Dorchester, Massachusetts

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Dorchester is located in Suffolk County.

Dorchester was settled in 1630.

Dorchester is 30 feet [9.14 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Dorchester lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Dorchester can be found in:

While we we don't have population counts for Dorchester, we do have some information about the surrounding area on the Census Page for Dorchester).

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008<4> Population	Change Since 2000
	Boston	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]	609,023	3.37% increase
	Brockton	S	15 mi [24.14 km]	93,007	1.38% decrease
	Brookline	NW	3 mi [4.83 km]	54,896	3.87% decrease
	Cambridge	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]	105,596	4.18% increase
	Framingham	W	18 mi [28.97 km]	64,885	3.03% decrease
	Lynn	NE	13 mi [20.92 km]	86,957	2.35% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Dorchester.

The Commemorative Quarter for Massachusetts<5>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Dorchester. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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