Burlington, Massachusetts Burlington, Massachusetts Official seal of Burlington, Massachusetts Website Town of Burlington, Massachusetts Burlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
5.1 Burlington Police Department 5.2 Burlington Fire Department It is believed that Burlington takes its name from the English town of Bridlington, Yorkshire but this has never been confirmed .
Burlington is now a suburban industrialized town at the junction of the Boston-Merrimack corridor, but for most of its history it was almost entirely agricultural, selling hops and rye to Boston and supplementing that income with small shoe-making shops.
Early barns expansion passed the town by (although the town was serviced by the Middlesex Turnpike), limiting its early development, and Burlington continued to cure hams for the Boston market and produce milk, fruit, and vegetables.
The highway kicked off an enormous expansion, and between 1955 and 1965 Burlington was the quickest burgeoning town in the state.
Burlington has graduated many prominent athletes, including four Olympians, and the rest who have gone to have prosperous careers in the NHL, NFL, and Major League Baseball.
Located in the Greater Boston Area of easterly Massachusetts, Burlington is bordered by Bedford on the west, Billerica on the north, Wilmington on the northeast, Woburn on the southeast, and Lexington on the south.
Burlington is 12 miles (19 km) south of Lowell, 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Boston, 36 miles (58 km) southeast of Fitchburg, and 224 miles (360 km) from New York City.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 11.9 square miles (31 km2), of which 11.8 square miles (31 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2), or 0.59%, is water.
The per capita income was $41,849 and 4.7% of the populace lived below the poverty line. According to an earlier estimate from 2007, the median income for a homehold in the town was $86,052, and the median income for a family was $99,123.
As of 2014, 19.5% of the inhabitants of Burlington were born outside of the United States. The Burlington Town Common and Simonds Park are in the center of town and there are multiple parks and enhance recreation facilities throughout town which have basketball courts, tennis courts, baseball fields, soccer fields, gymnasia, an indoor skating rink (Burlington Ice Palace) and a skatepark.
The Burlington Public Library is on Sears Street adjoining the Town Common.
The Burlington Historical Museum is positioned on Bedford Street at the intersection of Cambridge Street. The biggest conservation region in Burlington, the Mill Pond Conservation Area includes over 140 acres (0.57 km2) of rolling and steep terrain.
The pond is feeding one of the two water treatment plants in Burlington.
The Burlington Landlocked Forest, also known as the Burlington Landlocked Parcel, consists of 270 acres (1.1 km2) spanning the borders of Burlington, Bedford, and Lexington, and contains 12 miles (19 km) of hiking-mountain biking trails, vernal pools, abundant wildlife, historic contemporary walls and other structures, meadows, and old-growth forest.
The majority of the territory is owned by the Town of Burlington, which has kept it as open space since acquiring it by eminent domain in 1985.
It borders Route 3 in Burlington to the east, Route 62 in Bedford to the north, conservation territory in Lexington to the west and Route 128 to the South.
The Landlocked Parcel is presently not protected territory and there were discussions in 2008 between the Town of Burlington and Patriot Partners to sell the territory to the developer who would precarious part of the forest to build a large biotechnology complex.
A citizen group, Friends of the Burlington Landlocked Forest, has been organized to prevent this sale and to make the Forest designated conservation land.
The Burlington RC Flyers maintain a field in the park.
The Kevin James movie Paul Blart: Mall Cop was filmed in the Burlington Mall, and scenes from the Ben Affleck movie The Company Men were filmed in an office building off of Wall Street, near Route 128.
Burlington is governed by a 126-member representative Town Meeting (18 delegates propel per precinct) and a five-member executive Board of Selectmen.
The Burlington Recreation department offers a range of programs for grownups and children.
Burlington Police Department The Burlington Police Department (BPD) has the major responsibility for law enforcement and investigation in the town of Burlington, MA.
Chief Michael Kent is the current Chief of Police for Burlington.
The Burlington Police Department has 64 sworn officers.
There are a several Divisions inside the BPD, including Patrol, Detectives, Domestic Violence, Traffic, Community Service, School Resource, Crime Analysis, Records, K9, and the Bike Unit. The Burlington Police Department is also one of 54 law enforcement agencies that comprise the North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (NEMLEC). The Burlington Police Department is positioned at 45 Center Street in Burlington. Route 128/ I-95 and Route 3 traverse through Burlington and motor vehicle laws are enforced primarily by the Massachusetts State Police on these roadways.
The Burlington Fire Department has a force of 41 Firefighters and 16 Officers whom are commanded by Chief Steve Yetman.
Burlington also operates a hazardous materials/cascade unit and a brush unit.
The Burlington Fire Department Headquarters is positioned at 21 Center Street in Burlington, MA. The Burlington Fire Department Station Two is positioned at 114 Terrace Hall Avenue in Burlington, MA. Burlington has six enhance schools (four elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school) which comprise the Burlington Public School District.
The high school is Burlington High School.
Burlington is also served by the Shawsheen Valley Technical High School.
Routes 128 (I-95), 3, 3 - A and 62 pass through Burlington.
MBTA Bus routes 350, 351, 352 and 354 directed by the MBTA run through the town, as do Lowell Regional Transit Authority, Lexpress (Lexington), and B-Line (Burlington) buses.
Over the last 15 years, Burlington has experienced a boom in commercial expansion with the continuous expansion of the Burlington Mall and the assembly of the Wayside Commons, which includes an L.L.
It is a mostly well-positioned town in the state positioned at the intersection of Interstate 95 and US 3, Burlington is 5 minutes from I-93 and 20 minutes from I-90 as well as just 20 minutes from Boston, half an hour from New Hampshire, and an hour from Rhode Island.
Burlington's stretch of 128, between Route 3 and Winn Street is home to various sizeable buildings housing primary companies, such as Demandware, Oracle Corporation and SAP AG and TD Bank.
The primary global financial software enormous Sun - Gard has an office on Van de Graff drive in Burlington.
The Boston Burlington Marriott positioned on the corners of Mall road and Cambridge street (Route 3 - A) serves as a base for all traveling company workers and cyclic tourists as well as guests visiting the Lahey Clinic.
In the Middlesex Commons: Old Navy, Market Basket, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, Eastern Bank, Burtons Grill, Nordstrom Rack, Chateau Restaurant, and Burlington Wine & Spirits. At other locations : Boston Burlington Marriott Hotel, Burlington House of Pizza, AMC Burlington 10 Movie Theater, True North Coffee, Chili's Restaurant, Barnes & Noble, Pyara Spa and Salon, Best Buy, Cafe Escadrille, Buffalo Wild Wings, Macaroni Grill, Border Cafe, Trader Joe's, H Mart Update: In October, 2008, the Burlington Town Meeting in total denied the sale of the territory to Patriot Partners.
The complex would include labs, offices, retail shops and housing units. Since this new evolution is proposed on the site of the biggest remaining region of open space, generally called the "Burlington Landlocked Forest" (see below), there is momentous resistance from the town meeting, the Conservation Commission, and the general population. There is one settlement and pond in England titled Burlington in Sheriffhales, Shropshire search Ordnance Survey map - however the elegance of the early 18th century central London Palladian Burlington House may have inspired the choice of name.
"Town of Burlington, Massachusetts".
Town of Burlington, Massachusetts.
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Burlington town, Middlesex County, Massachusetts".
"TOTAL POPULATION (P1), 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1".
"1990 Enumeration of Population, General Population Characteristics: Massachusetts" (PDF).
"1980 Enumeration of the Population, Number of Inhabitants: Massachusetts" (PDF).
Enumeration 2000 link to Burlington demographics Enumeration link to Burlington demographics "Quick - Facts Burlington CDP, Massachusetts".
"Burlington Public Library".
Burlington Public Library.
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Town Of Burlington Conservation Areas Burlington Water Department The Burlington RC Flyers' Airstrip in Mary Cummings Park "Burlington's Most Famous".
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