Boston: A City with Many Historical Nicknames

摘要

The Joint Statistical Meetings will return to Boston, Massachusetts, August, 2-7, for the first time in 22 years, providing an opportunity for members to visit the numerous historical sites in and around New England's largest city and the United States' fourth most popular city destination, which has at least 11 nicknames due to historical contexts. While it was at one time the largest settlement in the British North-American colonies, it is a relatively small major city in the United States today, with a 2010 population of 617,594. However, it is within the 6th-largest metropolitan area by population. Founded in 1830, 10 years after die pilgrims settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts, its initial location was a small peninsula, named Shawmut for its Native-American inhabitants. The site was chosen due to its fresh water.