Medford is a city 6.7 miles northwest of downtown Boston on the Mystic River in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. In the 2010 U.S. Census, Medford’s populace was 56,173. It is residence to Tufts College, which has its university along the Medford and Somerville boundary. In 2017, Medford’s populace grew up to 57,797 locals.

Medford MA. lies at 42 ° 25 ′ 12 ″ N 71 ° 6 ′ 29 ″ W( 42.419996, − 71.107942).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a complete area of 8.6 square miles (22 km2), of which, 8.1 square miles (21 km2) of it is land and also 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) of it (5.79%) is water.

A park called the Middlesex Fells Appointment, to the north, is partly within the city. This 2,060-acre (8 km2) protect is shared by Medford with the towns of Winchester, Stoneham, Melrose, as well as Malden. The Mystic River moves roughly west to southeast via the center of the city.

Tufts College: Though the Tufts university is mainly located in Medford, the Somerville– Medford border actually goes through it. The college uses lots of neighborhood citizens and also has many social work jobs that offer the city, specifically those gone through the Leonard Carmichael Society as well as the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, the latter of which specifically stresses civil service in Tufts’ host communities.

Isaac Royall Residence, a 1692 home ran as a charitable museum.

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford: Medford’s initial religious community because 1690.

Amelia Earhart house, 76 Brooks Road

John Wade House, built 1784, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975

Former site of Fannie Farmer’s house, corner of Paris & Salem Streets

Grandpa’s House

Poise Church, created by H. H. Richardson

Gravity Research study Foundation monument at Tufts College

Henry Bradlee Jr.

House Jingle Bells historical marker, High Road Salem Street Burying Ground Old Ship Street Historic District: Location around Riverside Ave (previously Ship Street) having lots of historical houses United States Post Office– Medford Main, historical 1937 structure