Acton

town in Massachusetts, United States
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Acton

Summary

Acton is a New England town[1]. Acton draws 101 Wikipedia views per month (new_england_town category, ranking #64 of 511).[2]

Key Facts

  • Acton is located in Middlesex County[3].
  • Acton is in the country of United States[4].
  • Acton's image is recorded as ActonTownHall.jpg[5].
  • Acton's instance of is recorded as New England town[6].
  • Acton's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 151572142[7].
  • Acton's locator map image is recorded as Acton ma highlight.png[8].
  • Acton's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no96028418[9].
  • Acton's postal code is recorded as 01718[10].
  • Acton's postal code is recorded as 01720[11].
  • Acton's part of is recorded as Massachusetts House of Representatives' 14th Middlesex district[12].
  • Acton's part of is recorded as Massachusetts House of Representatives' 37th Middlesex district[13].
  • Acton's part of is recorded as Massachusetts Senate's Middlesex and Worcester district[14].
  • Acton's Commons category is recorded as Acton, Massachusetts[15].
  • Acton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1832779[16].
  • Acton's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−05:00[17].
  • +1639-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Acton[18].
  • Acton's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 618213[19].
  • Acton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.48509, 'lon': -71.43284}[20].
  • Acton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0tzy2[21].
  • Acton's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 25-00380[22].
  • Acton's official website is recorded as http://www.acton-ma.gov/[23].
  • Acton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Acton, Massachusetts[24].
  • Acton's page banner is recorded as ActonMass.banner.jpg[25].
  • Acton's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 4f577a4e-be56-4bc6-8948-5add779ebc4d[26].
  • Acton's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/North_America/United_States/Massachusetts/Localities/A/Acton/[27].

Body

Geography

Acton is in the country of United States[4]. Acton is located in Middlesex County[3]. Part of include Massachusetts House of Representatives' 14th Middlesex district[12], a Massachusetts House of Representatives electoral district[28], in United States[29]; Massachusetts House of Representatives' 37th Middlesex district[13], a Massachusetts House of Representatives electoral district[30], in United States[31]; and Massachusetts Senate's Middlesex and Worcester district[14], a Massachusetts Senate electoral district[32], in United States[33].

Physical Characteristics

Acton's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+20.3'}[34]. Acton's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+79'}[35]. Population counts include {'amount': '+21929'}[36], {'amount': '+24021'}[37], and {'amount': '+21924'}[38].

Designation and Status

Acton's instance of is recorded as New England town[6].

History and Context

+1639-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Acton[18].

Why It Matters

Acton draws 101 Wikipedia views per month (new_england_town category, ranking #64 of 511).[2] Acton has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Acton is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved . sec.state.ma.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [36] . wikidata.org.
  27. [37] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [38] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [35] . wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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