Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

Jamaica Plain, more commonly known as "JP", is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. It was originally part of Roxbury, Massachusetts, and then part of the town of West Roxbury, Massachusetts when that was established in 1848. West Roxbury (including Jamaica Plain) was annexed to Boston in 1874. According to an official city estimate, it had a population of 38,196 in October, 2003.

Cultural References

Jamaica Plain, along with other Boston neighborhoods, created the setting of the novel and film Mystic River; the name given to this fictitious neighborhood was "Buckingham Flats."

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