Arlington, Massachusetts Arlington, Massachusetts Official seal of Arlington, Massachusetts Arlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, six miles (10 km) northwest of Boston.
8 Arlington in prominent culture 9 Organizations based in Arlington The Town of Arlington was settled by European colonists in 1635 as a village inside the boundaries of Cambridge, Massachusetts under the name Menotomy, an Algonquian word meaning "swift running water".
In 1867, the name "Arlington" was chosen with respect to those buried in Arlington National Cemetery; the name change took effect that April 30.
The Massachusett tribe, part of the Algonquian group of Native Americans, lived around the Mystic Lakes, the Mystic River and Alewife Brook.
Through the town also flows the stream called Mill Brook, which historically figured largely into Arlington's economy.
Paul Revere's famous midnight ride to alert colonists took him through Menotomy, now known as Arlington.
1852 Map of Boston region showing Arlington, then called West Cambridge.
In its early years, Arlington was a grow farming improve and had its own lettuce that was quite popular. Arlington had a large ice trade on Spy Pond from the mid-19th century until the last ice home burned down in 1930; much of its ice was sent to the Caribbean and India by "Ice King" Frederic Tudor.
Arlington's populace interval by over 90 percent amid the 1920s. In 1979, the first spreadsheet software program, Visi - Calc, was advanced by Bob Frankston and Dan Bricklin in the attic of the Arlington apartment rented by Bob Frankston. Arlington was the site of the accident which claimed the life of top American experienced cyclist Nicole Reinhart, a two-time Pan American Games winner.
An 1875 map of Arlington Arlington covers 3,517.5 acres (14 km2), or 5.5 square miles, of which 286.2 acres (1.2 km2) are veiled by water.
Arlington borders on the Mystic Lakes, Mystic River, and Alewife Brook.
Within its borders are Spy Pond, the Arlington Reservoir, Mill Brook, and Hills Pond.
Arlington Center Arlington Heights, in the west East Arlington, roughly east of Pleasant Street Arlington is positioned in easterly Massachusetts and is bordered by the metros/cities of Medford to the northeast, Somerville to the east, Cambridge to the southeast, and the suburbs of Winchester to the north, Lexington to the west, and Belmont to the south.
Of the 42,844 citizens in the population, 21.4% were under the age of 18, 5.8% were 15 to 19 years of age, 5.3% were 20 to 24 years of age, 30.3% were 25 to 44 years of age, 28.7% were 45 to 64 years of age, and 15.8% were 65 years and over.
1 02476 (Arlington Center/Heights) $51,709 $95,305 $131,770 16,662 7,065 N/a Arlington $49,549 $89,841 $117,590 43,308 18,688 4.4% 2 02474 (East Arlington) $48,199 $87,225 $111,148 26,646 11,623 N/a Arlington's executive branch consists of an propel five-member Board of Selectmen.
The Town of Arlington has enough people to turn into the City of Arlington, but has not done so, in part because it would lose its ability to hold Town Meetings.
Arlington has a enhance school fitness with nine schools. The seven elementary schools (K-5) are Brackett, Bishop, Thompson, Hardy, Peirce, Stratton, and Dallin.
There is also a single middle school (grades 6 8), Ottoson, and Arlington High School, which includes grades 9 12.
In addition, Arlington is in the precinct served by the Minuteman Regional High School, positioned in Lexington, one of the top vocational-technical schools in Massachusetts. There are two Parochial schools, Arlington Catholic High School, and an elementary/middle school, St.
Agnes Parish. In addition, there are two secular elementary schools, Lesley Ellis and the Alivia Elementary School, and Ecole Bilingue, another elementary/middle school.
The water fortress in Arlington Heights, assembled in 1921 The Arlington Center Historic District, where the Robbins Library and Old Burying Ground are located, is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Great Meadow comprises both wet meadow swamp and forest right outside the border of Arlington.
The Minuteman Bikeway, a prominent rail trail assembled in 1992, passes through various Arlington neighborhoods, including Arlington Center.
Menotomy Indian Hunter in Arlington Center by resident Cyrus E.
Arlington in prominent culture Two feature films have been shot partially in Arlington: The Out-of-Towners, starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn, and Once Around, starring Richard Dreyfuss and Holly Hunter.
Three widely recognized tv shows have been filmed in Arlington: This Old House, Trading Spaces, and Made.
A History Channel special, Bible Battles, was filmed in Arlington.
Arlington is referenced in the movie The Verdict starring Paul Newman.
South Boston's K Street takes the place of Arlington in the movie.
The music video for "Sing" by The Dresden Dolls was shot at the Regent Theatre in Arlington Center.
Arlington High School received nationwide media attention, becoming a topic of interest for the Glenn Beck Show and The View, for a ruling of the Arlington School Committee concerning the Pledge of Allegiance.
Arlington High School's 2014 Jazz Band came in 2nd place in the International Berklee High School Jazz Festival Arlington High School's 2013 Octet won the International Berklee High School Jazz Festival Arlington High School's 2011 Jazz Band came in 2nd place in the International Berklee High School Jazz Festival by 1 point Arlington High School's quiz team has appeared in two seasons[which?] of WGBH's High School Quiz Show.[when?] The Steve Katsos Show is filmed at ACMi Studios in Arlington Heights. Arlington's Little League baseball team won the Massachusetts State Little League championship in 1971.
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