Montclair (Quincy, Massachusetts)

WWII memorial outside Montclair Elementary School

Montclair is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts.

The neighborhood is separated from Boston by the Neponset River, and roughly follows West Squantum Street from Newport Avenue to the Milton town line, extending approximately to Hobart Street.

History

Originally part of Dorchester, the neighborhood - then largely uninhabited farmland and marshland - was annexed to Quincy in 1792.

Most of the neighborhood was built and settled in the early 1900s, when real estate entrepreneurs began subdividing the farmland for Boston's nascent growth into the suburbs. The Micah Pope farm was one of the largest to be subdivided, in 1883, and the developer who did so was responsible for the name "Montclair." ^[1]

Major landmarks include the Montclair Elementary School, Montclair Park, Bishop Field and the Presidents' Golf Course.

Transportation

Montclair is next to the North Quincy MBTA Red Line station, and MBTA bus route 211 (Squantum-Quincy Center) services it.

External links

Montclair on Google Maps

Notes

↑ "Quincy Neighborhoods". City of Quincy. Retrieved 28 February 2012.

Quincy, Massachusetts

Neighborhoods	Adams Shore Germantown Hough's Neck Marina Bay Merrymount Montclair North Quincy Quincy Center Quincy Point South Quincy Squantum West Quincy Wollaston

Schools	Quincy Public Schools Quincy High School North Quincy High School Woodward School for Girls

Colleges and universities	Quincy College Eastern Nazarene College

Landmarks	John Adams Birthplace Thomas Crane Public Library Quincy City Hall Peacefield Josiah Quincy House Quincy Quarries Reservation Quincy Shore Drive Squantum Point Park United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum USS Salem (CA-139)

Media	The Patriot Ledger

MBTA stations	North Quincy Quincy Adams Quincy Center Wollaston

Islands	Moon Island

History	Fore River Shipyard Naval Air Station Squantum

Coordinates: 42°16′15″N 71°02′08″W / 42.27083°N 71.03556°W / 42.27083; -71.03556

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