Woburn, Massachusetts

E81857
city municipality

Woburn, Massachusetts is a historic suburban city north of Boston known for its early colonial roots and later prominence in industry and commerce.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Woburn 1
Woburn, Province of Massachusetts Bay 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 339 ⓘ
781 ⓘ
borderedBy Burlington, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lexington, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reading, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stoneham, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wilmington, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Winchester, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ
featuredIn A Civil Action ⓘ
surface form: book "A Civil Action"
founded 1640 ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council government ⓘ
hasHighSchool Woburn Memorial High School ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Woburn Center Historic District ⓘ
hasLibrary Woburn Public Library ⓘ
hasRailStation Anderson Regional Transportation Center ⓘ
historicalEventAssociatedWith Woburn toxic waste contamination cases ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity 1889 ⓘ
incorporatedAsTown 1642 ⓘ
knownFor 19th-century industrial development ⓘ
commercial office parks ⓘ
early colonial settlement ⓘ
leather and shoe manufacturing history ⓘ
suburban residential character ⓘ
libraryArchitect Henry Hobson Richardson ⓘ
locatedIn Greater Boston ⓘ
New England ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
majorHighway Interstate 93 ⓘ
Interstate 95 ⓘ
Massachusetts Route 38 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
mayor Scott D. Galvin ⓘ
namedAfter Woburn, Bedfordshire, England ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea Greater Boston ⓘ
surface form: Boston metropolitan area
population approximately 40,000 ⓘ
postalCode 01801 ⓘ
01813 ⓘ
region Middlesex County ⓘ
surface form: Middlesex County North Suburban region
schoolDistrict Woburn Public Schools ⓘ
servedBy MBTA Lowell Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
state Massachusetts ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
utcOffsetDST −4 ⓘ
utcOffsetStandard −5 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Burlington → adjacentTo → Woburn, Massachusetts ⓘ
subject surface form: Burlington, Massachusetts
Winchester, Massachusetts → adjacentTo → Woburn, Massachusetts ⓘ
Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford → birthPlace → Woburn, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Woburn, Province of Massachusetts Bay
subject surface form: Burlington, Massachusetts
Winchester → borderedBy → Woburn, Massachusetts ⓘ
subject surface form: Winchester, Massachusetts
Stoneham, Massachusetts → borders → Woburn, Massachusetts ⓘ
Middlesex County, Massachusetts → contains → Woburn, Massachusetts ⓘ
Aberjona River → crossesMunicipality → Woburn, Massachusetts ⓘ
Aberjona River → flowsThrough → Woburn, Massachusetts ⓘ
Aberjona River → hasFloodplain → Woburn, Massachusetts ⓘ
Mystic River watershed → includesMunicipality → Woburn, Massachusetts ⓘ
subject surface form: Burlington, Massachusetts
MBTA Commuter Rail Lowell Line → serves → Woburn, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Woburn
Orange Line → serves → Woburn, Massachusetts ⓘ
subject surface form: Orange Line (MBTA)
Aberjona River → sourceLocation → Woburn, Massachusetts ⓘ