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Middlesex
County is the largest county in the
state of Massachusetts in population (1,465,396 in 2000), and had the most
population growth in MA during the 1990's. A list of a few of the more
populated of its many cities, townships and subdivisions, includes
Arlington, Ayer, Belmont, Burlington, Cambridge, East Pepperell, Everett,
Framingham, Lexington, Pinehurst, Reading, Shirley. Somerville, Stoneham,
Townsend, Wakefield, Waltham, Watertown, West Concord, Wilmington,
Winchester, and Woburn.
Middlesex County has over
2,000
historical landmarks, including the Hasty Pudding Club, and
Harvard
University.
Middlesex
County is known for its shopping of all kinds, but a short list, such as
Antiques
on Cambridge Street,
Two
Sisters Antiques & Collectibles, and
John
Anthony's Pewter and Gift Shop, will give a clue as to its status among
antique buyers worldwide.
The County seat, Cambridge, is the birthplace of higher education in the
United States.
Part of the metropolitan area known as
"Boston-Worcester-Lawrence-Lowell-Brockton, MA-NH", Middlesex is
also frequently combined with "Boston-Worcester-Manchester MA-NH"
for statistical purposes. The population density of 1,790.1 per square mile
( 823.5 sq. miles area) has fostered a cultural and historical mecca in this
county.
Located in the New England section of the Northeast United states, Middlesex
is international in flavor, with an involved and vital population. Low
unemployment, great educational resources, natural beauty and ready access
to transportation, recreational areas, have earned this county a high
quality of life index in national statistics.
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