Talk:Wollaston, Massachusetts

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Merrymount and Wollaston are not one in the same. As someone who has lived in Merrymount for over 35 years, I can testify that it is commonly known that the circumference of Merrymount runs from Shore Avenue to Norton Rd. to Sea St. to Southern Artery to Furnace Brook Parkway and back to Shore Avenue. This boundary is recognized each third of July by the annual road race sponsored by the Merrymount association. Perhaps there is confusion since the Mount Wollaston cemetery does in fact lie within this boundary, but what is commonly considered Wollaston is north of Merrymount, south of North Quincy and east of Norfolk Downs. The generally accepted circumference of Wollaston is Quincy Shore Drive to Furnace Brook Parkway to Merrymount Parkway to Hancock St. (including neighborhoods on Beale St, westward to the Milton town line, but south of Montclair) to Elm Ave. and back to Quincy Shore Drive.

The corner of Bass St. and Hancock St. mentioned in the article is clearly not part of Merrymount.