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Medford, Massachusetts, USA

Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Medford includes: Medford Hillside, Tufts College, Wellington, College Hill, and Glenwood Station.


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  • 1630 - Medford is settled and incorporated
    Settled on the "Ford" by Meadow
    Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates

  • Medford, Massachusetts, USA
    Gov. Chaddock's House, built 1634, Medford, Mass.
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  • Medford, Massachusetts, USA
    Medford, Mass., Royall House, Built 1732
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  • Medford, Massachusetts, USA
    Birthplace of Lydia Maria Child, 1802-1880, Medford, Mass.
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  • 1839 - Medford
    Medford, Massachusetts
    Middlesex county. This beautiful town is situated at the head of navigation on Mystic river, 5 miles N.W. from Boston and 14 E. by S. from Concord. The Boston and Lowell rail-road, and Middlesex canal pass through the town. The finest ships that float on the ocean, are built ...Read MORE...


  • 1845 - MEDFORD. [Fop. 2,478. Inc. 1630.]
    Medford, before it was settled by the English, bore the Indian name of the River Mystic, on which it is situated. It was originally
    spelled Meadford.

    The Mystic which is here wide enough to admit of ship building on its banks, becomes a very narrow stream above the main village.

    After the...Read MORE...


  • 1848 - Medford
    MEDF0RD is one of the oldest towns in Massachusetts, being incorporated in 1630. Gov. Dudley, in his letter of March 12th, 1630. to the countess of Lincoln, speaking of the “dispertiori” of the settlers who had just arrived from England, says, “some of us upon Mistic, which we named Meadford." In...Read MORE...


  • 1854 - Medford
    Medford, a flourishing post-township of Middlesex county, Massachusetts, on Mystic river, 5 miles N. from Boston. It is intersected by the Boston and Lowell railroad, and by the Middlesex canal. Pop., 3749.

    Medford, a post-village in the above township, situated near its centre. It contains 4...Read MORE...


  • Medford Massachusetts, 1890
    Medford is an ancient and charming suburban town in the southeastern part of Middlesex County, 5 miles northwest of Boston by the Medford Branch Railroad, which has stations at Glenwood, Park Street, and Medford village. Through the entire western section of the town runs the Boston and Lowell...Read MORE...


  • 1892 - Medford is incorporated as a city

    Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates

  • News 1895 - TROLLEY CARS CAME TOGETHER. SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR BOSTON.
    Medford, Mass., Dec. 21. - A Medford-bound electric car, leaving Boston at 6 o'clock, ran into an inward-bound car that left Medford Square at 6:30 this morning. There was a dense fog prevailing at the time. The cars came together with a crash that demolished the fronts of both.

    The following...Read MORE...


  • 1895 - Medford
    Medford, a post-village in Medford township, Middlesex co., Mass., on the Mystic River, on the Boston & Lowell Railroad, and on the Boston & Maine Railroad, Medford Branch, 5 miles N.N.W. of Boston. It contains 7 churches, a high school, a town house, 1 or 2 newspaper offices, a savings-bank, and...Read MORE...


  • News 1897 - SERIOUS RUNAWAY.
    Two Daughters of Col. Hallowell Escape With Slight Injuries.
    There was a serious runaway accident on the new Mystic Valley Parkway in West Medford at 3:15 o'clock Thursday afternoon, and as a result the two young daughters of Col. Norwood P. Hallowell of Mystic Street, that city, are at their home ...Read MORE...


  • Medford, Massachusetts, USA
    Medford Square (1901)
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  • Medford, Massachusetts, USA
    High Street, Medford, Mass., 1905
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  • 1906
    Medford, a city of Middlesex co., Mass., on the Mystic River and on the Boston and Maine R., 5 miles NNW. of Boston. It has several parks and contains a number of historical buildings, including the Craddock House, dating from 1634. The city has large print-works, a rum-distillery, and manufactures ...Read MORE...


  • Medford, Massachusetts, USA
    Park St. Station, Medford, Mass.
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  • Medford, Massachusetts, USA
    Medford Square Looking Up High St.
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  • Medford, Massachusetts, USA
    Medford, Mass. Glimpse of Medford Boulevard, 1910
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  • Medford, Massachusetts, USA
    The Campus, Tufts College, Medford, Mass., 1910
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  • Medford, Massachusetts, USA
    Footbridge at Playstead Park, West Medford, Mass.
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  • Medford, Massachusetts, USA
    High School
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  • Medford, Massachusetts, USA
    Armory & Catholic Church, Medford, Mass.
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  • Medford, Massachusetts, USA
    New Medford Building, Medford Square
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  • Medford, Massachusetts, USA
    Hillside M. E. Church, Medford Hillside, Mass.
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  • Medford, Massachusetts, USA
    Mystic Cong. Church - Historical Society, Salem Street, Medford, Mass.
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  • Medford, Massachusetts, USA
    Tufts College from Nathan Tufts Park, Mass.
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  • Medford, Massachusetts, USA
    Medford Public Library, High Street, Medford, Mass.
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  • Medford, Massachusetts, USA
    Wright Av., Medford, Mass.
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  • Medford, Massachusetts, USA
    City Hall, Medford, Mass.
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    Congregational Church, West Medford, Mass.
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Gov. Chaddock's House, built 1634, Medford, Mass.

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Medford, Mass., Royall House, Built 1732

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Birthplace of Lydia Maria Child, 1802-1880, Medford, Mass.

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Medford Square (1901)

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High Street, Medford, Mass., 1905

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Medford Square Looking Up High St.

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Park St. Station, Medford, Mass.

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High School

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Medford, Mass. Glimpse of Medford Boulevard, 1910

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The Campus, Tufts College, Medford, Mass., 1910

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Footbridge at Playstead Park, West Medford, Mass.

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Armory & Catholic Church, Medford, Mass.

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New Medford Building, Medford Square

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Hillside M. E. Church, Medford Hillside, Mass.

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Mystic Cong. Church - Historical Society, Salem Street, Medford, Mass.

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Tufts College from Nathan Tufts Park, Mass.

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Medford Public Library, High Street, Medford, Mass.

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Wright Av., Medford, Mass.

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City Hall, Medford, Mass.

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Congregational Church, West Medford, Mass.

History, News and Stories of Medford, Massachusetts, USA

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  • 1630 - Medford is settled and incorporated
    Settled on the "Ford" by Meadow
    Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  • 1839 - Medford
    Medford, Massachusetts
    Middlesex county. This beautiful town is situated at the head of navigation on Mystic river, 5 miles N.W. from Boston and 14 E. by S. from Concord. The Boston and Lowell rail-road, and Middlesex canal pass through the town. The finest ships that float on the ocean, are built ... Read MORE...

  • 1845 - MEDFORD. [Fop. 2,478. Inc. 1630.]
    Medford, before it was settled by the English, bore the Indian name of the River Mystic, on which it is situated. It was originally
    spelled Meadford.

    The Mystic which is here wide enough to admit of ship building on its banks, becomes a very narrow stream above the main village.

    After the... Read MORE...

  • 1848 - Medford
    MEDF0RD is one of the oldest towns in Massachusetts, being incorporated in 1630. Gov. Dudley, in his letter of March 12th, 1630. to the countess of Lincoln, speaking of the “dispertiori” of the settlers who had just arrived from England, says, “some of us upon Mistic, which we named Meadford." In... Read MORE...

  • 1854 - Medford
    Medford, a flourishing post-township of Middlesex county, Massachusetts, on Mystic river, 5 miles N. from Boston. It is intersected by the Boston and Lowell railroad, and by the Middlesex canal. Pop., 3749.

    Medford, a post-village in the above township, situated near its centre. It contains 4... Read MORE...

  • Medford Massachusetts, 1890
    Medford is an ancient and charming suburban town in the southeastern part of Middlesex County, 5 miles northwest of Boston by the Medford Branch Railroad, which has stations at Glenwood, Park Street, and Medford village. Through the entire western section of the town runs the Boston and Lowell... Read MORE...

  • 1892 - Medford is incorporated as a city

    Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  • 1895 - Medford
    Medford, a post-village in Medford township, Middlesex co., Mass., on the Mystic River, on the Boston & Lowell Railroad, and on the Boston & Maine Railroad, Medford Branch, 5 miles N.N.W. of Boston. It contains 7 churches, a high school, a town house, 1 or 2 newspaper offices, a savings-bank, and... Read MORE...

  • News  1895 - TROLLEY CARS CAME TOGETHER. SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR BOSTON.
    Medford, Mass., Dec. 21. - A Medford-bound electric car, leaving Boston at 6 o'clock, ran into an inward-bound car that left Medford Square at 6:30 this morning. There was a dense fog prevailing at the time. The cars came together with a crash that demolished the fronts of both.

    The following... Read MORE...

  • News  1897 - SERIOUS RUNAWAY.
    Two Daughters of Col. Hallowell Escape With Slight Injuries.
    There was a serious runaway accident on the new Mystic Valley Parkway in West Medford at 3:15 o'clock Thursday afternoon, and as a result the two young daughters of Col. Norwood P. Hallowell of Mystic Street, that city, are at their home ... Read MORE...

  • 1906
    Medford, a city of Middlesex co., Mass., on the Mystic River and on the Boston and Maine R., 5 miles NNW. of Boston. It has several parks and contains a number of historical buildings, including the Craddock House, dating from 1634. The city has large print-works, a rum-distillery, and manufactures ... Read MORE...


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