Menotomy

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Menotomy was the original colonial-era name for the area that later became the town of Arlington, Massachusetts.


Statements (40)
Predicate Object
instanceOf former place name
historical locality
associatedWith "Paul Revere's Ride"
surface form: "Paul Revere’s ride"
associatedWithEvent British retreat from Concord on April 19, 1775
colonialSettlementType district
village
country United States of America
hasCategory Former populated places in Massachusetts
History of Arlington, Massachusetts
hasHistoricalSignificance American Revolutionary War
Battles of Lexington and Concord
hasNotableStructure Jason Russell House
Old Schwamb Mill
historicalJurisdiction Cambridge, Massachusetts
languageOfName Massachusett language
laterBecame Arlington, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
locatedIn Greater Boston
surface form: "Greater Boston area"

Massachusetts
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
locatedInTime 17th century
18th century
colonial era
locatedNear Cambridge, Massachusetts
Lexington, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Medford, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Mystic River
nameChangedTo Arlington NERFINISHED
nameChangeYear 1867
nameType Native American toponym
originalNameOf Arlington, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
partOf Province of Massachusetts Bay
Cambridge, Massachusetts
surface form: "Town of Cambridge, Massachusetts"
predecessorOf Arlington, Massachusetts
surface form: "Town of Arlington, Massachusetts"
presentDayLocation Arlington, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
parts of Belmont, Massachusetts
parts of Cambridge, Massachusetts
region New England
riverNameEtymology Mystic River
siteOf Battle of Menotomy
usedAsNameUntil mid-19th century

Referenced by (2)

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

Arlington originalName Menotomy
subject surface form: "Arlington, Massachusetts"

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