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.
subject surface form: "Arlington, Massachusetts"