Watertown, Massachusetts

Watertown
Nickname : H2O Town
The Main Street in Watertown
Location of Watertown in Massachusetts
Watertown
Basic data
Foundation :	1630
State :	United States
State :	Massachusetts
County :	Middlesex County
Coordinates :	42 ° 22 ′  N , 71 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 22 ′  N , 71 ° 11 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Inhabitants : -  Metropolitan Area :	31,915 (as of 2010) 4,552,402 (as of 2010)
Population density :	3,010.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	10.8 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 ) of which 10.6 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	11 m
Postal code :	02472
Area code :	+1 617, 857
FIPS :	25-73440
GNIS ID :	0612401
Website :	www.ci.watertown.ma.us
Mayor :	Michael J. Driscoll
The old high school in Watertown

Watertown is a city near Boston in the state of Massachusetts in the United States .

geography

Watertown is bounded to the north by Belmont and to the south by Newton and Brighton , the boundary being essentially defined by the Charles River . To the east lies the city of Cambridge , the border of which is almost completely defined by the well-known Mount Auburn Cemetery , which in turn is in the area of ​​Watertown, but is very often mistakenly assigned to Cambridge. Waltham is to the west , but there is no clear geographical limit.

history

On April 18, 2013, Watertown hit the headlines around the world after two suspects in the Boston Marathon attack, heavily armed with firearms and explosives, engaged in a police shootout here, killing the older of the two and injuring his younger brother escaped . The city was cordoned off for hours as the police combed the whole area in search of this young man who was found the following evening.

population

Population development

Age distribution in Watertown in 2000
under 18 years			14.1%
18 to 24 years			9.4%
25 to 44 years			39.8%
45 to 64 years			20.0%
over 65 years			16.7%

Based on the 2000 census , Watertown had 32,986 residents among 14,629 households and 7,329 families. The population density was 8,026 people per square mile or 3,099 people per square kilometer. There were 15,008 housing units at a density of 3,651.5 units per square mile (1,409.9 units per square kilometer).

The city's population was composed as follows: 91.42% White , 1.73% African American , 0.16% Indigenous American , 3.87% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 0.85% other races, and 1 , 95% two or more races . Hispanics and Latinos made up 2.68% of the population.

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1900	9766		-
1910	12,875		31.8%
1920	21,457		66.7%
1930	34,913		62.7%
1940	35,427		1.5%
1950	37,329		5.4%
1960	39.092		4.7%
1970	39,307		0.5%
1980	34,384		-12.5%
1990	33.284		-3.2%
2000	32,986		-0.9%
2010	31,915		-3.2%
Ten-Year US Census

17.8% of households had children under the age of 18, 37.9% were married couples, 8.7% of households were led by single women and 49.9% of households were not classified as families. Singles lived in 34.1% of households, 12.4% were single seniors over 65 years of age. The average household size was 2.17 people and the average family size was 2.86 people.

The age distribution can be seen in the diagram. The median household income was 59,764  US dollars , the median family income 67,441 US dollars. Males had a median income of $ 46,642 versus $ 39,840 for women. The city's per capita income was $ 33,262. 4.5% of families and 6.3% of the urban population lived below the poverty line , with 8.6% under the age of 18 and 7.5% over 65.

Armenian population

Watertown is a major center of the Armenian diaspora, and in 2007 it was home to the third largest Armenian community in the United States with 7,000 members. Only the California cities of Glendale and Fresno have larger Armenian communities. Watertown also publishes a number of daily newspapers in English and Armenian , including the Armenian Mirror-Spectator and the Armenian Weekly and Armenian Review .

Culture and sights

Libraries

• Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library - Library for the visually impaired on the Perkins School campus
• Watertown Free Public Library - Located in a 2006 renovated and expanded building at 123 Main Street

theatre

• New Repertory Theater - Professional theater company at the Arsenal Center for Arts , 321 Arsenal Street

Museums

• Armenian Library and Museum of America - 65 Main Street

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Since land prices are rising steadily in the metropolitan area around Boston, Watertown has developed as an attractive and inexpensive alternative to rather expensive cities such as Cambridge , Brookline , Belmont and especially Boston . Watertown is conveniently located on the major arteries of Soldiers Field Road and Massachusetts Turnpike , providing quick and direct routes to downtown Boston nightlife . At the NBTA station in Watertown Square there are many connection options to travel to the surrounding cities by omnibus or trolleybus . The city has been served by line 71 of the Cambridge trolleybus since 1958 .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Richard Bakalyan (1931-2015), actor
• Ellis O. Briggs (1899-1976), diplomat
• Charles Brigham (1841–1925), architect and designer of the Watertown Seal
• Benjamin Robbins Curtis (1809–1874), lawyer, US Supreme Court Justice
• Frederick C. Crawford (1891–1994), industrialist, founder of Thompson Products (later TRW Inc. ) and the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum
• Jeff DaRosa (* 1982), musician and member of the Dropkick Murphys , former member of The Exit , grew up in Watertown
• Miles Donahue (* 1944), jazz musician
• Harriet Hosmer (1830–1908), sculptor
• Geraldo Scarpone Caporale (1928–2016), Roman Catholic religious, Bishop of Comayagua in Honduras
• Charles Sumner Tainter (1854–1940), instrument maker, engineer and inventor

Personalities who have worked on site

• The band Boston recorded most of their platinum album Boston at Foxglove Studios in Watertown.
• Convers Francis (1795–1863), pastor at the Unitarian Church in Watertown, playedan important role in transcendentalism alongside Ralph Waldo Emerson , Henry David Thoreau and others
• Stephen P. Mugar (1901–1982), philanthropist and founder of Star Market

literature

• Samuel Adams Drake : History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts . containing carefully prepared histories of every city and town in the county . Estes and Lauriat , Boston 1879, OCLC 3987925 ( full text in Google Book Search).
• Convers Francis : An historical sketch of Watertown, in Massachusetts . from the first settlement of the town to the close of its second century . EW Metcalf and company , Cambridge 1830, OCLC 2469993 ( full text in Google book search).
• Henry Bond : Genealogies of the families and descendants of the early settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts . including Waltham and Weston, to which is appended the early history of the town . New England Historic Genealogical Society , Boston 1978, OCLC 4440742 (reproduction of the original 1860 edition, published by The Society , Boston).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Keith O'Brien : ADL local leader fired on Armenian issue . Genocide question sparked bitter debate . In: Boston.com. August 18, 2007, accessed September 10, 2017 . 
2. ↑ HAYK the Ubiquitous Armenian : Armenians in Watertown, MA . Retrieved September 10, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Armeniapedia: Watertown. Retrieved October 24, 2011 . 
4. ^ Watertown Free Public Library : History of the library - Renovations . (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 17, 2017 ; accessed on September 10, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Watertown Free Public Library : Hours & Directions - Directions. Retrieved September 10, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Richard Bakalyan in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Web links

Commons : Watertown, Massachusetts  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Armenian library and museum
• The history of Watertown
• Public Library in Watertown
• Website of the daily newspaper Watertown TAB & Press