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  History 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
  
  
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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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• 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.
  
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• 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 - 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.
  
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• 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...
  
  
  
•  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...
  
  
  
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  Medford Square (1901)
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  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...
  
  
  
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  Park St. Station, Medford, Mass.
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  Medford Square Looking Up High St.
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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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  High School
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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.
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