Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge is a city in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, just outside of Boston.

Cambridge, Massachusetts
City
Harvard Square
Flag Seal
Motto(s): Literis Antiquis Novis Institutis Decora (Latin) "Distinguished for Classical Learning and New Institutions""[1]
Location of Cambridge in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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Coordinates: 42°22′25″N 71°06′38″W
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Middlesex
Region	New England
Settled	1630
Incorporated	1636
City	1846
Named for	University of Cambridge
Government
• Type	Council–manager
Area [2]
• Total	7.10 sq mi (18.40 km²)
• Land	6.40 sq mi (16.57 km²)
• Water	0.71 sq mi (1.83 km²)
Elevation	40 ft (12 m)
Population (2020)[3]
• Total	118,403
• Density	18,512.04/sq mi (7,147.01/km²)
• Demonym	Cantabrigian
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Code	02138-02142
Area code	617 / 857
FIPS code	25-11000
GNIS feature ID	0617365
Website	cambridgema.gov

Wikimania

The second Wikimania was hosted in this city in 2006.

Cambridge Historical Commission. "Frequently Asked Questions". City of Cambridge. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
"2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
"QuickFacts: Cambridge city, Massachusetts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 4, 2024.

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Municipalities and communities of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
County seats: Cambridge and Lowell
Cities	Cambridge Everett Framingham Lowell Malden Marlborough Medford Melrose Newton Somerville Waltham Watertown Woburn
Towns	Acton Arlington Ashby Ashland Ayer Bedford Belmont Billerica Boxborough Burlington Carlisle Chelmsford Concord Dracut Dunstable Groton Holliston Hopkinton Hudson Lexington Lincoln Littleton Maynard Natick North Reading Pepperell Reading Sherborn Shirley Stoneham Stow Sudbury Tewksbury Townsend Tyngsborough Wakefield Wayland Westford Weston Wilmington Winchester
CDPs	Ayer (CDP) Cochituate Devens‡ East Pepperell Groton (CDP) Hanscom AFB Hopkinton (CDP) Hudson (CDP) Littleton Common Pepperell (CDP) Pinehurst Shirley (CDP) Townsend (CDP) West Concord
Other villages	Auburndale Chestnut Hill East Lexington Felchville Forge Village Gleasondale Graniteville Melrose Highlands Nabnasset Newton Centre Newton Highlands Newton Lower Falls Newton Upper Falls Newtonville Nonantum North Billerica North Chelmsford Pingryville Saxonville Thompsonville Waban West Newton
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Regions	Cape Ann Greater Boston Greater Lowell Cape Cod,
Counties	Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Dukes Essex Franklin Hampden Hampshire Middlesex Nantucket Norfolk Plymouth Suffolk Worcester Note: Nine former counties were in the District of Maine
Cities	Agawam Amesbury Attleboro Barnstable Beverly Boston Braintree Bridgewater Brockton Cambridge Chelsea Chicopee East Longmeadow Easthampton Everett Fall River Fitchburg Framingham Franklin Gardner Gloucester Greenfield Haverhill Holyoke Lawrence Leominster Lowell Lynn Malden Marlborough Medford Melrose Methuen New Bedford Newburyport Newton North Adams Northampton Palmer Peabody Pittsfield Quincy Randolph Revere Salem Somerville Southbridge Springfield Taunton Waltham Watertown Westfield West Springfield Weymouth Winthrop Woburn Worcester Note: Municipalities not listed have a town meeting form of government (see all municipalities)

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