Billerica, Massachusetts

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Billerica, Massachusetts is a suburban town in northeastern Massachusetts known for its residential communities, local history, and proximity to the Greater Boston area.

Aliases (2)
  • Billerica, Massachusetts, United States ×1
  • North Billerica Historic District ×1

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
areaCode 351
978
borderedBy Bedford, Massachusetts
Burlington, Massachusetts
Carlisle, Massachusetts
Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Lowell, Massachusetts
Tewksbury, Massachusetts
Wilmington, Massachusetts
country United States
county Middlesex County
crossedByRiver Concord River
Shawsheen River
distanceToBoston approximately 20 miles northwest
governmentType open town meeting
hasCommuterRailStation North Billerica station
hasCompanyPresence MilliporeSigma
Raytheon Technologies (nearby facilities)
hasHighSchool Billerica Memorial High School
hasHistoricSite Billerica Mills Historic District
Howe School
North Billerica Historic District
hasIndustrialArea Billerica Technology Park
hasLibrary Billerica Public Library
hasNeighborhood East Billerica
North Billerica
Pinehurst
River Pines
hasRecreationArea Manning State Forest
Nutting Lake
Vietnam Veterans Park
incorporated 1655
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
majorHighway Massachusetts Route 129
Massachusetts Route 3A
Massachusetts Route 4
U.S. Route 3
namedAfter Billericay, Essex, England
nearbyCity Boston, Massachusetts
partOf Greater Boston region
postalCode 01821
01822
region New England
schoolDistrict Billerica Public Schools
servedByCommuterRail MBTA Lowell Line
settled 1653
state Massachusetts
timeZoneDST Eastern Daylight Time

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Merrimack Valley
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
contains
Burlington, Massachusetts
adjacentTo
Billerica, Massachusetts ("North Billerica Historic District")
hasHistoricSite
Elizabeth Peabody ("Billerica, Massachusetts, United States")
placeOfBirth

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