Mattapan is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Historically and for legal processes a section of Dorchester, Mattapan became a part of Boston when Dorchester was annexed in 1870. Mattapan is the original Native American name for the Dorchester area, possibly meaning "a place to sit." At the 2010 census, it had a population of 36,480, with the majority of its population immigrants.
Mattapan
Mattapan bus loop
PCC 3238 at Mattapan
Boston's diverse neighborhoods serve as a political and cultural organizing mechanism. The City of Boston's Office of Neighborhood Services has designated 23 Neighborhoods in the city:
Aerial view of the Back Bay and the neighboring City of Cambridge across the Charles River
General view of Bay Village
Christopher Columbus Park in Downtown Waterfront
Lilac Sunday, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain