Editing Newton, Massachusetts (section)

===Villages===

{{main|List of villages in Newton, Massachusetts}}

Rather than having a single city center, Newton is a patchwork of thirteen villages, many boasting small downtown areas of their own. The 13 villages are: [[Auburndale, Massachusetts|Auburndale]], [[Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts|Chestnut Hill]], [[Newton Centre, Massachusetts|Newton Centre]], [[Newton Corner, Massachusetts|Newton Corner]], [[Newton Highlands, Massachusetts|Newton Highlands]], [[Newton Lower Falls]], [[Newton Upper Falls]] (both on the [[Charles River]], and both former small industrial sites), [[Newtonville, Massachusetts|Newtonville]], [[Nonantum, Massachusetts|Nonantum]] (also known as Silver Lake or "The Lake"), [[Oak Hill, Massachusetts|Oak Hill]], [[Thompsonville, Massachusetts|Thompsonville]], [[Waban, Massachusetts|Waban]] and [[West Newton, Massachusetts|West Newton]]. [[Oak Hill Park]] is a place within the village of Oak Hill that itself is shown as a separate and distinct village on some [[city map]]s (including a map dated 2010 on the official City of Newton website),<ref>Newton's Geographic Information System: [http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/mis/gis/Maps/Villages.htm City of Newton, Massachusetts] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222050806/http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/mis/gis/Maps/Villages.htm |date=February 22, 2012}}</ref> and Four Corners is also shown as a village on some city maps. Although most of the villages have a post office, they have no legal definition and no firmly defined borders. This village-based system often causes some confusion with addresses and for first-time visitors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newtoncitizens.com/villages.shtml|title=The Villages of Newton, Mass.|work=newtoncitizens.com|access-date=February 11, 2016}}</ref>