Milton, Massachusetts

Milton, Massachusetts
Town
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Location in Norfolk County in Massachusetts
Milton
Coordinates: 42°15′00″N 71°04′00″W / 42.25000°N 71.06667°W / 42.25000; -71.06667
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Norfolk
Settled	1640
Incorporated	1662
Government
• Type	Representative town meeting
• Town Administrator	Nicholas Milano
Area
• Total	34.4 km2 (13.3 sq mi)
• Land	33.8 km2 (13.0 sq mi)
• Water	0.6 km2 (0.2 sq mi)
Elevation	40 m (130 ft)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	28,630
• Density	830/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Code	02186
Area code(s)	617 and 857
FIPS code	25-41690
GNIS feature ID	0619459
Website	www.townofmilton.org

Milton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States and an affluent suburb of Boston. The population was 28,630 at the 2020 census.^[1]

Milton is located in the relatively hilly area between the Neponset River and Blue Hills, bounded by Brush Hill to the west, Milton Hill to the east, Blue Hills to the south and the Neponset River to the north. It is also bordered by Boston's Dorchester and Mattapan neighborhoods to the north and its Hyde Park neighborhood to the west; Quincy to the east; Randolph to the south, and Canton to the west.