Medford, Massachusetts

E9996

city municipality

Medford, Massachusetts is a historic city just northwest of Boston, known for being the home of Tufts University and for its role in early American colonial and industrial history.

Aliases (5)

Medford ×9
City of Medford ×2
Medford/Tufts ×2
City of Medford, Massachusetts ×1
Medford, Massachusetts, United States ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → municipality →
areaCode	339 → 781 →
borderedBy	Arlington, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Everett, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Malden, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Somerville, Massachusetts → Stoneham, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Winchester, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
climate	humid continental climate →
country	United States →
countrySubdivision	Commonwealth of Massachusetts →
county	Middlesex County, Massachusetts →
demographicRegion	Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA–NH Metropolitan Statistical Area →
directionFromBoston	northwest →
governmentType	mayor–council government →
hasEducationalInstitution	Medford Public Schools →
hasHistoricDistrict	Medford Square →
hasHistoricSignificance	early American colonial history → early American industrial history →
hasHistoricSite	Brooks Estate → Isaac Royall House →
hasPark	Middlesex Fells Reservation (partly) →
hasPublicLibrary	Medford Public Library →
hasTransportation	MBTA bus service → MBTA subway service →
hasUniversity	Tufts University →
isHomeOf	Tufts University →
knownFor	being home to Tufts University → historic shipbuilding → rum production in colonial era →
locatedIn	Greater Boston → New England → United States Northeast region →
locatedNear	Boston, Massachusetts →
observesDST	Eastern Daylight Time →
partOfMetropolitanArea	Boston metropolitan area →
postalCodePrefix	02155 →
region	Middlesex County urban core →
servedBy	MBTA Green Line Extension (nearby) → MBTA Orange Line (nearby) →
settlementType	city →
state	Massachusetts →
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
traversedByRiver	Mystic River →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
MBTA Commuter Rail Lowell Line ("Medford") → MBTA Green Line ("Medford") → MBTA bus network → Route 16 (Revere Beach Parkway) →	serves
Brooks Estate ("Medford") → Mystic River ("Medford") → Tufts College ("Medford") →	city
Charles River → Malden River →	flowsThrough
MBTA Green Line ("Medford/Tufts") → MBTA Green Line E branch ("Medford/Tufts") →	terminus
Everett, Massachusetts →	borderedBy
Middlesex County, Massachusetts →	contains
Greater Boston ("Medford") →	containsCity
Tufts College →	locatedIn
Mystic River Reservation →	locatedInOrNear
Malden River →	mouthLocation
Medford Public Schools ("City of Medford, Massachusetts") →	operatesInJurisdiction
Brooks Estate ("City of Medford") →	operator
Brooks Estate ("City of Medford") →	ownedBy
Revere Beach Parkway ("Medford") →	passesThrough
Art Ross ("Medford, Massachusetts, United States") →	placeOfDeath
the T ("Medford") →	regionServed
Green Line (MBTA) ("Medford") →	servesArea