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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlestown_(lungsod_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Massachusetts)" title="Charlestown (lungsod sa Tinipong Bansa, Massachusetts) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Charlestown (lungsod sa Tinipong Bansa, Massachusetts)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlestown_(Boston)" title="Charlestown (Boston) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Charlestown (Boston)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CF%83%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%BB%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD_(%CE%92%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%84%CF%8E%CE%BD%CE%B7)" title="Τσάρλσταουν (Βοστώνη) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τσάρλσταουν (Βοστώνη)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%8C_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86" title="چارلزتاون، بوستون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="چارلزتاون، بوستون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlestown_(Boston)" title="Charlestown (Boston) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Charlestown 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class="infobox-data">1847</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Annexed by Boston</th><td class="infobox-data">1874</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/King_Charles_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="King Charles I of England">King Charles I</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-5">UTC-5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-4" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-4">UTC-4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Zip Code</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">02129</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_617" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 617">617</a>/<a href="/wiki/Area_code_857" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 857">857</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Charlestown</b> is the oldest <a href="/wiki/Neighborhoods_in_Boston" title="Neighborhoods in Boston">neighborhood</a> in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston, Massachusetts</a>, in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also called <b>Mishawum</b> by the <a href="/wiki/Massachusett" title="Massachusett">Massachusett</a>, it is located on a <a href="/wiki/Peninsula" title="Peninsula">peninsula</a> north of the <a href="/wiki/Charles_River" title="Charles River">Charles River</a>, across from downtown Boston, and also adjoins the <a href="/wiki/Mystic_River" title="Mystic River">Mystic River</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boston_Harbor" title="Boston Harbor">Boston Harbor</a> waterways. Charlestown was laid out in 1629 by engineer <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Graves_(engineer)" title="Thomas Graves (engineer)">Thomas Graves</a>, one of its earliest settlers, during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">Charles I of England</a>. It was originally a separate town and the first capital of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">Massachusetts Bay Colony</a>. </p><p>Charlestown became a city in 1848 and was annexed by Boston on January 5, 1874. With that, it also switched from <a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County,_Massachusetts" title="Middlesex County, Massachusetts">Middlesex County</a>, to which it had belonged since 1643, to <a href="/wiki/Suffolk_County,_Massachusetts" title="Suffolk County, Massachusetts">Suffolk County</a>. It has had a substantial <a href="/wiki/Irish_Americans" title="Irish Americans">Irish-American</a> population since the migration of <a href="/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish people</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Great_Irish_Famine" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Irish Famine">Great Irish Famine</a> of the 1840s. Since the late 1980s, the neighborhood has changed dramatically because of its proximity to downtown and its colonial architecture. A mix of <a href="/wiki/Yuppie" title="Yuppie">yuppie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Upper_middle_class" title="Upper middle class">upper-middle-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Gentrification" title="Gentrification">gentrification</a> has influenced much of the area, as it has in many of Boston's neighborhoods, but Charlestown still maintains a strong Irish-American population. </p><p>In the 21st century, Charlestown's diversity has expanded dramatically, along with growing rates of the very poor and very wealthy. Today Charlestown is a largely residential neighborhood, with much housing near the waterfront, overlooking the Boston skyline. Charlestown is home to many historic sites, hospitals and organizations, with access from the Orange Line <a href="/wiki/Sullivan_Square" title="Sullivan Square">Sullivan Square</a> or Community College stops or the I-93 expressway. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlestown,_Boston&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Charlestown,_Boston" title="Special:EditPage/Charlestown, Boston">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Charlestown%2C+Boston%22">"Charlestown, Boston"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Charlestown%2C+Boston%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Charlestown%2C+Boston%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Charlestown%2C+Boston%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Charlestown%2C+Boston%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Charlestown%2C+Boston%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bunker_Hill_Monument_and_Statue.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Bunker_Hill_Monument_and_Statue.JPG/170px-Bunker_Hill_Monument_and_Statue.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Bunker_Hill_Monument_and_Statue.JPG/255px-Bunker_Hill_Monument_and_Statue.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Bunker_Hill_Monument_and_Statue.JPG/340px-Bunker_Hill_Monument_and_Statue.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>The Bunker Hill Monument and <a href="/wiki/William_Prescott" title="William Prescott">William Prescott</a> Statue</figcaption></figure> <p>Thomas and Jane Walford<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were the original English settlers of the peninsula between the <a href="/wiki/Charles_(river,_Massachusetts)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles (river, Massachusetts)">Charles</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mystic_River" title="Mystic River">Mystic</a>. They were given a grant by Sir Robert Gorges, with whom they had settled at <a href="/wiki/Wessagusset_Colony" title="Wessagusset Colony">Wessagusset</a> (<a href="/wiki/Weymouth,_Massachusetts" title="Weymouth, Massachusetts">Weymouth</a>) in September 1623 and arrived at what they called Mishawaum in 1624. <a href="/wiki/John_Endicott" class="mw-redirect" title="John Endicott">John Endicott</a>, first governor of <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">Massachusetts Bay Colony</a>, sent William, Richard and Ralph Sprague to Mishawaum to lay out a settlement. Thomas Walford, acting as an interpreter with the Massachusett Indians, negotiated with the local <a href="/wiki/Sachem" title="Sachem">sachem</a> <a href="/wiki/Wonohaquaham" title="Wonohaquaham">Wonohaquaham</a> for Endicott and his people to settle there. Although Walford had a virtual monopoly on the region's available <a href="/wiki/Fur_trading" class="mw-redirect" title="Fur trading">furs</a>, he welcomed the newcomers and helped them in any way he could, unaware that his Episcopalian religious beliefs would cause him to be banished from Massachusetts to <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire" title="Portsmouth, New Hampshire">Portsmouth</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> within three years. </p><p>Originally a <a href="/wiki/Puritan" class="mw-redirect" title="Puritan">Puritan</a> English city during the Colonial era, Charlestown proper was founded in 1628 and settled July 4, 1629, by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Graves_(engineer)" title="Thomas Graves (engineer)">Thomas Graves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Increase_Nowell" title="Increase Nowell">Increase Nowell</a>, Simon Hoyt, the Rev. Francis Bright, and <a href="/wiki/William_Sprague_(1609%E2%80%931675)" title="William Sprague (1609–1675)">the Spragues (Ralph, Richard, & William Sprague)</a>, among some 100 others who preceded the <a href="/wiki/Great_Migration_(Puritan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Migration (Puritan)">Great Migration</a>. <a href="/wiki/John_Winthrop" title="John Winthrop">John Winthrop</a>'s company stopped here for some time in 1630, before deciding to accept the invitation of <a href="/wiki/William_Blaxton" title="William Blaxton">William Blaxton</a> to settle across the <a href="/wiki/Charles_River" title="Charles River">Charles River</a> with him on the <a href="/wiki/Shawmut_Peninsula" title="Shawmut Peninsula">Shawmut peninsula</a>. This was the first act in the foundation of the city of <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Winthrop_Great_House_Charlestown_Massachusetts.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/John_Winthrop_Great_House_Charlestown_Massachusetts.jpg/220px-John_Winthrop_Great_House_Charlestown_Massachusetts.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/John_Winthrop_Great_House_Charlestown_Massachusetts.jpg/330px-John_Winthrop_Great_House_Charlestown_Massachusetts.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/John_Winthrop_Great_House_Charlestown_Massachusetts.jpg/440px-John_Winthrop_Great_House_Charlestown_Massachusetts.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption>1629 site of Puritan leader <a href="/wiki/John_Winthrop" title="John Winthrop">John Winthrop</a>'s "Great House" in City Square, uncovered during the <a href="/wiki/Big_Dig_(Boston,_Massachusetts)" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Dig (Boston, Massachusetts)">Big Dig</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Charlestown_massachusetts_and_bunker_hill_between_1890_and_1910.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Charlestown_massachusetts_and_bunker_hill_between_1890_and_1910.jpg/220px-Charlestown_massachusetts_and_bunker_hill_between_1890_and_1910.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Charlestown_massachusetts_and_bunker_hill_between_1890_and_1910.jpg/330px-Charlestown_massachusetts_and_bunker_hill_between_1890_and_1910.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Charlestown_massachusetts_and_bunker_hill_between_1890_and_1910.jpg/440px-Charlestown_massachusetts_and_bunker_hill_between_1890_and_1910.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4664" data-file-height="3734" /></a><figcaption>Bird's-eye view of <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, Charlestown, and Bunker Hill, between 1890 and 1910</figcaption></figure> <p>The territory of Charlestown was initially quite large. From it, <a href="/wiki/Woburn,_Massachusetts" title="Woburn, Massachusetts">Woburn</a> was separated in 1642,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Malden,_Massachusetts" title="Malden, Massachusetts">Malden</a> in 1649 (including what is now <a href="/wiki/Melrose,_Massachusetts" title="Melrose, Massachusetts">Melrose</a> and <a href="/wiki/Everett,_Massachusetts" title="Everett, Massachusetts">Everett</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Stoneham,_Massachusetts" title="Stoneham, Massachusetts">Stoneham</a> in 1725.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/South_Medford" class="mw-redirect" title="South Medford">South Medford</a>, the land south of the Mystic River (now surrounded by Somerville), was known as "Mistick Field" and was transferred from Charlestown to <a href="/wiki/Medford,_Massachusetts" title="Medford, Massachusetts">Medford</a> in 1754. This grant also included the "Charlestown Wood Lots" (the Medford part of the Middlesex Fells), and part of what was at the time Woburn (now Winchester).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other parts of Medford were transferred to Charlestown in 1811. Still-rural <a href="/wiki/Somerville,_Massachusetts" title="Somerville, Massachusetts">Somerville</a> was split off in 1842 as Charlestown was urbanizing. <a href="/wiki/Everett,_Massachusetts" title="Everett, Massachusetts">Everett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burlington,_Massachusetts" title="Burlington, Massachusetts">Burlington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arlington,_Massachusetts" title="Arlington, Massachusetts">Arlington</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge</a> also acquired areas originally allocated to Charlestown.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Landfill" title="Landfill">Landfill</a> operations eliminated the narrow <i>Charlestown Neck</i> that connected the northwest end of the <i>Charlestown Peninsula</i> to the mainland at <a href="/wiki/Sullivan_Square" title="Sullivan Square">Sullivan Square</a>. </p><p>On June 17, 1775, the Charlestown Peninsula was the site of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bunker_Hill" title="Battle of Bunker Hill">Battle of Bunker Hill</a>, named for a hill at the northwest end of the peninsula near <a href="/wiki/Charlestown_Neck" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlestown Neck">Charlestown Neck</a>. British troops unloaded at Moulton's Point<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and much of the battle took place on <a href="/wiki/Breed%27s_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="Breed's Hill">Breed's Hill</a>, which overlooked the harbor from about 400 yards off the southern end of the peninsula. Charlestown, including its wharves and dockyards, was almost completely torched<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> during the battle by British forces.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town was not appreciably rebuilt until the end of hostilities but, in 1786, the first <a href="/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_the_United_States" title="List of bridges in the United States">bridge</a> across the <a href="/wiki/Charles_(river,_Massachusetts)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles (river, Massachusetts)">Charles River</a> connected Boston with Charlestown.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An 87-acre (35 ha) <a href="/wiki/Boston_Navy_Yard" title="Boston Navy Yard">Navy Yard</a> was established in 1800; <a href="/wiki/Charlestown_State_Prison" title="Charlestown State Prison">Charlestown State Prison</a> opened in 1805.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Bunker_Hill_Monument" title="Bunker Hill Monument">Bunker Hill Monument</a> was erected between 1827 and 1843 using <a href="/wiki/Quincy,_Massachusetts" title="Quincy, Massachusetts">Quincy</a> granite brought to the site by a combination of purpose-built railway and barge. Notable businesses included the <a href="/wiki/Bunker_Hill_Breweries" title="Bunker Hill Breweries">Bunker Hill Breweries</a> (1821) and <a href="/wiki/Schrafft%27s" title="Schrafft's">Schrafft's</a> candy company (1861). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Charlestown_Branch_Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlestown Branch Railroad">Charlestown Branch Railroad</a> opened in 1840 to Sweet's Wharf. Tudor Wharf was the departure point for the ships of the <a href="/wiki/Tudor_Ice_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Tudor Ice Company">Tudor Ice Company</a>. </p><p>Around the 1860s an influx of <a href="/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish</a> immigrants arrived in Charlestown. The area long remained an Irish and Catholic stronghold similar to <a href="/wiki/South_Boston" title="South Boston">South Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Somerville,_Massachusetts" title="Somerville, Massachusetts">Somerville</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dorchester,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorchester, Massachusetts">Dorchester</a>, to the extent that the informal demonym "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlestown_Townies&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charlestown Townies (page does not exist)">Townie</a>" continues to imply the working-class Irish, as opposed to newer immigrants. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>, over 26,000 men joined the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/Union_Navy" title="Union Navy">Navy</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Navy_Yard" title="Boston Navy Yard">Navy Yard</a>, which was also responsible for constructing some of the most famous vessels of the conflict: the <i><a href="/wiki/USS_Merrimack_(1855)" title="USS Merrimack (1855)">Merrimack</a></i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/USS_Hartford_(1858)" title="USS Hartford (1858)">Hartford</a></i>, and the <i><a href="/wiki/USS_Monadnock_(1863)" title="USS Monadnock (1863)">Monadnock</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the war, the city commissioned <a href="/wiki/Martin_Milmore" title="Martin Milmore">Martin Milmore</a> to construct its <a href="/wiki/Charlestown_Civil_War_Memorial" title="Charlestown Civil War Memorial">civil war memorial</a>, dedicated in 1872<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and still standing in the community's Training Field.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city developed a water supply from the <a href="/wiki/Mystic_Lakes_(Boston,_Massachusetts)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mystic Lakes (Boston, Massachusetts)">Mystic Lakes</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, on October 7, 1873, a vote was held to determine whether Charlestown should leave Middlesex County and join Boston as part of Suffolk County. Out of its 32,040 residents,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2240 voted in support of the merger and 1947 opposed. Boston residents also approved the question, 5,960–1,868.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Charlestown's separate city government was dissolved the next year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1878-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the early 1960s, the city initiated plans to demolish and redevelop sixty percent of the housing in Charlestown.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1963, the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Redevelopment_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Redevelopment Authority">Boston Redevelopment Authority</a> (BRA) held a town meeting to discuss their development plans with the community. The BRA's dealings with Boston's <a href="/wiki/West_End,_Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="West End, Boston, Massachusetts">West End</a> had created an atmosphere of distrust towards <a href="/wiki/Urban_renewal" title="Urban renewal">urban renewal</a> in Boston, and Charlestown residents opposed the plan by an overwhelming majority. By 1965, the plan had been reduced to tearing down only eleven percent of the neighborhood, as well as the removal of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Transportation_Authority#Streetcar_subways_and_elevated_rail" title="Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority">elevated rail</a> tracks.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Throughout the 1960s until the mid-1990s, Charlestown was infamous for its <a href="/wiki/Irish_Mob" title="Irish Mob">Irish Mob</a> presence. Charlestown's <a href="/wiki/McLaughlin_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="McLaughlin Brothers">McLaughlin Brothers</a> were involved in a gang war with neighboring <a href="/wiki/Somerville,_Massachusetts" title="Somerville, Massachusetts">Somerville</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Winter_Hill_Gang" title="Winter Hill Gang">Winter Hill Gang</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Mob_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Mob Wars">Irish Mob Wars</a> of the 1960s. In the late 1980s, however, Charlestown underwent a massive <a href="/wiki/Yuppie" title="Yuppie">Yuppie</a> gentrification process similar to that of the <a href="/wiki/South_End,_Boston" title="South End, Boston">South End</a>. Drawn to its proximity to downtown and its colonial, red-brick, row-house housing stock, similar to that of <a href="/wiki/Beacon_Hill,_Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts">Beacon Hill</a>, many yuppie and upper-middle-class professionals moved to the neighborhood. In the late 1990s, additional gentrification took place, similar to that in neighboring Somerville.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Today<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (December 2023)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> the neighborhood is a mix of yuppies, upper-middle-class and middle-class residents, housing projects, and a large working-class <a href="/wiki/Irish-American" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish-American">Irish-American</a> demographic and culture that is still predominant.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>One of the oldest neighborhoods of Boston, Charlestown is home to the Bunker Hill Monument and historic Charlestown Navy Yard.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Charlestown today is a mainly residential neighborhood with an institutional presence. Major institutions include <a href="/wiki/Bunker_Hill_Community_College" title="Bunker Hill Community College">Bunker Hill Community College</a>, Spaulding Rehabilitation Center, and a facility of Massachusetts General Hospital. Many commercial ventures line the Mystic River along Medford Street and Terminal Street. The Navy Yard, home to <a href="/wiki/USS_Constitution" title="USS Constitution">USS <i>Constitution</i></a>, is now part of the <a href="/wiki/Boston_National_Historical_Park" title="Boston National Historical Park">Boston National Historical Park</a>, which marks the southern edge of the neighborhood. The waterfront has two marinas, Constitution Marina and Shipyard Quarters Marina. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlestown,_Boston&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BunkerHillBoats.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/BunkerHillBoats.jpg/220px-BunkerHillBoats.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/BunkerHillBoats.jpg/330px-BunkerHillBoats.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/BunkerHillBoats.jpg/440px-BunkerHillBoats.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sailboat" title="Sailboat">Sailboats</a> <a href="/wiki/Mooring_(watercraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mooring (watercraft)">moored</a> on the Charlestown side of the <a href="/wiki/Charles_River" title="Charles River">Charles River</a> with <a href="/wiki/Bunker_Hill_Monument" title="Bunker Hill Monument">Bunker Hill Monument</a> in the distance</figcaption></figure> <p>Charlestown is located north of downtown Boston on a peninsula extending southeastward between the <a href="/wiki/Charles_River" title="Charles River">Charles River</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mystic_River" title="Mystic River">Mystic River</a>. </p><p><i>City Square</i> in the southern part of Charlestown was the location of the city hall before annexation by Boston. It is also the terminus of the <a href="/wiki/Charlestown_Bridge" title="Charlestown Bridge">Charlestown Bridge</a> and the former <a href="/wiki/Warren_Bridge" title="Warren Bridge">Warren Bridge</a>, and was formerly a stop on the <a href="/wiki/Charlestown_Elevated" title="Charlestown Elevated">Charlestown Elevated</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Central_Artery" title="Central Artery">Central Artery</a> was built between 1951 and 1954, routing elevated ramps through City Square. The Central Artery North Area (CANA) project moved these underground, into the City Square Tunnel, making way for a revitalized surface park. </p><p>The .17-acre (0.069 ha) Thompson Square is located at the confluence of Main Street, Dexter Row, Green Street, and Austin Street.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Thompson_Square_station" title="Thompson Square station">Thompson Square station</a> was formerly a stop on the <a href="/wiki/Charlestown_Elevated" title="Charlestown Elevated">Charlestown Elevated</a>. </p><p>A small portion of Charlestown is north of the Mystic River, containing the northern approach to the Malden Bridge and now the entrance to <a href="/wiki/Encore_Boston_Harbor" title="Encore Boston Harbor">Encore Boston Harbor</a> (which made jurisdiction over the casino a matter of dispute). This land was formerly a peninsula, but landfill has more completely connected it to the mainland of Everett.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This boundary was part of the original 1649 separation of Malden from Charlestown, where the Penny Ferry<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> operated at the time; the first bridge opened on the site in 1787.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two small hills mostly covered in residential buildings fill the interior of the neighborhood: Bunker Hill, which is more northerly, and Breed's Hill, which is the site of the <a href="/wiki/Bunker_Hill_Monument" title="Bunker Hill Monument">Bunker Hill Monument</a>. Bunker Hill was named after George Bunker, who had owned it during early settlement in the 1600s.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlestown,_Boston&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:StM.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/StM.jpg/220px-StM.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/StM.jpg/330px-StM.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/StM.jpg/440px-StM.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>Interior of <a href="/wiki/St._Mary_%E2%80%93_St._Catherine_of_Siena_Parish" title="St. Mary – St. Catherine of Siena Parish">St. Mary's Church</a> (1887–1893)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bunker_hill_monument.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Bunker_hill_monument.jpg/220px-Bunker_hill_monument.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="277" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Bunker_hill_monument.jpg/330px-Bunker_hill_monument.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Bunker_hill_monument.jpg/440px-Bunker_hill_monument.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3800" data-file-height="4776" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bunker_Hill_Monument" title="Bunker Hill Monument">Bunker Hill Monument</a>. Bunker Hill Day, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, and Charlestown, between 1890 and 1901</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USA-Winthrop_Square.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/USA-Winthrop_Square.JPG/220px-USA-Winthrop_Square.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/USA-Winthrop_Square.JPG/330px-USA-Winthrop_Square.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/USA-Winthrop_Square.JPG/440px-USA-Winthrop_Square.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5153" data-file-height="3432" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Winthrop_Square_(Charlestown,_Boston)" title="Winthrop Square (Charlestown, Boston)">Winthrop Square</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USA-Soldiers_Monument.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/USA-Soldiers_Monument.JPG/220px-USA-Soldiers_Monument.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/USA-Soldiers_Monument.JPG/330px-USA-Soldiers_Monument.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/USA-Soldiers_Monument.JPG/440px-USA-Soldiers_Monument.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5153" data-file-height="3420" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Charlestown_Civil_War_Memorial" title="Charlestown Civil War Memorial">Charlestown Civil War Memorial</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Charlestown has many places of historical interest, some of which are included along the northern end of Boston's <a href="/wiki/Freedom_Trail" title="Freedom Trail">Freedom Trail</a>. The Freedom Trail ends at the <a href="/wiki/Bunker_Hill_Monument" title="Bunker Hill Monument">Bunker Hill Monument</a> commemorating the famous <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bunker_Hill" title="Battle of Bunker Hill">Battle of Bunker Hill</a>, an early major battle in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>. Launched in 1797, the <a href="/wiki/USS_Constitution" title="USS Constitution">USS <i>Constitution</i></a> is the oldest commissioned vessel in the US Navy and the oldest warship in the world still afloat. Today it is docked in the <a href="/wiki/Charlestown_Navy_Yard" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlestown Navy Yard">Charlestown Navy Yard</a>, today part of the National Park Service. Charlestown was also the location from which <a href="/wiki/Paul_Revere" title="Paul Revere">Paul Revere</a> began his famous "midnight ride" before the <a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord" title="Battles of Lexington and Concord">Battles of Lexington and Concord</a>. A restaurant opened in 1780 and still in operation, <a href="/wiki/Warren_Tavern" title="Warren Tavern">Warren Tavern</a>, claims to have been one of Revere's favorite taverns. Of Charlestown's churches, <a href="/wiki/St._Mary_%E2%80%93_St._Catherine_of_Siena_Parish" title="St. Mary – St. Catherine of Siena Parish">St. Mary's</a> (1887–1893) is considered one of the masterpieces of <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Keely" title="Patrick Keely">Patrick Keely</a>. In St. John's Episcopal Church, on Devens Street, the central stained glass above the altar is a notable work of William James McPherson, a Boston designer who later designed the stained glass for the Connecticut State Capitol.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Warren_Tavern" title="Warren Tavern">Warren Tavern</a> first opened in 1780.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is located at 2 Pleasant Street. The building was one of the first built after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bunker_Hill" title="Battle of Bunker Hill">Battle of Bunker Hill</a>. The Tavern took its name from <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Warren" title="Joseph Warren">Joseph Warren</a>, American Patriot who played a key role in the American Revolution and was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill. It was Warren who directed Paul Revere and William Dawes to send the message to Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British were setting out to raid the town of Concord. Warren's friend Captain Eliphelet Newell decided to build a tavern named after his friend. George Washington visited the tavern when he came to Massachusetts to visit his friend Benjamin Frothingham.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> After the Tavern was closed in 1813, the building served other purposes, and then was saved in the 1970s. The Tavern was reopened in 1972. </p><p>The Constitution Yacht Charter is located on Boston Harbor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlestown,_Boston&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1800_United_States_census" title="1800 United States census">1800</a></th><td>2,751</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census">1810</a></th><td>4,959</td><td></td><td>80.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td>6,591</td><td></td><td>32.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td>8,783</td><td></td><td>33.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>11,484</td><td></td><td>30.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>17,216</td><td></td><td>49.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>25,065</td><td></td><td>45.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>28,323</td><td></td><td>13.0%</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>According to the U.S. Census Bureau in its 2007–2011 report, the population of Charlestown is 16,685, comprising 7,843 males and 8,842 females. The largest age group is 25 to 29 years (14.6%), the second-largest is 30 to 34 (12.3%), and the third-largest is 35 to 39 (9.7%). </p><p>The majority of the population is white at 12,587 (75.4%). Minorities include Black or African at 1,227 (7.4%), Asian at 1,253 (7.5%), Hispanic or Latino at 1,227 (7.4%), and those of two or more races at 371 (2.2%). In recent years, the percentage of minorities living in Charlestown has increased from 4.9% of the population in 1990 to 23.5% in 2010. The population consists of 15.9% who are foreign born, 48.5% of whom are <a href="/wiki/Naturalization" title="Naturalization">naturalized citizens</a>, and 51.5% who are not. </p><p>The median household income is $89,017, and the median family income is $100,725. The median income for whites is $103,652; that for Blacks or African Americans, $12,143; for Hispanics or Latinos, $30,833; for Asians, $61,875; and for others, $16,876. </p><p>Seventeen percent of the population and 37% of the children live below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States#Recent_poverty_rate_and_guidelines" title="Poverty in the United States">Federal Poverty Line</a>. Of married couples, 32.4% are living in poverty with families. Of male householders with no wife present, 3.4% live in poverty; and of female householders with no husband, 64.2% live in poverty. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race_and_ancestry">Race and ancestry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlestown,_Boston&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Race and ancestry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;"> <caption><b>Charlestown (02129) Racial Breakdown of Population (2017)</b><sup id="cite_ref-census.gov|title=ACS_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census.gov|title=ACS-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race </th> <th>Percentage of <br />02129<br />population </th> <th>Percentage of<br />Massachusetts<br />population </th> <th>Percentage of<br />United States<br />population </th> <th>ZIP Code-to-State<br />Difference </th> <th>ZIP Code-to-USA<br />Difference </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/White_Americans" title="White Americans">White</a></td> <td>75.3%</td> <td>81.3%</td> <td>76.6%</td> <td>–6.0%</td> <td>–1.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_whites" title="Non-Hispanic whites">White (Non-Hispanic)</a></td> <td>70.6%</td> <td>72.1%</td> <td>60.7%</td> <td>–1.5%</td> <td>+9.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic</a></td> <td>11.5%</td> <td>11.9%</td> <td>18.1%</td> <td>–0.4%</td> <td>–6.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">Black</a></td> <td>11.1%</td> <td>8.8%</td> <td>13.4%</td> <td>+2.3%</td> <td>–2.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a></td> <td>7.6%</td> <td>6.9%</td> <td>5.8%</td> <td>+0.7%</td> <td>+2.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native Americans</a>/<a href="/wiki/Native_Hawaiians" title="Native Hawaiians">Hawaiians</a></td> <td>0.0%</td> <td>0.6%</td> <td>1.5%</td> <td>–0.6%</td> <td>–1.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Two or more races</a></td> <td>2.1%</td> <td>2.4%</td> <td>2.7%</td> <td>–0.3%</td> <td>–0.6% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>According to the 2012–2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, the largest ancestry groups in <a href="/wiki/ZIP_Code" title="ZIP Code">ZIP Code</a> 02129 are:<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-census.gov|title=ACS_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census.gov|title=ACS-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th>Ancestry </th> <th>Percentage of<br />02129<br />population </th> <th>Percentage of<br />Massachusetts<br />population </th> <th>Percentage of<br />United States<br />population </th> <th>ZIP Code-to-State<br />Difference </th> <th>ZIP Code-to-USA<br />Difference </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Irish_Americans" title="Irish Americans">Irish</a> </td> <td>42.20% </td> <td>21.16% </td> <td>10.39% </td> <td>+21.05% </td> <td>+31.82% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Italian_Americans" title="Italian Americans">Italian</a> </td> <td>15.18% </td> <td>13.19% </td> <td>5.39% </td> <td>+1.99% </td> <td>+9.78% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/German_Americans" title="German Americans">German</a> </td> <td>10.55% </td> <td>6.00% </td> <td>14.40% </td> <td>+4.54% </td> <td>–3.86% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/English_Americans" title="English Americans">English</a> </td> <td>10.07% </td> <td>9.77% </td> <td>7.67% </td> <td>+0.29% </td> <td>+2.40% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Americans" title="Chinese Americans">Chinese</a> </td> <td>5.59% </td> <td>2.28% </td> <td>1.24% </td> <td>+3.31% </td> <td>+4.35% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/American_ancestry" title="American ancestry">American</a> </td> <td>5.48% </td> <td>4.26% </td> <td>6.89% </td> <td>+1.21% </td> <td>–1.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Polish_Americans" title="Polish Americans">Polish</a> </td> <td>5.08% </td> <td>4.67% </td> <td>2.93% </td> <td>+0.41% </td> <td>+2.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Indian_Americans" title="West Indian Americans">West Indian</a> </td> <td>4.18% </td> <td>1.96% </td> <td>0.90% </td> <td>+2.22% </td> <td>+3.27% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/African_immigration_to_the_United_States" title="African immigration to the United States">Sub-Saharan African</a> </td> <td>3.52% </td> <td>2.00% </td> <td>1.01% </td> <td>+1.52% </td> <td>+2.50% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/French_Americans" title="French Americans">French</a> </td> <td>3.36% </td> <td>6.82% </td> <td>2.56% </td> <td>–3.46% </td> <td>+0.80% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Americans" title="Scottish Americans">Scottish</a> </td> <td>3.13% </td> <td>2.28% </td> <td>1.71% </td> <td>+0.85% </td> <td>+1.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Haitian_Americans" title="Haitian Americans">Haitian</a> </td> <td>2.78% </td> <td>1.15% </td> <td>0.31% </td> <td>+1.62% </td> <td>+2.47% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/European_Americans" title="European Americans">European</a> </td> <td>2.33% </td> <td>1.08% </td> <td>1.23% </td> <td>+1.25% </td> <td>+1.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Russian_Americans" title="Russian Americans">Russian</a> </td> <td>2.12% </td> <td>1.65% </td> <td>0.88% </td> <td>+0.47% </td> <td>+1.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/French_Canadian_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="French Canadian Americans">French Canadian</a> </td> <td>1.88% </td> <td>3.91% </td> <td>0.65% </td> <td>–2.02% </td> <td>+1.23% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verdean_Americans" title="Cape Verdean Americans">Cape Verdean</a> </td> <td>1.63% </td> <td>0.97% </td> <td>0.03% </td> <td>+0.66% </td> <td>+1.60% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Americans" title="Portuguese Americans">Portuguese</a> </td> <td>1.56% </td> <td>4.40% </td> <td>0.43% </td> <td>–2.84% </td> <td>+1.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Europe" title="Eastern Europe">Eastern European</a> </td> <td>1.36% </td> <td>0.42% </td> <td>0.17% </td> <td>+0.94% </td> <td>+1.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Greek_Americans" title="Greek Americans">Greek</a> </td> <td>1.33% </td> <td>1.22% </td> <td>0.40% </td> <td>+0.11% </td> <td>+0.93% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Ricans_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto Ricans in the United States">Puerto Rican</a> </td> <td>1.33% </td> <td>4.52% </td> <td>1.66% </td> <td>–3.19% </td> <td>–0.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Americans" title="Dutch Americans">Dutch</a> </td> <td>1.00% </td> <td>0.62% </td> <td>1.32% </td> <td>+0.38% </td> <td>–0.32% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_infrastructure">Government and infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlestown,_Boston&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Government and infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Boston_City_Council" title="Boston City Council">Boston City Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Boston" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mayors of Boston">List of mayors of Boston</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Department_of_Correction" title="Massachusetts Department of Correction">Massachusetts Department of Correction</a> operated the <a href="/wiki/Charlestown_State_Prison" title="Charlestown State Prison">Charlestown State Prison</a> from 1805 until its closure in 1955. The former prison site is occupied by Bunker Hill Community College.<sup id="cite_ref-CapeCodMurd29_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CapeCodMurd29-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Navy_Yard" title="Boston Navy Yard">Boston Navy Yard</a> was located in Charlestown from 1801 until it was closed in 1974. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">United States Postal Service</a> operates the Charlestown Post Office.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlestown,_Boston&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Boston#Education" title="Boston">Boston § Education</a></div> <p>Boston's Charlestown neighborhood is served by the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Public_Schools" title="Boston Public Schools">Boston Public Schools</a> system. There are also private educational institutions within the neighborhood. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Primary_and_secondary_schools">Primary and secondary schools</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlestown,_Boston&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Primary and secondary schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Harvard-Kent Elementary School<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Clarence R. Edwards Middle School<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren-Prescott_School" title="Warren-Prescott School">Warren-Prescott K–8 School</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlestown_High_School" title="Charlestown High School">Charlestown High School</a><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Colleges_and_universities">Colleges and universities</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlestown,_Boston&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Colleges and universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bunker_Hill_Community_College" title="Bunker Hill Community College">Bunker Hill Community College</a>'s main campus<sup id="cite_ref-CapeCodMurd29_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CapeCodMurd29-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MGH_Institute_of_Health_Professionals" class="mw-redirect" title="MGH Institute of Health Professionals">MGH Institute of Health Professions</a>, a graduate school founded by <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_General_Hospital" title="Massachusetts General Hospital">Massachusetts General Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_College" title="Cambridge College">Cambridge College</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Public_libraries">Public libraries</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlestown,_Boston&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Public libraries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Boston_Public_Library" title="Boston Public Library">Boston Public Library</a> operates the Charlestown Branch. The library first opened in the Warren Institution for Savings building on January 7, 1862. The library moved to a larger space in the new Charlestown City Hall in 1869. In 1913 the branch moved to the intersection of Monument Avenue and Monument Square, in proximity to the <a href="/wiki/Bunker_Hill_Monument" title="Bunker Hill Monument">Bunker Hill Monument</a>. The branch moved to its current location in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Housing_policy">Housing policy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlestown,_Boston&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Housing policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Boston_Housing_Authority" title="Boston Housing Authority">Boston Housing Authority</a></div> <p>The Bunker Hill Public Housing has divided Bunker Hill Street into two Charlestowns. The housing development company Corcoran-SunCal plans to make changes and replace the 1,100 affordable units. "While preserving the affordable units, Corcoran-SunCal will also create approximately 1,700 additional market and moderate-rate units". This company will allow all current residents to move back into the housing complex. According to Project Manager Sarah Barnet, "by creating both affordable and market rate housing at the site the area will become a more thriving section of the neighborhood, a destination area for residents from all over a Charlestown and a high quality place for people to live".<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlestown,_Boston&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Mass General: Charlestown Healthcare Center – MGH Charlestown Healthcare Center is a part of <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_General_Hospital" title="Massachusetts General Hospital">Massachusetts General Hospital</a>. MGH Charlestown has been providing the Charlestown community since 1968. MGH Charlestown works closely with local school and community organizations to provide programs that truly benefit Charlestown's culturally diverse populations.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spaulding_Rehabilitation_Hospital" title="Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital">Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital</a> – outpatient facility.</li> <li>NEW Health Charlestown – substance abuse facility with counselors and physicians.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlestown,_Boston&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Interstate_93" title="Interstate 93">Interstate 93</a> as the "Northern Expressway viaduct" travels roughly northwest–southeast and passes through the Sullivan Square area. The Interstate act as a boundary of Charlestown neighborhood with points heading west with only two roads heading westward: Cambridge Street in the north and Austin Street/Gilmore Bridge to the south. <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_1_in_Massachusetts" title="U.S. Route 1 in Massachusetts">US 1</a> diverges with Interstate 93 at the <a href="/wiki/Leonard_P._Zakim_Bunker_Hill_Memorial_Bridge" title="Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge">Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge</a> where US 1 becomes a toll road and passes below <a href="/wiki/Paul_Revere_Park" title="Paul Revere Park">Paul Revere Park</a> and <a href="/wiki/City_Square" class="mw-redirect" title="City Square">City Square</a> before becoming the <a href="/wiki/Tobin_Bridge" title="Tobin Bridge">Tobin Bridge</a> to the City of <a href="/wiki/Chelsea,_Massachusetts" title="Chelsea, Massachusetts">Chelsea</a> across the <a href="/wiki/Mystic_River" title="Mystic River">Mystic River</a>. State routes passing through Charlestown include <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Route_38" title="Massachusetts Route 38">38</a> to the City of <a href="/wiki/Somerville,_Massachusetts" title="Somerville, Massachusetts">Somerville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Route_99" title="Massachusetts Route 99">99</a> to the City of <a href="/wiki/Everett,_Massachusetts" title="Everett, Massachusetts">Everett</a>. The sole city-owned road linking the neighborhood Charleston with Downtown Boston is North Washington Street to the Southwest. </p><p>According to the Census from 2010 to 2014, 53.7% of the population will drive to work and 30.0% will take a some form of public transportation to get to their jobs and Charlestown is well served by public transportation as it is accessible by several forms of public transportation, including train, bus and ferry. </p><p>The train transportation is the <a href="/wiki/Orange_Line_(MBTA)" title="Orange Line (MBTA)">MBTA Orange Line</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Community_College_(MBTA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Community College (MBTA station)">Community College station</a>, located near Bunker Hill Community College and serves the center of the town; and the <a href="/wiki/Sullivan_Square_(MBTA_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sullivan Square (MBTA station)">Sullivan Square station</a>, located on what was once a narrow neck of land referred to as the <a href="/wiki/Charlestown_Neck" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlestown Neck">Charlestown Neck</a>. </p><p>Two bus lines serve Charlestown. Both routes start at Sullivan Square. and travel to the <a href="/wiki/Financial_District,_Boston" title="Financial District, Boston">Financial District</a> of downtown Boston. The 93 bus goes from Sullivan Station, downtown via Bunker Hill Street and Haymarket Station.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 92 bus runs from Assembly Square Mall, downtown via Sullivan Square Station, Main Street and Haymarket Station.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Charlestown is also accessible via the Charlestown Navy Yard Ferry Terminal where the MBTA operates a ferry between the Navy Yard and <a href="/wiki/Long_Wharf_(Boston)" title="Long Wharf (Boston)">Long Wharf</a> (near the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Aquarium" title="New England Aquarium">New England Aquarium</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making this a popular choice among both commuters and tourists.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Boston_Harborwalk" title="Boston Harborwalk">Boston Harborwalk</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_Trail" title="Freedom Trail">Freedom Trail</a> pass through the neighborhood. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Charlestown,_Boston,_United_States_(Unsplash_zrYIivWcw0I).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Charlestown%2C_Boston%2C_United_States_%28Unsplash_zrYIivWcw0I%29.jpg/220px-Charlestown%2C_Boston%2C_United_States_%28Unsplash_zrYIivWcw0I%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Charlestown%2C_Boston%2C_United_States_%28Unsplash_zrYIivWcw0I%29.jpg/330px-Charlestown%2C_Boston%2C_United_States_%28Unsplash_zrYIivWcw0I%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Charlestown%2C_Boston%2C_United_States_%28Unsplash_zrYIivWcw0I%29.jpg/440px-Charlestown%2C_Boston%2C_United_States_%28Unsplash_zrYIivWcw0I%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5767" data-file-height="3850" /></a><figcaption>Walking as a means of transport in Charlestown.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlestown,_Boston&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Films">Films</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlestown,_Boston&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Portions of the 1994 film <i><a href="/wiki/Blown_Away_(1994_film)" title="Blown Away (1994 film)">Blown Away</a></i> were shot in Charlestown and nearby in Boston Harbor</li> <li>Scenes in <i><a href="/wiki/Celtic_Pride" title="Celtic Pride">Celtic Pride</a></i> (1996) were filmed in Charlestown</li> <li>In <i><a href="/wiki/Good_Will_Hunting" title="Good Will Hunting">Good Will Hunting</a></i> (1997), the character <a href="/wiki/Dr._Sean_Maguire" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr. Sean Maguire">Dr. Sean Maguire</a> teaches psychology in Charlestown's Bunker Hill Community College</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monument_Ave._(film)" title="Monument Ave. (film)">Monument Ave.</a></i> (1998) about an Irish-American criminal</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mystic_River_(film)" title="Mystic River (film)">Mystic River</a></i> (2003), was partly filmed in Charlestown</li> <li>Portions of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Departed" title="The Departed">The Departed</a></i> (2006) were filmed in Charlestown (standing in for South Boston)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Town_(2010_film)" title="The Town (2010 film)">The Town</a></i> (2010) is about bank robbers from Charlestown<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlestown,_Boston&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The 2019 television series <i><a href="/wiki/City_on_a_Hill_(TV_series)" title="City on a Hill (TV series)">City on a Hill</a></i> is based in Charlestown</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlestown,_Boston&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The minatory song <i><a href="/wiki/The_Boston_Burglar" title="The Boston Burglar">The Boston Burglar</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from the 1880s, about a bank robber, contains the lines:</li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><div class="poem"> <p>But the jury they found me guilty,<br /> And the judge he wrote it down,<br /> "For breaking of the Union Bank,<br /> You are sent to Charlestown." </p> </div></blockquote> <ul><li>The Bunker Hill housing development, an area known for its crime and drug use, is featured on the front cover of <a href="/wiki/Blood_for_Blood" title="Blood for Blood">Blood for Blood</a>'s 2004 album <i><a href="/wiki/Serenity_(Blood_for_Blood_album)" title="Serenity (Blood for Blood album)">Serenity</a></i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_games">Video games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlestown,_Boston&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Video games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In <i><a href="/wiki/Fallout_4" title="Fallout 4">Fallout 4</a></i>, a post-apocalyptic Charlestown is featured as a major part of the game.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed_III" title="Assassin's Creed III"><i>Assassin's Creed 3</i></a>, Connor Kenway must assassinate a target during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bunker_Hill" title="Battle of Bunker Hill">Battle of Bunker Hill</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlestown,_Boston&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_R._Adams" title="Charles R. Adams">Charles R. Adams</a> (1834–1900), Charlestown native, opera singer<sup id="cite_ref-Marquis_1607–1896_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marquis_1607–1896-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_B._Atwood" title="Charles B. Atwood">Charles B. Atwood</a> (1849–1895), born in Charlestown, architect who designed the <a href="/wiki/Reliance_Building" title="Reliance Building">Reliance Building</a>, among others<sup id="cite_ref-Marquis_1607–1896_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marquis_1607–1896-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Austin_(author)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Austin (author)">William Austin</a> (1778–1841), born in Charlestown, state legislator and author<sup id="cite_ref-Marquis_1607–1896_41-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marquis_1607–1896-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Austin_(colonist)" title="Richard Austin (colonist)">Richard Austin</a> (1598–1638), born in Titchfield, Hampshire, England, and died in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; emigrated to "New England" on the <i><a href="/wiki/Bevis_(ship)" title="Bevis (ship)">Bevis</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loammi_Baldwin" title="Loammi Baldwin">Loammi Baldwin</a> (1780–1838), civil engineer<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Gallatin_Blanchard" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert Gallatin Blanchard">Albert Gallatin Blanchard</a> (1810–1891), born in Charlestown, Confederate general in the American Civil War</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_Howard_Brazier" title="Marion Howard Brazier">Marion Howard Brazier</a> (1850–1935), journalist, editor, lecturer, clubwoman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Baldwin_Cass" title="Eleanor Baldwin Cass">Eleanor Baldwin Cass</a> (1874–1966), fencer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shano_Collins" title="Shano Collins">Shano Collins</a> (1885–1955), baseball player for <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> and for <a href="/wiki/1917_World_Series" title="1917 World Series">1917</a> and <a href="/wiki/1919_World_Series" title="1919 World Series">1919 World Series</a> teams of <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Dalton_(abolitionist)" title="Thomas Dalton (abolitionist)">Thomas Dalton</a> (1794–1883), and his wife Lucy, African American abolitionists and education activists</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Dexter" title="Samuel Dexter">Samuel Dexter</a> (1761–1816), prominent lawyer and cabinet member under John Adams</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Frothingham" title="James Frothingham">James Frothingham</a> (1786–1864), portrait artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Gorham" title="Nathaniel Gorham">Nathaniel Gorham</a> (1738–1796), a member of the Continental Congress<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Grzelcyk" title="Matt Grzelcyk">Matt Grzelcyk</a> (b. 1994), NHL hockey player for the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Harvard_(clergyman)" title="John Harvard (clergyman)">John Harvard</a> (1607–1638), English benefactor and namesake of <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Haswell" title="Robert Haswell">Robert Haswell</a> (1768–c.1801), maritime trader and officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Holden" title="Oliver Holden">Oliver Holden</a> (1765–1831), composer of hymns<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Wilson_Killam" title="Charles Wilson Killam">Charles Wilson Killam</a> (1871–1961), professor of architectural construction and engineering at <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a>, born in Charlestown</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howie_Long" title="Howie Long">Howie Long</a> (b. 1960), Pro Football Hall of Famer and television commentator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_F._B._Morse" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel F. B. Morse">Samuel F. B. Morse</a> (1791–1872), inventor of the telegraph and Morse code<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1911-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolson_Morse" title="Woolson Morse">Woolson Morse</a> (1858–1897), early Broadway composer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_O%27Callahan" title="Jack O'Callahan">Jack O'Callahan</a> (b. 1957), part of the 1980 Miracle On Ice team. Played for the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Blackhawks" title="Chicago Blackhawks">Chicago Blackhawks</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Devils" title="New Jersey Devils">New Jersey Devils</a> in the NHL.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Boyle_O%27Reilly" title="John Boyle O'Reilly">John Boyle O'Reilly</a> (1844–1890), Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer, lived in Charlestown on Winthrop Square</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_May_Bates_Rice" title="Alice May Bates Rice">Alice May Bates Rice</a> (1868–?), opera singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Sedgwick_(colonist)" title="Robert Sedgwick (colonist)">Robert Sedgwick</a> (c.1611–1656), English merchant, first major general of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">Massachusetts Bay Colony</a> and first governor General of <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a><sup id="cite_ref-Robert_Sedgwick_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robert_Sedgwick-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Sherman" title="Matthew Sherman">Matthew Sherman</a>, mayor of <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a> 1891–1893, born in Charlestown</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_C._Stillson" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel C. Stillson">Daniel C. Stillson</a> (1830–1899), inventor of the Stillson <a href="/wiki/Pipe_wrench" title="Pipe wrench">pipe wrench</a><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hanson_Twombly" title="John Hanson Twombly">John Hanson Twombly</a> (1814–1893), President of the University of Wisconsin, Methodist minister</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charlestown,_Boston&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid 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