Medford, Massachusetts

Medford
Location of Medford, Massachusetts, colored pink: Middlesex County
Location in Massachusetts
Medford
Basic data
Foundation :	1630
State :	United States
State :	Massachusetts
County :	Middlesex County
Coordinates :	42 ° 25 ′  N , 71 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 25 ′  N , 71 ° 6 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	56,173 (as of 2010)
Population density :	2,662.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	22.4 km 2  (approx. 9 mi 2 ) of which 21.1 km 2  (approx. 8 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	4 m
Postcodes :	02153, 02155 , 02156
Area code :	+1 617/781
FIPS :	25-39835
GNIS ID :	0612778
Website :	www.medfordma.org
Mayor :	Stephanie M. Burke

Medford is a city in Middlesex County in the state of Massachusetts a few kilometers north of Boston on the Mystic River . According to the last census from 2010, 56,173 people live in the city. The city is best known for Tufts University . The name means " ford in a meadow " (ford in a meadow).

Geographical location

According to the US Census Bureau , the urban area covers a total of 22.4 square kilometers. 21.1 square kilometers are land and 1.3 square kilometers are water. The proportion of water area in the total area is 5.79 percent.

Grace Episcopal Church, Medford, Massachusetts (north front)

sons and daughters of the town

• Sarah Bradlee Fulton (1740–1835), active participant in the American Revolutionary War
• John Brooks (1752–1825), politician, Governor of Massachusetts
• Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880), writer and abolitionist
• Quincy Wright (1890-1970), political scientist
• Mary Carew (1913-2002), track and field athlete
• Hal McKusick (1924–2012), jazz musician
• Thayer David (1927–1978), actor
• Richard Desmond (1927–1990), ice hockey player
• William F. Buckley (1928–1985), CIA agent
• Lincoln D. Faurer (1928–2014), General and NSA Director
• Francis Xavier Irwin (1934–2019), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Boston
• Walter Edyvean (1938–2019), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Boston
• Paul Theroux (* 1941), writer
• Richard A. Meserve (* 1944), physicist, science organizer and lawyer
• Fred Giannelli (* 1960), musician and producer
• Terri Lyne Carrington (* 1965), musician and composer
• Joe Sacco (born 1969), ice hockey player
• Colleen Coyne (born 1971), ice hockey player
• Tony Giglio (* 1971), screenwriter and director
• Julianne Nicholson (born 1971), actress
• Maria Menounos (* 1978), actress

Others

The towns of Medford and Savannah (Georgia) each claim the creation of the Christmas classic Jingle Bells for themselves.

Web links

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