The City of Newton in
Middlesex County,
Massachusetts, is an important residential
suburb of
Boston, which abuts it on the east. According to the
2000 census, the population of the Newton was 83,829, making it the tenth largest
city in the state. Newton does not have a single town center, but is rather a patchwork of 13 "villages", many boasting small "downtown" areas of their own. The 13 villages are:
Auburndale,
Chestnut Hill,
Newton Centre,
Newton Corner,
Newton Highlands,
Newton Lower Falls,
Newton Upper Falls (both on the
Charles River, and both once small industrial sites),
Newtonville,
Nonantum (also called The Lake),
Oak Hill,
Thompsonville,
Waban, and
West Newton.
Oak Hill Park is a place within the village of Oak Hill that itself is shown as a village on some city maps. Although most of the villages have a post office, they have no legal definition and no firmly defined borders. See
The Thirteen Villages of Newton.
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