Medford, Massachusetts Medford, Massachusetts Medford Square, the intersection of Main Street, High Street, Forest Street, Salem Street, Riverside Avenue, and Ring Road Medford Square, the intersection of Main Street, High Street, Forest Street, Salem Street, Riverside Avenue, and Ring Road Official seal of Medford, Massachusetts Medford, Massachusetts is positioned in the US Medford, Massachusetts - Medford, Massachusetts Medford is a town/city 3.2 miles northwest of downtown Boston on the Mystic River in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
Census, Medford's populace was 56,173.
1.7 Medford and the law Medford was settled in 1630 as part of Charlestown.
The region was originally called "Mistick" by Thomas Dudley (a name which persisted for many decades), which his party retitled "Meadford". In 1634, the territory north of the Mystic River became the private plantation of former Governor Matthew Cradock; athwart the river was Ten Hills Farm, which belonged to John Winthrop, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony. The name may have come from a description of the "meadow by the ford" in the Mystic River, or from two locations in England that Cradock may have known: the hamlet of Mayford or Metford in Staffordshire near Caverswall, or from the church of Maidford or Medford (now Towcester, Northamptonshire). In 1637, the first bridge (a toll bridge) athwart the Mystic River was assembled at the site of the present-day Cradock Bridge, which carries Main Street into Medford Square. It would be the only bridge athwart the Mystic until 1787, and as such became a primary route for traffic coming into Boston from the north (though ferries and fords were also used). The bridge would be rebuilt in 1880 and 1909. Until 1656, all of northern Medford was owned by Cradock, his heirs, or Edward Collins.
Medford was governed as a "peculiar" or private plantation.
It was transferred from Charlestown to Medford in 1754. This grant also encompassed the "Charlestown Wood Lots" (the Medford part of the Middlesex Fells), and part of what was at the time Woburn (now Winchester). Parts of Medford were transferred to Charlestown in 1811, Winchester in 1850 ("Upper Medford"), and Malden in 1879.
Additional territory was transferred to Medford from Malden (1817), Everett (1875), and Malden (1877) again. The populace of Medford went from 230 in 1700 to 1,114 in 1800.
After 1880, the populace rapidly expanded, reaching 18,244 by 1900. Farmland was divided into lots and sold to build residentiary and commercial buildings, starting in the 1840s and 1850s; government services period with the populace (schools, police, postal service) and technological leader (gas lighting, electricity, telephones, stockyards s). Tufts University was chartered in 1852 and the Crane Theological School at Tufts opened in 1869.
Medford was incorporated as a town/city in 1892 and was a center of industry, including the manufacture of brick and tile, rum, Medford Crackers, and clipper ships such as the White Swallow and the Kingfisher, both assembled by Hayden & Cudworth. During the 17th century, a handful of primary enhance roads (High Street, Main Street, Salem Street, "the road to Stoneham", and South Street) served the population, but the road network started a long-term expansion in the 18th century. The Medford Turnpike Company was incorporated in 1803, but turned what is now Mystic Avenue over to the town/city in 1866.
The Andover Turnpike Company was incorporated in 1805, but turned what is now Forest Street and Fellsway West over to Medford in 1830. Other primary commercial transit projects encompassed the Middlesex Canal by 1803, the Boston and Lowell Railroad in West Medford in the 1830s, and the Boston and Maine Railroad to Medford Center in 1847.
In a tavern and boarding home on High Street (Simpson's Tavern) in the late 19th century, small-town resident James Pierpont wrote "Jingle Bells" after watching a sleigh race from Medford to Malden.
1790 bird's-eye view from Bunker Hill of the "Malden Bridge" athwart the Mystic River, with Medford in the background.
Medford was home to Fannie Farmer, author of one of the world's most famous cookbooks as well as James Plimpton, the man credited with the 1863 invention of the first practical four-wheeled roller skate, which set off a roller craze that quickly spread athwart the United States and Europe.
Amelia Earhart lived in Medford while working as a civil worker in 1925.
Elizabeth Short, the victim of an continuing Hollywood murder and who became known as The Black Dahlia, was born in Hyde Park (the southernmost neighborhood of the town/city of Boston, Massachusetts) but raised in Medford before going to the West Coast looking for fame.
Medford has sent more than its share of athletes to the National Hockey League; Shawn Bates, though born in Melrose, MA interval up in Medford, as did Keith Tkachuk, Mike Morrison, David Sacco, and Joe Sacco.
Former Red Sox pitcher Bill Monbouquette interval up in Medford.
Medford was home to Michael Bloomberg, American businessman, philanthropist, and the founder of Bloomberg L.P..
Mayor Bloomberg attended Medford High School and resided in Medford until after he graduated from college at Johns Hopkins University. His mother remained a resident of Medford until her death in 2011.
The only cryobank of amniotic stem cells in the United States is positioned in Medford, assembled by Biocell Center, a biotechnology business led by Giuseppe Simoni.
Medford and the law Medford is home to some famous crimes: One of the biggest bank robberies and jewel heists in world history happened on Memorial Day weekend in 1980, when a several crooked officers of the Medford Police and Metropolitan District Commission Police forces robbed the Depositors Trust bank in Medford square.
Salvatore's Restaurant, positioned at 55 High Street in Medford Square, is partially in the same locale as the bank that was robbed.
An admitted Mob execution by Somerville's Winter Hill Gang of Joe "Indian-Joe" Notarangeli took place at the "Pewter Pot" cafe in Medford Square, now called the "Lighthouse Cafe." in Medford.
Medford is positioned at 42 25 12 N 71 6 29 W (42.419996, 71.107942). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 8.6 square miles (22 km2), of which, 8.1 square miles (21 km2) of it is territory and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) of it (5.79%) is water.
This 2,060-acre (8 km2) preserve is shared by Medford with the municipalities of Winchester, Stoneham, Melrose, and Malden.
People from Medford often identify themselves with a particular neighborhood.
West Medford Fulton Heights/The Heights (North Medford) South Medford Tufts University (mostly adjoining, situated on Medford Hillside) South Medford is a traditionally Italian neighborhood.
West Medford, the most well-to-do of Medford's many neighborhoods, was once the bastion of some of Boston's elite families including Peter Chardon Brooks, one of the wealthiest men in post-colonial America, and father-in-law to Charles Francis Adams and is also home to an historic black neighborhood that dates to the Civil War. Medford has three Public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable TV channels.
Medford is home to many schools, enhance and private.
Main article: Medford Public Schools Elementary Schools Six Acres Nursery School (PK-K) (non-sectarian, but run through Medford Jewish Community Center) Main article: Medford Public Schools Secondary Schools Main article: Medford Public Schools Secondary Schools Medford High School Medford Vocational Technical High School The City of Medford has a several small-town news and media outlets: Medford Transcript Medford Daily Mercury Medford Community Cablevision, Inc. Medford Cable News Medford Patch, presented by AOL Inc. Numerous Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus lines go through Medford specifically, the 80, 94, 95, 96, 99, 100, 101, 108, and 134 bus routes furnish small-town service and direct connections to close-by areas in Arlington, Somerville, Cambridge, Malden, Charlestown, Winchester, and Woburn, while the 325 and 326 routes furnish express service to downtown Boston and the 710 route is contracted to another carrier.
The 90, 97, 106, 110, and 112 bus routes extraly terminate at Wellington station with at most one other stop in Medford, providing a direct connection between Medford and close-by areas in Somerville, Everett, Malden, Revere, Chelsea, East Boston, and Melrose.
On Medford's east side, Wellington station on the Orange Line provides a connection to Boston and the entire rapid transit system.
On the west side, the Lowell Commuter Rail Line stops in West Medford Square.
Discussion of bringing the Green Line into Medford, as is mandated by surroundingal mitigation provisions of the Big Dig project, is ongoing.
On February 2, 2009, the state formally endorsed extending the Green Line through Medford, terminating near the intersection of Boston Avenue and Mystic Valley Parkway (Massachusetts Route 16).
Joseph's Limousine and Transportation (located in Medford) runs a bus line through the city, and also picks up passengers going to other parts of Greater Boston or out of state.
State routes passing through Medford include 16, 28, 38, and 60.
1852 map of Boston region showing Medford and rail lines.
Further information: List of Registered Historic Places in Medford, Massachusetts Tufts University: Although the Tufts ground is mainly positioned in Medford, the Somerville-Medford border actually runs through it.
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford: Medford's first theological improve since 1690.
United States Post Office Medford Main, historic 1937 building Mary Carew, Olympic gold medalist sprinter, born in Medford Amelia Earhart, pioneer aviator, born in Kansas, lived in Medford as a young woman List of Registered Historic Places in Medford, Massachusetts History of the Town of Medford, p.
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"Cradock Bridge to Be Replaced in 2012 or 2013 - Medford, MA Patch".
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1880 Map of Medford, Bird's Eye View by C.H Brainard.
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