Woburn, Massachusetts

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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

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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