Medford

city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Organization city_in_the_united_states Q54145
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Medford

Summary

Medford is a city in the United States[1]. Medford ranks in the top 5% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,557 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Medford is located in Middlesex County[3].
  • Medford is in the country of United States[4].
  • Medford's head of government is recorded as Breanna Lungo-Koehn[5].
  • Medford's instance of is recorded as city in the United States[6].
  • Medford's postal code is recorded as 02153[7].
  • Medford's postal code is recorded as 02155[8].
  • Medford is part of Greater Boston[9].
  • Medford is part of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 23rd Middlesex district[10].
  • Medford is part of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 34th Middlesex district[11].
  • Medford is part of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 35th Middlesex district[12].
  • Medford is part of Massachusetts Senate's Second Middlesex district[13].
  • Medford's Commons category is recorded as Medford, Massachusetts[14].
  • Medford's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[15].
  • Medford's local dialing code is recorded as 781[16].
  • 1630 marks the founding of Medford[17].
  • Medford's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.418333333333, 'lon': -71.106666666667}[18].
  • Medford's official website is recorded as http://www.medford.org/[19].
  • Medford's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Medford, Massachusetts[20].
  • Medford has a population of {'amount': '+56173'}[21].
  • Medford has a population of {'amount': '+59659'}[22].
  • Medford's office held by head of government is recorded as Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts[23].
  • Medford's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[24].
  • Medford's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[25].
  • Medford's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26].
  • Medford's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Medford'}[27].

Body

Founding

1630 marks the founding of Medford[17].

Identity

Medford's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Medford'}[27]. Part of include Greater Boston[9], a metropolitan statistical area[28], in United States[29]; Massachusetts House of Representatives' 23rd Middlesex district[10], a Massachusetts House of Representatives electoral district[30], in United States[31]; Massachusetts House of Representatives' 34th Middlesex district[11], a Massachusetts House of Representatives electoral district[32], in United States[33]; Massachusetts House of Representatives' 35th Middlesex district[12], a Massachusetts House of Representatives electoral district[34], in United States[35]; and Massachusetts Senate's Second Middlesex district[13], a Massachusetts Senate electoral district[36], in United States[37].

Why It Matters

Medford ranks in the top 5% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,557 views/month).[2] Medford has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Medford is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . medfordma.org. Retrieved . medfordma.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . malegislature.gov. Retrieved . malegislature.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved . sec.state.ma.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . 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. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag medford
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: medford, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289948211|medford (#289948211)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
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