Carlisle (Massachusetts)

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Carlisle
First Religious Society in Carlisle MA.jpg
Location in Massachusetts
Carlisle (Massachusetts)
Carlisle
Carlisle
Basic data
Foundation : 1650
State : United States
State : Massachusetts
County : Middlesex County
Coordinates : 42 ° 32 ′  N , 71 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 32 ′  N , 71 ° 21 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 4,717 (as of: 2000)
Population density : 118.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 40.2 km 2  (approx. 16 mi 2 ) of
which 39.8 km 2  (approx. 15 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 62 m
Postal code : 01741
Area code : +1 351,978
FIPS : 25-11525
GNIS ID : 0619397
Website : www.carlislema.gov

Carlisle (also Carlisle Station ) is a small town in Middlesex County , Massachusetts , United States , about 6 miles from Lowell .

history

Carlisle was first settled in 1650 and in 1780 it became a District in Concord.

Demographics

According to the 2000 survey, there are 4,717 people in 1,618 households in Carlisle, of which 1,372 are families. The population density is 118.6 / km². The ethnic composition is broken down into 93.5% White, 0.17% African American, 0.060% Native, 4.83% Asians, 0.040% Pacific Islanders and 1.42% Other. The median income of a household amounted to 129,811 US dollars . 2.4% of the population live below the poverty line.

Trivia

  • The comic artist Darby Conley of the comic series " Get Fuzzy " was born in Carlisle.
  • During the delivery of the Olympic torch for the 2002 Salt Lake City Games , the delivery man walked through Carlisle.
  • Carlisle has its own newspaper called The Mosquito.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Galvin, William Francis. Historical Data Relating to Counties, Cities, and Towns in Massachusetts. Boston, Massachusetts: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997 . p29