2001(Roxbury, populated place, 3.2 mi SW of Boston C.H.; City of Boston; Named for its uneven and rocky surface and originally spelled Rocksbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Variant Names: Boston Highlands 42deg. 19min. 30sec.N 071deg. 05min. 45sec.W)
  • The report of the receipts and expenditures of the city of Roxbury, as made out by the Committee on Accounts: being a general statement of the finances of the city for ..., 1846/47
  • Encyc. Britannica, 11th ed.(Roxbury; founded in 1630; Norfolk Co., Mass.; since 1868 a part of Boston)
  • Rand McNally com. atlas, 1985(Roxbury; section of Boston)
  • GNIS, Nov. 12, 2001(Roxbury, populated place, 3.2 mi SW of Boston C.H.; City of Boston; Named for its uneven and rocky surface and originally spelled Rocksbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Variant Names: Boston Highlands 42deg. 19min.30sec.N 071deg. 05min. 45sec.W)
  • Getty, Nov. 12, 2001(Roxbury (neighborhood) Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Variant names: Boston Highlands 42deg. 19min.N 071deg. 05min.W)