Boston Trivia

Boston has 3,708 public streets and 784 signalized intersections.

The Massachusetts State Tree is the American elm, Ulmus americana.

Boston is 2,708 miles from San Francisco. It would take about 45 days to walk there, if you didn't sleep.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts entered the Union on February 6, 1788, as the sixth state.

Four U.S. presidents were born in Massachusetts, all of them in Norfolk county.

The birth control pill was invented in Worcester.

Harvard was the first college in the United States, founded in 1636.

The first U.S.Postal zip code in Massachusetts is 01001 at Agawam.

Quincy has the first Dunkin Donuts on Hancock Street and the first Howard Johnson's on Newport Ave.

Boston Common became the first public park in America in 1634.

Revere Beach was the first public beach in the United States.

Lowell was America's first planned industrial city.

The Fig Newton was named after Newton, Massachusetts.

The first subway system in the United States was built in 1897 in Boston.

The Boston Terrier is a cross between an English Bulldog and a white English Terrier. It was bred in Boston in the 1880's and recognized by the AKC in 1893.

The Spenser for Hire series, written by Robert B Parker, is about a private detective in Boston.

The Omni Parker House Hotel is the oldest continuously operated hotel in America.

The amount of concrete used in the Big Dig project could pave a 3-foot wide and 4-inch thick sidewalk between Boston and San Francisco three times.

The USS Constitution 'Old Ironsides' is the oldest fully commissioned vessel in the US Navy and is permanently docked at the Charlestown Navy Yard.

The Mather School was the first public elementary school in America founded in Dorchester in 1639.

President John F. Kennedy was born in Brookline.

The Boston Common is the oldest public park in America.

The John Hancock Tower is the tallest building in New England.

The Boston University Bridge is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train moving under a car driving under an airplane flying.

The first Thanksgiving Day was celebrated in Plymouth in 1621.