City of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States

Overview of Medford City

• Name:
  Medford City
• Official Name:
  City of Medford
• Also Known As:
  Medford
• Place Type:
  Incorporated City (county subdivision)
• Located In:
  Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
  
• Description (GNIS):
  Located 4 mi N of Boston (US-T121).
• History (GNIS):
  Settled in 1630-35, incorporated as a town in 1684, and as a city in 1892. Said to have been called Meadford by Dudley; called Metford in the deeds of Cradocks widow, this being taken apparently from the name of a hamlet near Caverswell, the seat of the Cradock family in England. Another theory is that the name was selected by early settlers because of the vast marshes, resembling meads or meadows (MA-T1/p29).
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:42.423473042° 25' 24.5"N

  Longitude:-71.108490071° 06' 30.6"W
• Nearby Cities:
  • Medford 0.4 mi. S
  • Somerville City 2.3 mi. S
  • Malden City 2.6 mi. E
  • Everett City 3 mi. SE
  • Melrose City 3.4 mi. NE
  • Cambridge City 3.7 mi. S
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  • Salem Street Burying Ground 0.4 mi. S
  • Saint Marys (Malden City) 1.4 mi. NE
  • Oak Grove 1.5 mi. W
  • Prince Hall Mystic 1.7 mi. SW
  • Veterans (Somerville City) 1.7 mi. SW
  • Saint Pauls 1.8 mi. SW
  • Mount Pleasant 2.1 mi. W
  • Salem Street (Malden City) 2.4 mi. E
  • Old Burying Ground 2.4 mi. W
  • North Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge City) 2.5 mi. SW
  • Forest Dale (Malden City) 2.6 mi. NE
  • Wildwood 2.8 mi. NW
• Elevation:
  8 m
• Surrounding Cities:
  • Melrose NE
  • Malden E
  • Everett SE
  • Chelsea (Suffolk County) SE
  • Boston (Suffolk County) SE
  • Somerville S
  • Cambridge S
  • Woburn NW
• Histopolis Place ID:
  662625680
• Updated Apr 29, 2020