East Boston was annexed by the Boston, Massachusetts in 1836 and is separated from the rest of the city by Port of Boston and bordered by Winthrop, Massachusetts, Revere, Massachusetts, and the Chelsea Creek. Directly west of East Boston across Boston Harbor is the North End, Boston, Massachusetts and Boston's Financial District, Boston, Massachusetts.

History
=Early history=
The landmass that is East Boston today was originally five islands - Noddle, Hog (later Orient Heights), Breed s, Governor s, Bird and Apple - that were connected using landfill, the latter three as part of the expansion of Logan Airport during World War...

East Boston was annexed by the Boston, Massachusetts in 1836 and is separated from the rest of the city by Port of Boston and bordered by Winthrop, Massachusetts, Revere, Massachusetts, and the Chelsea Creek. Directly west of East Boston across Boston Harbor is the North End, Boston, Massachusetts and Boston's Financial District, Boston, Massachusetts.

History
=Early history=
The landmass that is East Boston today was originally five islands - Noddle, Hog (later Orient Heights), Breed s, Governor s, Bird and Apple - that were connected using landfill, the latter three as part of the expansion of Logan Airport during World War II. Not long after the settling of Boston, Noddle Island served as grazing land for cattle.

In 1801 William H. Sumner had proposed to the Federal Government that a turnpike that was planned to connect Salem, Massachusetts to Boston take its route over the as yet undeveloped NoddleTs Island. He argued that the route over NoddleTs Island would be more direct and easier to develop. He stated
? in my opinion that the circular route from Chelsea throT Charlestown to Boston is about 1 of a mile farther than a direct course over NoddleTs Island in Boston. ?.. The course suggested will be almost in a direct line, from my knowledge of the land?.On the back part of the Island is a muddy creek and the distance of the Island to Boston is not so great by one third, I presume as it is from Chelsea, Massachusetts to Moreton Point in Charlestown. ?. There is no doubt that but that the necessities of the town of Boston will some require a connection with NoodleTs Island with the town of which it is part. History of East Boston, William Sumner, Chap. 14]
The one issue that Sumner foresaw but tried to gloss over was the land on Charlestown, Massachusetts that was purchased by the federal government as the site for a future Boston Navy Yard. The ships route from this yard to the ocean would be blocked by the bridge. His belief was that since a standing navy was in such disfavor at that point in the nationTs history that this issue would not stand in his way. However the War of 1812, which was viewed as a naval war, changed the public's opinion about the needs for a navy. Because the route through East Boston and over the Boston Harbor would block ships route to the future Charlestown Navy Yard the turnpike was set to go through Chelsea, Massachusetts as opposed to over NoddleTs Island.