Brookline, Massachusetts
Appearance
Brookline, Massachusetts | |
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![]() Intersection of Harvard and Beacon Streets in the Coolidge Corner neighborhood of Brookline | |
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Coordinates: 42°19′54″N 71°07′18″W / 42.33167°N 71.12167°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | ![]() |
County | Norfolk |
Region | New England |
Settled | 1638 |
Incorporated | 1705 |
Government | |
• Type | Representative town meeting |
Area | |
• Total | 6.8 sq mi (17.7 km2) |
• Land | 6.8 sq mi (17.6 km2) |
• Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
Elevation | 50 ft (15 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 63,191 |
• Density | 9,292.8/sq mi (3,590.4/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (Eastern) |
ZIP Codes | 02445–02447, 02467 |
Area code | 617/857 |
FIPS code | 25-09175 |
GNIS feature ID | 0619456 |
Website | www |
Brookline is a city in Massachusetts. It is west of Boston, Massachusetts. The 2020 United States Census reported that Brookline's population is 63,191.[2] The city was settled in 1638. Brookline was incorporated in 1705.
Notable people
[change | change source]- Michael Bloomberg, former Mayor of New York City
- Members of the Kennedy Family
- John F. Kennedy, former President of the United States
- Ted Kennedy, former United States Senator
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver
- Kathleen Agnes Kennedy Cavendish
- Rosemary Kennedy
- Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
- Patricia Kennedy
- Robert F. Kennedy, former United States Senator and United States Attorney General
- Jean Kennedy Smith
- Michael Dukakis, the 1988 Presidential election Democratic candidate and former Governor of Massachusetts
- Mike Wallace, former journalist
- Barbara Walter's
Conan O'Brian
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "QuickFacts: Brookline city, Massachusetts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 4, 2024.