Massachusetts Bay · MA
Boston
The oldest working port in the Western Hemisphere.
- Population
- 675,647 (2020 census)
- Founded
- 1630
- Evacuation Day
- March 17, 1776
Then
- 1630
Puritans settle the Shawmut Peninsula in September.
- 1773
Colonists dump an entire shipment of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act.
- 1775–1776
The Siege of Boston ends on March 17, 1776, when the British sail away.
- 1800s
Landfill, including the Back Bay, more than doubles the city's land. Two-thirds of inner Boston did not exist in 1630.
Now
Boston borders the Boston Harbor Islands and is planning for two to seven feet of sea level rise by 2100. This stretch reaches from the Mystic River to Boston Light.
18 tide stations around Boston
- Boston0.6 mi
- Charlestown, Charles River entrance0.8 mi
- Amelia Earhart Dam, Mystic River2.6 mi
- Chelsea St. Bridge, Chelsea River2.6 mi
- Moon Head5.0 mi
- Deer Island (south end)5.1 mi
- Neponset, Neponset River5.3 mi
- Nut Island, Quincy Bay7.7 mi
- Hull8.1 mi
- Boston Light8.8 mi
Show all 18 stations
- Lynn, Lynn Harbor9.0 mi
- Weymouth Fore River Bridge9.0 mi
- Crow Point, Hingham Harbor entrance10.9 mi
- Hingham11.8 mi
- Nantasket Beach, Weir River11.9 mi
- Cohasset Harbor (White Head)16.0 mi
- Scituate, Scituate Harbor20.2 mi
- Damons Point, North River21.6 mi