Winchester, Massachusetts

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Winchester
Historic Winchester Town Hall, registered on the NRHP
Location in Massachusetts
Basic data
Foundation :	1850
State :	United States
State :	Massachusetts
County :	Middlesex County
Coordinates :	42 ° 27 ′  N , 71 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 27 ′  N , 71 ° 8 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	20,810 (as of 2007)
Population density :	1,334 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	16.3 km 2  (about 6 mi 2 ) of which 15.6 km 2  (about 6 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	19 m
Postal code :	01890
Area code :	+1 339/781
FIPS :	25-80510
GNIS ID :	0618247
Website :	www.winchester.us

Winchester is a city in Middlesex County in Massachusetts , United States, and is located about eight miles north of Boston .

geography

The city has an area of ​​6.3 km², almost the entire area is land.

Town twinning

• Saint-Germain-en-Laye , France - since 1990

Personalities

• Lars Ahlfors (1907–1996), mathematician and recipient of the Fields Medal
• Patrick Aufiero (* 1980), ice hockey player
• Joe Bellino (1938-2019), American football player
• Robert A. Brown (* 1951), President of Boston University
• Stephen J. Burke , actor in the film Green
• Allan McLeod Cormack (1924–1998), recipient of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Edward Everett (1794–1865), President of Harvard University and Governor of Massachusetts
• Kali Flanagan (* 1995), ice hockey player
• Jim Herberich (* 1963), bobsledder
• Julius Edgar Lilienfeld (1882–1963), physicist
• Yo-Yo Ma (* 1955), cellist
• Stephanie McCaffrey (* 1993), soccer player
• Samuel W. McCall (1851–1923), ten-time Congressman and three-time Governor of Massachusetts
• Barry Newman (born 1938), actor
• Jay Pandolfo (born 1974), ice hockey player
• Herb Reed (1928–2012), founding member of the pop group The Platters
• Alicia Sacramone (* 1987), multiple medalist at the gymnastics world championships and winner of the silver medal at the 2010 Olympic Games
• Richard R. Schrock (* 1945), winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005
• Claude Elwood Shannon (1916–2001), engineer and information theorist
• Conor Sheary (born 1992), ice hockey player
• Harry Sinden (* 1932), former general manager and coach of the Boston Bruins
• Whitney Smith (1940–2016), founder and director of the Flag Research Center
• Dan Spang (born 1983), ice hockey player
• Maribel Vinson (1911–1961), figure skater
• John Volpe (1908–1994), three-time Governor of Massachusetts, Secretary of Transportation and Ambassador to Italy
• Brian White (born 1976), ice hockey player
• Brad Whitford (born 1952), musician; Rhythm guitarist for the rock band Aerosmith
• Brian Wilson (born 1982), baseball player

Web links

Commons : Winchester (Massachusetts)  - Album containing pictures, videos and audio files