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West Roxbury is a neighborhood in Boston bordered by Brookline, Roslindale, Dedham and the neighboring city of Newton. Founded in 1630 (contemporaneously with Boston), West Roxbury, Massachusetts was originally part of the town of Roxbury and was mainly used as farmland. West Roxbury seceded from Roxbury in 1851, and was annexed by Boston in 1874. At the time, the town included the neighborhoods of Jamaica Plain and Roslindale.
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