Jamaica Plain | |
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 Soldier's Monument and First Unitarian Universalist Church in Jamaica Plain | |
| Nickname: JP | |
 Location of Jamaica Plain in Boston, Massachusetts | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Massachusetts |
| County | Suffolk |
| Neighborhood of | Boston |
| Annexed by Boston | 1874 |
| Population (2020) | 41,012 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| Area code | 617/857 |
| Website | Official website |
Jamaica Plain is a neighborhood of 4.4 square miles (11 km2) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Settled by Puritans seeking farmland to the south, it was originally part of Roxbury. The community seceded from Roxbury during the formation of West Roxbury in 1851 and became part of Boston when West Roxbury was annexed in 1874.[1] In the 19th century, Jamaica Plain became one of the first streetcar suburbs in America and home to a significant portion of Boston's Emerald Necklace of parks, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.
In 2020, Jamaica Plain had a population of 41,012 according to the United States Census.[2]
- ^ Local Attachments : The Making of an American Urban Neighborhood, 1850 to 1920 (Creating the North American Landscape), by Alexander von Hoffman, The Johns Hopkins University Press (1996), ISBN 0-8018-5393-1
- ^ "2020 Census for Boston - Datasets - Analyze Boston". Analyze Boston. City of Boston. Retrieved January 24, 2022.