Dorchester Center, Massachusetts

ZIP codes in Dorchester Center

Area codes for Dorchester Center

• Area code 617

  In service since 1947. Shares its area with 857. Local calls are dialed with ten digits; dialing 1 plus ten digits also works.

• Area code 857

  In service since May 2, 2001. Shares its area with 617. Local calls are dialed with ten digits; dialing 1 plus ten digits also works.

Area codes here are matched from telephone rate centers, so a place near a boundary can have local numbers from either side of it.

Time zone

Dorchester Center is in the Eastern Time zone.

Towns near Dorchester Center

• Dorchester0.7 km (0.4 mi)
• Mattapan2.7 km (1.7 mi)
• Milton Village2.8 km (1.7 mi)
• Jamaica Plain4 km (2.5 mi)
• Roxbury4.2 km (2.6 mi)
• Milton4.3 km (2.7 mi)
• Roxbury Crossing4.6 km (2.9 mi)
• Roslindale4.8 km (3.0 mi)