Suffolk, Massachusetts, was first created in 1643. The county seat is one of the United State's premier cities: Boston. Located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in eastern Massachusetts, it is a major player in the 'New England' section of this country.

Suffolk's Cities, Towns & Communities (such as Allston, Boston, Brighton, Charlestown, Chelsea, Dorchester, East Boston, Grove Hall, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, Revere, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury, and Winthrop) were among the first in the United States to be settled. Their rich history includes a treasure trove of historical landmarks, many of these pivotal to the striving new nation they represent, such as: The Holy Cross Cathedral, (the first Catholic Church in New England), the Warren Tavern, (George Washington's funeral speech was given here), the Old North Church, (where Paul Revere's lanterns touched off the American Revolution), and the Freedom Trail, (walk the redbrick trail where freedom was born, among so many others).

Dynamic, involved, politically contentious, Massachusetts has lead the way for the nation since it was one of the first 13 Colonies. Suffolk County, in particular, is not content to rest on its laurels. The Big Dig Project, the story of the most expensive road project in American history, is a prime example of the foresightedness of Suffolk's planners and doers. The elevated Central Artery/Inner Belt system began construction in 1950, and may or may not have been the most expensive road project in American history, what is sure is that Massachusetts lead the nation with this huge project, and began, and funded, it on its own, without waiting for the federal interstate system to be established under U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower.

Today, Suffolk's population 689,807 (2000 census), enjoys some of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation. Educated, ambitious, and conscious of their historical status, the young citizens of Suffolk (median age in Suffolk County is 31.4 yrs), have levered Logan International Airport and the Port of Boston into one of America’s premier transport centers and high-technology companies have turned Route 128 into “America’s Technology Highway”.

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