Milton is a suburban Boston town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 26,062 at the 2000 census. It is the home of the prestigious Milton Academy and the liberal arts college Curry College. Milton is the birthplace of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush and visionary Buckminster Fuller. A distinguished American sculptor and author of art history books, William Ordway Partridge, lived in Milton and maintained his studio there for many years at the end of the nineteenth century. The Suffolk Resolves were signed there in 1774. The Granite Railway, the first commercial railroad in the United States, passed through Milton and it is commemorated there with an original piece of the train track and switch. Milton also has the highest percentage of residents citing Irish lineage of any town in the United States per capita - 38%. The majority reside in the neighborhood of East Milton. Milton apartments for rent comparison page shows most up to date rent information on Milton apartments and houses. Rent information is obtained from multiple rental sources but we cannot guarantee their accuracy.