Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
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Chestnut Hill | ||
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Boston College and the Chestnut Hill Reservoir |
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Location in Massachusetts | ||
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Basic data | ||
State : | United States | |
State : | Massachusetts | |
Counties : |
Norfolk County Suffolk County Middlesex County |
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Coordinates : | 42 ° 20 ′ N , 71 ° 10 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | |
Height : | 60 m | |
Postal code : | 02467 | |
FIPS : | 25-13625 | |
GNIS ID : | 612301 |
Chestnut Hill is an affluent suburb ( village ) six miles (10 km) west of downtown Boston in the state of Massachusetts in the United States . Like all suburbs in Massachusetts, Chestnut Hill was not incorporated. It consists of parts of three separate parishes , all of which are in different counties : Brookline in Norfolk County , Boston in Suffolk County, and Newton in Middlesex County . The boundaries of Chestnut Hill are roughly defined by the Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 zip code region . The name is less a topographical feature than a collection of smaller hills that tower above the 546,000 square meter Chestnut Hill Reservoir . Chestnut Hill is best known as the site of Boston College and as part of the Boston Marathon route . The well-known architect Frederick Law Olmsted was also creative in the area.
Personalities
- Robert Kraft , owner of the New England Patriots
- Mary Baker Eddy , founder of the Christian Science Church in Newton
- Reginald Fessenden , called the father of broadcast radio ; the Reginald A. Fessenden House in Chestnut Hill (Newton) is a recognized national historical site and is also in the National Register of Historic Places
- Theo Epstein , general manager of the Chicago Cubs
- Terry Francona , manager of the Cleveland Indians
- Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt , first wife of Theodore Roosevelt and mother of Alice Roosevelt Longworth
- Louis K. Liggett , drugstore magnate from Newton
- Leverett Saltonstall , Massachusetts Governor 1939-1945 and Senator 1945-1967