City of Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States

Overview of Somerville City

• Name:
  Somerville City
• Official Name:
  City of Somerville
• Also Known As:
  Somerville
• Place Type:
  Incorporated City (county subdivision)
• Located In:
  Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
  
• Description (GNIS):
  Located N of Boston (US-T121).
• History (GNIS):
  Settled in 1630, incorporated as a town in 1842, and as a city in 1871. So named by a committee of local people appointed to select a name. It was probably named for Captain Richard Somers, a naval officer in the Tripolitan War (MA-T1/p43).
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:42.390758642° 23' 26.7"N

  Longitude:-71.101330071° 06' 04.8"W
• Nearby Cities:
  • Somerville 0.2 mi. SE
  • Cambridge City 1.6 mi. SW
  • Medford City 2.3 mi. N
  • Everett City 2.6 mi. NE
  • Chelsea City (Suffolk County) 3.5 mi. E
  • Malden City 3.5 mi. NE
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  • Somerville 0.6 mi. S
  • Old Burying Ground (Cambridge City) 1.4 mi. SW
  • Burial Hill (Cambridge City) 1.5 mi. SW
  • North Cambridge Catholic (Cambridge City) 1.7 mi. W
  • Veterans 1.9 mi. NW
  • Saint Francis deSales (Boston City, Suffolk County) 1.9 mi. E
  • Salem Street Burying Ground (Medford City) 1.9 mi. N
  • Phipps Street (Boston City, Suffolk County) 2 mi. SE
  • Saint Pauls 2.1 mi. NW
  • Bunker (Boston City, Suffolk County) 2.2 mi. E
  • Prince Hall Mystic 2.2 mi. NW
  • Cambridge (Cambridge City) 2.5 mi. SW
• Elevation:
  18 m
• Surrounding Cities:
  • Malden NE
  • Everett NE
  • Chelsea (Suffolk County) E
  • Boston (Suffolk County) SE
  • Cambridge SW
  • Watertown SW
  • Medford N
• Histopolis Place ID:
  566390857
• Updated Apr 29, 2020