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Middlesex County, Massachusetts

February 03, 2023

Middlesex County is located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,632,002,[1] making it the most populous county in both Massachusetts and New England and the 22nd most populous county in the United States. Middlesex County is one of two U.S. counties (along with Santa Clara County, California) to be amongst the top 25 counties with the highest household income and the 25 most populated counties. It is included in the Census Bureau's Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA–NH Metropolitan Statistical Area. As part of the 2020 United States census, the Commonwealth's mean center of population for that year was geo-centered in Middlesex County, in the town of Natick[2][a] (this is not to be confused with the geographic center of Massachusetts, which is in Rutland, Worcester County).

Middlesex County
County
Middlesex South Registry of Deeds in Cambridge
Seal
Location within the U.S. state of Massachusetts
Massachusetts's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 42°29′N 71°23′W / 42.49°N 71.39°W / 42.49; -71.39Coordinates: 42°29′N 71°23′W / 42.49°N 71.39°W / 42.49; -71.39
Country United States
State Massachusetts
FoundedMay 10, 1643
Named forMiddlesex, England
SeatLowell and Cambridge
Largest cityCambridge
Area
 • Total847 sq mi (2,190 km2)
 • Land818 sq mi (2,120 km2)
 • Water29 sq mi (80 km2)  3.5%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total1,632,002
 • Density1,996/sq mi (771/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional districts3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th

On July 11, 1997, Massachusetts abolished the executive government of Middlesex County primarily due to the county's insolvency.[citation needed] Middlesex County continues to exist as a geographic boundary[3] but it is used primarily as district jurisdictions within the court system and for other administrative purposes; for example, as an election district. The National Weather Service weather alerts (such as severe thunderstorm warning) continue to localize based upon Massachusetts's counties.

History

The county was created by the Massachusetts General Court on May 10, 1643, when it was ordered that "the whole plantation within this jurisdiction be divided into four shires." Middlesex initially contained Charlestown, Cambridge, Watertown, Sudbury, Concord, Woburn, Medford, and Reading.[4] In 1649 the first Middlesex County Registry of Deeds was created in Cambridge.

On April 19, 1775, Middlesex was site of the first armed conflict of the American Revolutionary War.

In 1855, the Massachusetts State Legislature created a minor Registry of Deeds for the Northern District of Middlesex County in Lowell.[4]

In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Boston annexed several of its adjacent cities and towns including Charlestown and Brighton from Middlesex County, resulting in an enlargement and accretion toward Suffolk County.[4]

Beginning prior to dissolution of the executive county government, the county comprised two regions with separate county seats for administrative purposes:

Since the start of the 21st century much of the current and former county offices have physically decentralized from the Cambridge seat, with the sole exceptions being the Registry of Deeds and the Middlesex Probate and Family Court, which both retain locations in Cambridge and Lowell. Since the first quarter of 2008, the Superior Courthouse[7][8] has been seated in the city of Woburn;[9][10] the Sheriff's Office is now administratively seated in the city of Medford and the Cambridge-based County Jail[11] has since been amalgamated with another county jail facility in Billerica.[12] The Cambridge District Court (which has jurisdiction for Arlington, Belmont and Cambridge); along with the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office, although not a part of the Middlesex County government, was also relatedly forced to relocate to Medford at the time of the closure of the Superior Courthouse building in Cambridge.[13][14]

Law and government

Of the fourteen counties of Massachusetts, Middlesex is one of eight[15] which have had no county government or county commissioners since July 1, 1998, when county functions were assumed by state agencies at local option following a change in state law.[3] Immediately prior to its dissolution, the executive branch consisted of three County Commissioners elected at-large to staggered four-year terms. There was a County Treasurer elected to a six-year term. The county derived its revenue primarily from document filing fees at the Registries of Deeds and from a Deeds Excise Tax; also a transfer tax was assessed on the sale price of real estate and collected by the Registries of Deeds.[16]

Budgets as proposed by the County Commissioners were approved by a County Advisory Board that consisted of a single representative of each of the 54 cities and towns in Middlesex County. The votes of the individual members of the Advisory Board were weighted based on the overall valuation of property in their respective communities.

The County Sheriff and two Registers of Deeds (one for the Northern District at Lowell and another for the Southern District at Cambridge) are each elected to serve six-year terms.[17] Besides the employees of the Sheriff's Office and the two Registries of Deeds, the county had a Maintenance Department, a Security Department, some administrative staff in the Treasurer's and Commissioners' Offices, and the employees of the hospital.

The county government also owned and operated the Superior Courthouse, one of which was formerly in Cambridge (since 2008 relocated to Woburn.)[7] and one in Lowell; and the defunct Middlesex County Hospital in the city of Waltham.

The legislation abolishing the Middlesex County executive retained the Sheriff and Registers of Deeds as independently elected officials, and transferred the Sheriff's Office under the state Department of Public Safety and the two Registry of Deeds offices to the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office.[18] Additionally, all county maintenance and security employees were absorbed into the corresponding staffs of the Massachusetts Trial Court. The legislation also transferred ownership of the two Superior Courthouses to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The hospital was closed. Finally, the office of County Commissioner was immediately abolished and the office of County Treasurer was abolished as of December 31, 2002.[19] Any county roads transferred to the Commonwealth as part of the dissolution. The other administrative duties (such as Sheriff, Department of Deeds and court system, etc.) and all supporting staff were transferred under the Commonwealth as well.

Administrative structure today

Records of land ownership in Middlesex County continue to be maintained at the two Registries of Deeds. Besides the Sheriff and the two Registers of Deeds, the Middlesex District Attorney, the Middlesex Register of Probate and the Middlesex Clerk of Courts (which were already part of state government before the abolition of Middlesex County government) are all elected countywide to six-year terms.

In Middlesex County (as in the entirety of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts), the governmental functions such as property tax assessment and collection, public education, road repair and maintenance, and elections were all conducted at the municipal city and town level and not by the county government.

In 2012 the 22-story Superior Court Building in Cambridge which was transferred from the abolished Executive County government was sold[20][21] by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.[22] Due to its transfer from state control,[23] many local residents had tried to force the private developers to reduce the overall height of the structure.[24][25]

Even following abolition of the executive branch for county government in Middlesex, communities are still granted a right by the Massachusetts state legislature to form their own regional compacts for sharing of services and costs thereof.

County government: Middlesex County
Clerk of Courts: Michael A. Sullivan
District Attorney: Marian T. Ryan
Register of Deeds: Richard P. Howe, Jr. (North at Lowell)
Maria C. Curtatone (South at Cambridge)
Register of Probate: Tara E. DeCristofaro
County Sheriff: Peter J. Koutoujian[26]
State government
State Representative(s): 37 Representatives[27]
State Senator(s): 16 Senators[28]
Governor's Councilor(s): Robert L. Jubinville (D-2nd district)
Marilyn M. Petitto (D-3rd district)
Eileen R. Duff (D-5th district)
Terrence W. Kennedy (D-6th district)
Paul DePalo (D-7th district)
Federal government
U.S. Representative(s): Jake Auchincloss (D-4th district)
Lori Trahan (D-3rd district)
Seth Moulton (D-6th district)
Katherine Clark (D-5th district)
Ayanna Pressley (D-7th district)
U.S. Senators: Elizabeth Warren (D), Ed Markey (D)

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 847 square miles (2,190 km2), of which 818 square miles (2,120 km2) is land and 29 square miles (75 km2) (3.5%) is water.[29] It is the third-largest county in Massachusetts by land area.

It is bounded southeast by the Charles River, and drained by the Merrimack, Nashua, and Concord rivers, and other streams.[30]

The MetroWest region comprises much of the southern portion of the county.

Adjacent counties

Transportation

These routes pass through Middlesex County

National protected areas

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
179042,769—
180046,9289.7%
181052,78912.5%
182061,47216.4%
183077,96126.8%
1840106,61136.7%
1850161,38351.4%
1860216,35434.1%
1870274,35326.8%
1880317,83015.8%
1890431,16735.7%
1900565,69631.2%
1910669,91518.4%
1920778,35216.2%
1930934,92420.1%
1940971,3903.9%
19501,064,5699.6%
19601,238,74216.4%
19701,397,26812.8%
19801,367,034−2.2%
19901,398,4682.3%
20001,465,3964.8%
20101,503,0852.6%
20201,632,0028.6%
2021 (est.)1,614,742−1.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[31]
1790-1960[32] 1900-1990[33]
1990-2000[34] 2010-2020[35]

As of 2006, Middlesex County was tenth in the United States on the list of most millionaires per county.[36]

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 1,503,085 people, 580,688 households, and 366,656 families residing in the county.[37] The population density was 1,837.9 inhabitants per square mile (709.6/km2). There were 612,004 housing units at an average density of 748.3 per square mile (288.9/km2).[38] The racial makeup of the county was 80.0% white, 9.3% Asian, 4.7% black or African American, 0.2% American Indian, 3.3% from other races, and 2.5% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 6.5% of the population.[37]

The largest ancestry groups were:[39]

Of the 580,688 households, 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.5% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 36.9% were non-families, and 27.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.10. The median age was 38.5 years.[37]

The median income for a household in the county was $77,377 and the median income for a family was $97,382. Males had a median income of $64,722 versus $50,538 for females. The per capita income for the county was $40,139. About 5.1% of families and 7.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.0% of those under age 18 and 8.0% of those age 65 or over.[40]

79.6% spoke English, 4.3% Spanish, 2.7% Portuguese, 1.6% Italian, 1.6% Chinese including Mandarin and other Chinese dialects and 1.5% French as their first language.

Middlesex County has the largest Irish-American population of any U.S. county with a plurality of Irish ancestry.[41][42]

Demographic breakdown by town

Income

See also: List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income

The ranking of unincorporated communities that are included on the list are reflective if the census designated locations and villages were included as cities or towns. Data is from the 2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.[43][44][45]

Rank Town Per capita
income 		Median
household
income 		Median
family
income 		Population Number of
households
1 Weston Town $96,475 $180,815 $220,441 11,229 3,557
2 Sherborn Town $70,983 $152,083 $183,456 4,102 1,463
3 Wayland Town $70,185 $125,076 $151,812 12,939 4,902
4 Carlisle Town $68,060 $159,063 $171,167 4,814 1,612
5 Lexington Town $67,584 $136,610 $158,888 31,129 11,411
6 Concord Town $67,374 $127,951 $156,352 17,523 6,197
7 Winchester Town $65,172 $127,665 $160,706 21,205 7,611
8 Sudbury Town $63,862 $159,713 $173,587 17,482 5,613
9 Newton City $60,323 $109,724 $141,944 84,583 30,735
10 Lincoln Town $57,471 $130,523 $141,667 6,480 2,150
11 Hopkinton Town $56,939 $126,350 $149,213 14,691 4,893
Chestnut Hill (02467) ZCTA $55,947 $114,140 $151,375 21,952 6,237
12 Belmont Town $54,361 $99,529 $121,250 24,548 9,465
Cochituate CDP $52,936 $107,589 $133,082 6,384 2,496
13 Boxborough Town $51,159 $103,918 $134,583 4,957 1,984
14 Acton Town $49,603 $109,491 $135,000 21,656 7,924
15 Natick Town $49,012 $90,046 $117,259 32,729 13,440
16 Bedford Town $48,899 $101,886 $128,448 13,192 4,951
17 Stow Town $48,448 $112,130 $132,061 6,488 2,328
West Concord CDP $47,633 $103,693 $145,242 6,134 2,069
18 Holliston Town $47,624 $107,374 $125,236 13,512 4,918
19 Westford Town $47,587 $119,511 $135,000 21,716 7,308
20 Arlington Town $47,571 $85,059 $107,862 42,570 19,007
21 Groton Town $47,003 $117,903 $135,143 10,478 3,650
22 Ashland Town $46,626 $93,770 $116,799 16,305 6,484
23 Cambridge City $46,242 $69,017 $94,536 104,322 45,386
24 Reading Town $44,949 $99,131 $117,477 24,504 9,055
25 Chelmsford Town $42,535 $90,895 $110,967 33,610 13,304
26 North Reading Town $42,256 $104,069 $116,729 14,703 5,077
27 Dunstable Town $41,937 $109,205 $121,406 3,128 1,087
28 Littleton Town $41,815 $103,438 $114,094 8,810 3,198
Middlesex County County $41,453 $79,691 $100,267 1,491,762 577,349
29 Watertown City $41,090 $76,718 $90,521 31,792 14,042
30 Wakefield Town $40,227 $85,379 $112,293 24,794 10,058
31 Burlington Town $40,083 $92,236 $107,339 24,207 9,177
32 Melrose City $39,873 $84,599 $105,893 26,864 10,963
Groton CDP $39,208 $55,446 $127,708 1,077 507
Hopkinton CDP $38,507 $71,536 $105,882 2,110 877
33 Tyngsborough Town $38,067 $101,103 $111,780 11,198 3,797
34 Stoneham Town $37,573 $77,476 $95,490 21,413 8,909
35 Marlborough City $37,314 $72,853 $94,770 38,087 15,856
36 Wilmington Town $37,084 $100,861 $107,436 22,116 7,200
37 Pepperell Town $37,081 $84,618 $102,946 11,407 4,125
38 Maynard Town $36,818 $77,255 $93,116 10,083 4,222
39 Tewksbury Town $36,509 $86,378 $103,008 28,778 10,670
40 Hudson Town $36,141 $76,714 $95,746 18,845 7,679
Pepperell CDP $35,227 $68,500 $65,417 2,239 852
Massachusetts State $35,051 $65,981 $83,371 6,512,227 2,522,409
41 Medford City $34,615 $72,033 $83,078 55,843 22,461
Hudson CDP $33,734 $68,812 $86,216 14,797 6,129
42 Woburn City $33,725 $72,540 $87,924 37,831 15,357
43 Waltham City $33,717 $68,326 $82,233 60,209 23,520
44 Framingham City $33,665 $66,047 $86,977 67,844 26,167
Pinehurst CDP $33,572 $95,038 $100,650 7,289 2,414
45 Billerica Town $33,347 $88,531 $98,371 39,930 13,859
46 Somerville City $32,785 $64,480 $71,518 75,566 31,476
47 Ashby Town $32,434 $82,614 $84,655 3,030 1,060
48 Ayer Town $32,179 $54,899 $78,947 7,370 3,063
Littleton Common CDP $32,058 $80,352 $105,217 2,907 1,131
49 Dracut Town $31,533 $71,824 $88,281 29,249 11,173
50 Townsend Town $31,201 $76,250 $91,023 8,906 3,114
East Pepperell CDP $30,475 $74,077 $79,104 2,195 811
Ayer CDP $30,456 $42,055 $79,708 2,573 1,205
United States Country $27,915 $52,762 $64,293 306,603,772 114,761,359
Townsend CDP $27,166 $51,512 $71,023 968 453
51 Malden City $26,893 $52,842 $65,763 58,821 23,422
Shirley CDP $24,943 $41,250 $41,838 1,330 593
52 Everett City $24,575 $48,319 $58,045 41,079 15,681
53 Shirley Town $24,427 $71,146 $78,493 7,235 2,189
54 Lowell City $23,600 $51,471 $57,934 105,860 39,399
Devens CDP $13,933 $72,986 $73,194 1,704 113

Law enforcement

Middlesex Sheriff's Office
 
Patch of the Middlesex Sheriff's Office
AbbreviationMSO
Agency overview
Formed1692; 331 years ago (1692)
Employees800
Annual budget$60 Million
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionMassachusetts, USA
Legal jurisdictionCounty of Middlesex, Massachusetts
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersMedford, Massachusetts
Sheriff responsible
Facilities
Lockups2
Patrol VehiclesFord Crown Victoria Police Interceptor

The primary responsibility of the Middlesex Sheriff's Office is oversight of the Middlesex House of Correction and Jail in Billerica. It formerly ran the Middlesex Jail in Cambridge, which closed on June 28, 2014. In addition, the Sheriff's Office operates the Office of Civil Process and, the Lowell Community Counseling Centers, and crime prevention and community service programs. The office of sheriff was created in 1692, making it one of the oldest law enforcement agencies in the United States. The sheriff is elected to a 6-year term.[46]

Notable sheriffs include:[47]

Politics

Voter registration and party enrollment as of October 17, 2018[48]
Party Number of voters Percentage
Democratic 360,454 34.71%
Republican 93,276 8.98%
Unenrolled 572,900 55.17%
Minor Parties 11,730 1.13%
Total 1,038,360 100%

Prior to 1960, Middlesex County was a Republican Party stronghold, backing only two Democratic Party presidential candidates from 1876 to 1956. The 1960 election started a reverse trend, with the county becoming a Democratic stronghold. This has been even more apparent in recent years, with George H. W. Bush in 1988 being the last Republican presidential candidate to manage forty percent of the county's votes and Mitt Romney in 2012 being the last Republican presidential candidate to manage even thirty percent of the vote. In 2020, Joe Biden won 71% of the vote, the highest percent for any presidential candidate since 1964.

United States presidential election results for Middlesex County, Massachusetts[49]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 226,956 26.28% 617,196 71.47% 19,425 2.25%
2016 219,793 27.59% 520,360 65.31% 56,582 7.10%
2012 267,321 35.45% 471,804 62.56% 15,045 1.99%
2008 245,766 33.85% 464,484 63.98% 15,781 2.17%
2004 237,815 34.52% 440,862 63.99% 10,283 1.49%
2000 198,914 30.27% 404,043 61.49% 54,091 8.23%
1996 169,926 27.06% 398,190 63.41% 59,861 9.53%
1992 193,703 28.10% 343,994 49.89% 151,756 22.01%
1988 290,352 43.82% 361,563 54.57% 10,713 1.62%
1984 319,604 49.42% 325,065 50.26% 2,085 0.32%
1980 256,999 40.30% 270,751 42.46% 109,929 17.24%
1976 260,044 40.42% 359,919 55.94% 23,419 3.64%
1972 269,064 43.56% 345,343 55.91% 3,244 0.53%
1968 188,304 32.60% 370,310 64.11% 18,982 3.29%
1964 134,729 23.36% 439,790 76.25% 2,291 0.40%
1960 246,126 40.78% 356,130 59.01% 1,260 0.21%
1956 343,125 61.12% 216,668 38.60% 1,580 0.28%
1952 316,069 56.99% 236,910 42.72% 1,626 0.29%
1948 228,262 46.98% 248,240 51.09% 9,406 1.94%
1944 236,102 52.81% 210,253 47.03% 725 0.16%
1940 242,658 52.36% 218,663 47.18% 2,116 0.46%
1936 199,704 47.60% 189,512 45.17% 30,304 7.22%
1932 184,486 50.44% 174,257 47.64% 7,008 1.92%
1928 189,189 52.00% 173,339 47.64% 1,313 0.36%
1924 162,530 63.68% 64,544 25.29% 28,161 11.03%
1920 156,636 69.90% 61,661 27.52% 5,781 2.58%
1916 60,802 53.77% 49,844 44.08% 2,426 2.15%
1912 30,511 29.66% 36,689 35.67% 35,667 34.67%
1908 58,672 61.19% 31,362 32.71% 5,853 6.10%
1904 55,704 60.63% 32,889 35.80% 3,275 3.56%
1900 49,638 60.57% 29,476 35.97% 2,841 3.47%
1896 57,281 71.36% 19,591 24.41% 3,394 4.23%
1892 40,375 52.37% 34,769 45.10% 1,946 2.52%
1888 35,768 54.31% 28,570 43.38% 1,519 2.31%
1884 27,654 48.50% 22,206 38.95% 7,157 12.55%
1880 30,339 59.31% 19,801 38.71% 1,013 1.98%
1876 27,304 58.02% 19,561 41.57% 193 0.41%


Communities

Most municipalities in Middlesex County have a town form of government; the remainder are cities, and are so designated on this list. Villages listed below are census or postal divisions, but have no separate corporate or statutory existence from the cities and towns in which they are located.

Cities

Towns

Census-designated places

Other villages and neighborhoods

Education

School districts include:[50]

K-12:

  • Ayer-Shirley School District
  • Acton-Boxborough Regional School District
  • Arlington School District
  • Ashland School District
  • Bedford School District
  • Belmont School District
  • Billerica School District
  • Burlington School District
  • Cambridge Public School District
  • Chelmsford School District
  • Dracut School District
  • Everett School District
  • Framingham School District
  • Groton-Dunstable School District
  • Holliston School District
  • Hopkinton School District
  • Hudson School District
  • Lexington School District
  • Littleton School District
  • Lowell Public Schools
  • Malden School District
  • Marlborough School District
  • Maynard School District
  • Medford Public Schools
  • Melrose School District
  • Nashoba School District
  • Natick School District
  • Newton School District
  • North Middlesex School District
  • North Reading School District
  • Reading Public Schools
  • Somerville School District
  • Stoneham School District
  • Tewksbury School District
  • Tyngsborough School District
  • Wakefield School District
  • Waltham School District
  • Watertown School District
  • Wayland School District
  • Westford School District
  • Weston School District
  • Wilmington School District
  • Winchester School District
  • Woburn School District

Secondary:

Elementary:

  • Carlisle School District
  • Concord School District
  • Lincoln School District
  • Sherborn School District
  • Sudbury School District

Tertiary institutions include:

Culture

Middlesex County is home to the Middlesex County Volunteers, a fife and drum corps that plays music from the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Founded in 1982 at the end of the United States Bicentennial celebration, the group performs extensively throughout New England. They have also performed at the Boston Pops, throughout the British Isles and Western Europe, and at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo's Salute to Australia in Sydney, Australia.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ That center was at 42°16′25″N 71°21′01″W / 42.273659°N 71.350366°W / 42.273659; -71.350366.

References

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  2. ^ "STATEFP,STNAME,POPULATION,LATITUDE,LONGITUDE". United States Census Bureau. April 1, 2020. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Mass. Gen. L. c. 34B
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  6. ^ Mass. Gen. L. c. 36, § 1
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  8. ^ Redmond, Lisa (March 10, 2008). "Middlesex Superior Court moving to Woburn". Digital First Media. Lowell Sun. Retrieved January 31, 2018. WOBURN -- Middlesex Superior Court, currently located in the Edward J. Sullivan Courthouse in Cambridge, will move to a new facility in Woburn in the TradeCenter on Sylvan Road beginning Friday, according to Chief Justice for Administration and Management Robert A. Mulligan.
  9. ^ "Press Release: Middlesex Superior Court Moves to Woburn". Cummings Properties, LLC. March 17, 2008. Retrieved January 31, 2018. Woburn, MA, March 17, 2008 -- The new furniture has been installed, years of case files have been dusted off, moved and organized, and the computers are all hooked up and ready to go. After 40 years in Cambridge, the Superior Court is open and ready for business in Woburn. [ . . . ] Serving nearly all of the 54 communities in Middlesex County, the new Woburn building houses 15 courtrooms, clerks' offices, judges' chambers, the probation department, the law library, and more. In addition, the Court estimates that more than 400 people will use the building every day, including, lawyers, judges, administrative staff, jurors, plaintiffs, defendants, visitors, and others who work at the building and use the system.
  10. ^ Properties, Cummings (September 20, 2013). "Press Release:Middlesex Superior Court renews lease in Woburn". Cummings Properties, Business. Patch Media. Retrieved January 31, 2018. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has extended its lease for the Middlesex County Superior Courthouse at TradeCenter 128 in Woburn for a seven-year term. This renewal comes five years after the Court moved from the Edward J. Sullivan Courthouse in Cambridge, which was in need of extensive renovations and has since been slated for redevelopment.
  11. ^ Hanson, Melissa (June 28, 2014). . The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2018. The Middlesex Jail at the Edward J. Sullivan Courthouse in Cambridge closed Saturday after 32 years of operation, according to Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian.
  12. ^ Boeri, David (June 30, 2014). "One Last Elevator Ride Down: Cambridge High-Rise Jail Is No More". WBUR. Retrieved February 10, 2018. A high-security weekend operation has emptied the Middlesex County Jail in Cambridge of all its inmates.
  13. ^ Barry, Rob (February 26, 2009). "Cambridge Court opens in Medford". WickedLocal. GateHouse Media, LLC. Retrieved February 10, 2018. The Cambridge District Court moved into Medford this week, placing itself in the former Cross Country building at 4040 Mystic Valley Pkwy.
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Bibliography

  • History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume 1 (A-H), Volume 2 (L-W) by Samuel Adams Drake, published 1879 and 1880. 572 and 505 pages.
  • Ancient Middlesex with Brief Biographical Sketches. By Levi Swanton Gould, published 1905, 366 pages.

Further reading

  • Jedidiah Morse (1797). "Middlesex". The American Gazetteer. Boston, Massachusetts: At the presses of S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews. OL 23272543M.
  • Edwin P. Conklin, Middlesex County and Its People: A History. In Four Volumes. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1927.
  • Samuel Adams Drake, History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Containing Carefully Prepared Histories of Every City and Town in the County. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1880. Volume 1 | Volume 2
  • D. Hamilton Hurd, History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. In Three Volumes. Philadelphia, PA: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1890. Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3
  • Robert H. Rodgers, Middlesex County in the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay in New England: Records of Probate and Administration, February 1670/71 – June 1676. Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 2005.

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  • History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, edited by Duane Hamilton Hurd. J. W. Lewis & Co., Philadelphia. 1890.
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middlesex, county, massachusetts, middlesex, county, located, commonwealth, massachusetts, united, states, 2020, census, population, making, most, populous, county, both, massachusetts, england, 22nd, most, populous, county, united, states, middlesex, county, . Middlesex County is located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States As of the 2020 census the population was 1 632 002 1 making it the most populous county in both Massachusetts and New England and the 22nd most populous county in the United States Middlesex County is one of two U S counties along with Santa Clara County California to be amongst the top 25 counties with the highest household income and the 25 most populated counties It is included in the Census Bureau s Boston Cambridge Newton MA NH Metropolitan Statistical Area As part of the 2020 United States census the Commonwealth s mean center of population for that year was geo centered in Middlesex County in the town of Natick 2 a this is not to be confused with the geographic center of Massachusetts which is in Rutland Worcester County Middlesex CountyCountyMiddlesex South Registry of Deeds in CambridgeSealLocation within the U S state of MassachusettsMassachusetts s location within the U S Coordinates 42 29 N 71 23 W 42 49 N 71 39 W 42 49 71 39 Coordinates 42 29 N 71 23 W 42 49 N 71 39 W 42 49 71 39Country United StatesState MassachusettsFoundedMay 10 1643Named forMiddlesex EnglandSeatLowell and CambridgeLargest cityCambridgeArea Total847 sq mi 2 190 km2 Land818 sq mi 2 120 km2 Water29 sq mi 80 km2 3 5 Population 2020 Total1 632 002 Density1 996 sq mi 771 km2 Time zoneUTC 5 Eastern Summer DST UTC 4 EDT Congressional districts3rd 4th 5th 6th 7thOn July 11 1997 Massachusetts abolished the executive government of Middlesex County primarily due to the county s insolvency citation needed Middlesex County continues to exist as a geographic boundary 3 but it is used primarily as district jurisdictions within the court system and for other administrative purposes for example as an election district The National Weather Service weather alerts such as severe thunderstorm warning continue to localize based upon Massachusetts s counties Contents 1 History 1 1 Law and government 1 2 Administrative structure today 2 Geography 2 1 Adjacent counties 2 2 Transportation 2 3 National protected areas 3 Demographics 3 1 Demographic breakdown by town 3 1 1 Income 4 Law enforcement 5 Politics 6 Communities 6 1 Cities 6 2 Towns 6 3 Census designated places 6 4 Other villages and neighborhoods 7 Education 8 Culture 9 See also 10 Notes 11 References 11 1 Bibliography 12 Further reading 13 External linksHistory EditThe county was created by the Massachusetts General Court on May 10 1643 when it was ordered that the whole plantation within this jurisdiction be divided into four shires Middlesex initially contained Charlestown Cambridge Watertown Sudbury Concord Woburn Medford and Reading 4 In 1649 the first Middlesex County Registry of Deeds was created in Cambridge On April 19 1775 Middlesex was site of the first armed conflict of the American Revolutionary War In 1855 the Massachusetts State Legislature created a minor Registry of Deeds for the Northern District of Middlesex County in Lowell 4 In the late 19th century and early 20th century Boston annexed several of its adjacent cities and towns including Charlestown and Brighton from Middlesex County resulting in an enlargement and accretion toward Suffolk County 4 Beginning prior to dissolution of the executive county government the county comprised two regions with separate county seats for administrative purposes The Middlesex North District smaller with its county seat in Lowell under the Registry of Deeds consisted of the city of Lowell and its adjacent towns of Billerica Carlisle Chelmsford Dracut Dunstable Tewksbury Tyngsborough Westford and Wilmington The Middlesex South District larger with the county seat in Cambridge 5 consisted of the remaining 44 cities and towns of Middlesex County 6 Since the start of the 21st century much of the current and former county offices have physically decentralized from the Cambridge seat with the sole exceptions being the Registry of Deeds and the Middlesex Probate and Family Court which both retain locations in Cambridge and Lowell Since the first quarter of 2008 the Superior Courthouse 7 8 has been seated in the city of Woburn 9 10 the Sheriff s Office is now administratively seated in the city of Medford and the Cambridge based County Jail 11 has since been amalgamated with another county jail facility in Billerica 12 The Cambridge District Court which has jurisdiction for Arlington Belmont and Cambridge along with the Middlesex County District Attorney s Office although not a part of the Middlesex County government was also relatedly forced to relocate to Medford at the time of the closure of the Superior Courthouse building in Cambridge 13 14 Law and government Edit Of the fourteen counties of Massachusetts Middlesex is one of eight 15 which have had no county government or county commissioners since July 1 1998 when county functions were assumed by state agencies at local option following a change in state law 3 Immediately prior to its dissolution the executive branch consisted of three County Commissioners elected at large to staggered four year terms There was a County Treasurer elected to a six year term The county derived its revenue primarily from document filing fees at the Registries of Deeds and from a Deeds Excise Tax also a transfer tax was assessed on the sale price of real estate and collected by the Registries of Deeds 16 Budgets as proposed by the County Commissioners were approved by a County Advisory Board that consisted of a single representative of each of the 54 cities and towns in Middlesex County The votes of the individual members of the Advisory Board were weighted based on the overall valuation of property in their respective communities The County Sheriff and two Registers of Deeds one for the Northern District at Lowell and another for the Southern District at Cambridge are each elected to serve six year terms 17 Besides the employees of the Sheriff s Office and the two Registries of Deeds the county had a Maintenance Department a Security Department some administrative staff in the Treasurer s and Commissioners Offices and the employees of the hospital The county government also owned and operated the Superior Courthouse one of which was formerly in Cambridge since 2008 relocated to Woburn 7 and one in Lowell and the defunct Middlesex County Hospital in the city of Waltham The legislation abolishing the Middlesex County executive retained the Sheriff and Registers of Deeds as independently elected officials and transferred the Sheriff s Office under the state Department of Public Safety and the two Registry of Deeds offices to the Massachusetts Secretary of State s Office 18 Additionally all county maintenance and security employees were absorbed into the corresponding staffs of the Massachusetts Trial Court The legislation also transferred ownership of the two Superior Courthouses to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts The hospital was closed Finally the office of County Commissioner was immediately abolished and the office of County Treasurer was abolished as of December 31 2002 19 Any county roads transferred to the Commonwealth as part of the dissolution The other administrative duties such as Sheriff Department of Deeds and court system etc and all supporting staff were transferred under the Commonwealth as well Administrative structure today Edit Records of land ownership in Middlesex County continue to be maintained at the two Registries of Deeds Besides the Sheriff and the two Registers of Deeds the Middlesex District Attorney the Middlesex Register of Probate and the Middlesex Clerk of Courts which were already part of state government before the abolition of Middlesex County government are all elected countywide to six year terms In Middlesex County as in the entirety of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts the governmental functions such as property tax assessment and collection public education road repair and maintenance and elections were all conducted at the municipal city and town level and not by the county government In 2012 the 22 story Superior Court Building in Cambridge which was transferred from the abolished Executive County government was sold 20 21 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 22 Due to its transfer from state control 23 many local residents had tried to force the private developers to reduce the overall height of the structure 24 25 Even following abolition of the executive branch for county government in Middlesex communities are still granted a right by the Massachusetts state legislature to form their own regional compacts for sharing of services and costs thereof County government Middlesex County Clerk of Courts Michael A SullivanDistrict Attorney Marian T RyanRegister of Deeds Richard P Howe Jr North at Lowell Maria C Curtatone South at Cambridge Register of Probate Tara E DeCristofaroCounty Sheriff Peter J Koutoujian 26 State governmentState Representative s 37 Representatives 27 State Senator s 16 Senators 28 Governor s Councilor s Robert L Jubinville D 2nd district Marilyn M Petitto D 3rd district Eileen R Duff D 5th district Terrence W Kennedy D 6th district Paul DePalo D 7th district Federal governmentU S Representative s Jake Auchincloss D 4th district Lori Trahan D 3rd district Seth Moulton D 6th district Katherine Clark D 5th district Ayanna Pressley D 7th district U S Senators Elizabeth Warren D Ed Markey D Geography EditAccording to the U S Census Bureau the county has a total area of 847 square miles 2 190 km2 of which 818 square miles 2 120 km2 is land and 29 square miles 75 km2 3 5 is water 29 It is the third largest county in Massachusetts by land area It is bounded southeast by the Charles River and drained by the Merrimack Nashua and Concord rivers and other streams 30 The MetroWest region comprises much of the southern portion of the county Adjacent counties Edit Hillsborough County New Hampshire north Essex County northeast Suffolk County southeast Norfolk County south Worcester County west Transportation Edit These routes pass through Middlesex County I 90 From Hopkinton to Newton I 93 From Somerville to Tewksbury I 95 From Newton to Wakefield I 290 In Marlboro I 495 From Hopkinton to Tewksbury US 1 From Cambridge to Malden US 3 Route 3 From Cambridge to Tyngsborough US 20 From Marlborough to Watertown Route 2 From Littleton to Cambridge Route 2A From Shirley to Cambridge Route 3A From Burlington to Tyngsborough Route 4 From Lexington Arlington line to Chelmsford Route 9 From Framingham to Newton Route 13 In Townsend Route 16 From Holliston to Everett Route 27 From Sherborn to Chelmsford Route 28 From Cambridge to North Reading Route 30 From Framingham to Newton Route 31 In Ashby Route 38 From Somerville to Dracut Route 40 From Groton to Chelmsford Route 60 From Waltham to Malden Route 62 From Hudson to North Reading Route 85 From Hopkinton to Hudson Route 99 From Everett to Melrose Route 110 From Ayer to Dracut Route 111 From Concord to Pepperell Route 113 From Pepperell to Dracut Route 115 In Sherborn Route 117 From Stow to Waltham Route 119 From Concord to Ashby Route 125 From Wilmington to North Reading Route 126 From Holliston to Concord Route 128 From Newton to Wakefield Route 129 From Chelmsford to Wakefield Route 133 From Lowell to Tewksbury Route 135 From Hopkinton to Natick Route 225 From Shirley to LexingtonNational protected areas Edit Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Longfellow House Washington s Headquarters National Historic Site Lowell National Historical Park Minute Man National Historical Park Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge part Demographics EditHistorical populationCensus Pop 179042 769 180046 9289 7 181052 78912 5 182061 47216 4 183077 96126 8 1840106 61136 7 1850161 38351 4 1860216 35434 1 1870274 35326 8 1880317 83015 8 1890431 16735 7 1900565 69631 2 1910669 91518 4 1920778 35216 2 1930934 92420 1 1940971 3903 9 19501 064 5699 6 19601 238 74216 4 19701 397 26812 8 19801 367 034 2 2 19901 398 4682 3 20001 465 3964 8 20101 503 0852 6 20201 632 0028 6 2021 est 1 614 742 1 1 U S Decennial Census 31 1790 1960 32 1900 1990 33 1990 2000 34 2010 2020 35 As of 2006 update Middlesex County was tenth in the United States on the list of most millionaires per county 36 As of the 2010 United States Census there were 1 503 085 people 580 688 households and 366 656 families residing in the county 37 The population density was 1 837 9 inhabitants per square mile 709 6 km2 There were 612 004 housing units at an average density of 748 3 per square mile 288 9 km2 38 The racial makeup of the county was 80 0 white 9 3 Asian 4 7 black or African American 0 2 American Indian 3 3 from other races and 2 5 from two or more races Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 6 5 of the population 37 The largest ancestry groups were 39 23 5 Irish 16 2 Italian 11 2 English 7 1 German 5 6 French 4 0 Polish 3 6 French Canadian 3 2 Chinese 3 1 Portuguese 2 9 American 2 7 Scottish 2 6 Russian 2 5 Indian 2 4 Brazilian 2 0 Scotch Irish 2 0 Puerto Rican 1 7 Swedish 1 6 Greek 1 2 Sub Saharan African 1 2 Haitian 1 2 Armenian 1 1 Canadian 1 0 Cambodian 1 0 Arab Of the 580 688 households 31 0 had children under the age of 18 living with them 49 5 were married couples living together 10 1 had a female householder with no husband present 36 9 were non families and 27 8 of all households were made up of individuals The average household size was 2 49 and the average family size was 3 10 The median age was 38 5 years 37 The median income for a household in the county was 77 377 and the median income for a family was 97 382 Males had a median income of 64 722 versus 50 538 for females The per capita income for the county was 40 139 About 5 1 of families and 7 6 of the population were below the poverty line including 8 0 of those under age 18 and 8 0 of those age 65 or over 40 79 6 spoke English 4 3 Spanish 2 7 Portuguese 1 6 Italian 1 6 Chinese including Mandarin and other Chinese dialects and 1 5 French as their first language Middlesex County has the largest Irish American population of any U S county with a plurality of Irish ancestry 41 42 Demographic breakdown by town Edit Income Edit See also List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income The ranking of unincorporated communities that are included on the list are reflective if the census designated locations and villages were included as cities or towns Data is from the 2007 2011 American Community Survey 5 Year Estimates 43 44 45 Rank Town Per capitaincome Medianhouseholdincome Medianfamilyincome Population Number ofhouseholds1 Weston Town 96 475 180 815 220 441 11 229 3 5572 Sherborn Town 70 983 152 083 183 456 4 102 1 4633 Wayland Town 70 185 125 076 151 812 12 939 4 9024 Carlisle Town 68 060 159 063 171 167 4 814 1 6125 Lexington Town 67 584 136 610 158 888 31 129 11 4116 Concord Town 67 374 127 951 156 352 17 523 6 1977 Winchester Town 65 172 127 665 160 706 21 205 7 6118 Sudbury Town 63 862 159 713 173 587 17 482 5 6139 Newton City 60 323 109 724 141 944 84 583 30 73510 Lincoln Town 57 471 130 523 141 667 6 480 2 15011 Hopkinton Town 56 939 126 350 149 213 14 691 4 893Chestnut Hill 02467 ZCTA 55 947 114 140 151 375 21 952 6 23712 Belmont Town 54 361 99 529 121 250 24 548 9 465Cochituate CDP 52 936 107 589 133 082 6 384 2 49613 Boxborough Town 51 159 103 918 134 583 4 957 1 98414 Acton Town 49 603 109 491 135 000 21 656 7 92415 Natick Town 49 012 90 046 117 259 32 729 13 44016 Bedford Town 48 899 101 886 128 448 13 192 4 95117 Stow Town 48 448 112 130 132 061 6 488 2 328West Concord CDP 47 633 103 693 145 242 6 134 2 06918 Holliston Town 47 624 107 374 125 236 13 512 4 91819 Westford Town 47 587 119 511 135 000 21 716 7 30820 Arlington Town 47 571 85 059 107 862 42 570 19 00721 Groton Town 47 003 117 903 135 143 10 478 3 65022 Ashland Town 46 626 93 770 116 799 16 305 6 48423 Cambridge City 46 242 69 017 94 536 104 322 45 38624 Reading Town 44 949 99 131 117 477 24 504 9 05525 Chelmsford Town 42 535 90 895 110 967 33 610 13 30426 North Reading Town 42 256 104 069 116 729 14 703 5 07727 Dunstable Town 41 937 109 205 121 406 3 128 1 08728 Littleton Town 41 815 103 438 114 094 8 810 3 198Middlesex County County 41 453 79 691 100 267 1 491 762 577 34929 Watertown City 41 090 76 718 90 521 31 792 14 04230 Wakefield Town 40 227 85 379 112 293 24 794 10 05831 Burlington Town 40 083 92 236 107 339 24 207 9 17732 Melrose City 39 873 84 599 105 893 26 864 10 963Groton CDP 39 208 55 446 127 708 1 077 507Hopkinton CDP 38 507 71 536 105 882 2 110 87733 Tyngsborough Town 38 067 101 103 111 780 11 198 3 79734 Stoneham Town 37 573 77 476 95 490 21 413 8 90935 Marlborough City 37 314 72 853 94 770 38 087 15 85636 Wilmington Town 37 084 100 861 107 436 22 116 7 20037 Pepperell Town 37 081 84 618 102 946 11 407 4 12538 Maynard Town 36 818 77 255 93 116 10 083 4 22239 Tewksbury Town 36 509 86 378 103 008 28 778 10 67040 Hudson Town 36 141 76 714 95 746 18 845 7 679Pepperell CDP 35 227 68 500 65 417 2 239 852Massachusetts State 35 051 65 981 83 371 6 512 227 2 522 40941 Medford City 34 615 72 033 83 078 55 843 22 461Hudson CDP 33 734 68 812 86 216 14 797 6 12942 Woburn City 33 725 72 540 87 924 37 831 15 35743 Waltham City 33 717 68 326 82 233 60 209 23 52044 Framingham City 33 665 66 047 86 977 67 844 26 167Pinehurst CDP 33 572 95 038 100 650 7 289 2 41445 Billerica Town 33 347 88 531 98 371 39 930 13 85946 Somerville City 32 785 64 480 71 518 75 566 31 47647 Ashby Town 32 434 82 614 84 655 3 030 1 06048 Ayer Town 32 179 54 899 78 947 7 370 3 063Littleton Common CDP 32 058 80 352 105 217 2 907 1 13149 Dracut Town 31 533 71 824 88 281 29 249 11 17350 Townsend Town 31 201 76 250 91 023 8 906 3 114East Pepperell CDP 30 475 74 077 79 104 2 195 811Ayer CDP 30 456 42 055 79 708 2 573 1 205United States Country 27 915 52 762 64 293 306 603 772 114 761 359Townsend CDP 27 166 51 512 71 023 968 45351 Malden City 26 893 52 842 65 763 58 821 23 422Shirley CDP 24 943 41 250 41 838 1 330 59352 Everett City 24 575 48 319 58 045 41 079 15 68153 Shirley Town 24 427 71 146 78 493 7 235 2 18954 Lowell City 23 600 51 471 57 934 105 860 39 399Devens CDP 13 933 72 986 73 194 1 704 113Law enforcement EditMiddlesex Sheriff s Office Patch of the Middlesex Sheriff s OfficeAbbreviationMSOAgency overviewFormed1692 331 years ago 1692 Employees800Annual budget 60 MillionJurisdictional structureOperations jurisdictionMassachusetts USALegal jurisdictionCounty of Middlesex MassachusettsGeneral natureLocal civilian policeOperational structureHeadquartersMedford MassachusettsSheriff responsiblePeter KoutoujianFacilitiesLockups2Patrol VehiclesFord Crown Victoria Police InterceptorThe primary responsibility of the Middlesex Sheriff s Office is oversight of the Middlesex House of Correction and Jail in Billerica It formerly ran the Middlesex Jail in Cambridge which closed on June 28 2014 In addition the Sheriff s Office operates the Office of Civil Process and the Lowell Community Counseling Centers and crime prevention and community service programs The office of sheriff was created in 1692 making it one of the oldest law enforcement agencies in the United States The sheriff is elected to a 6 year term 46 Notable sheriffs include 47 Col James Prescott 1775 1781 Col Loammi Baldwin 1781 1794 Col Samuel Chandler 1841 1851 Charles Kimball 1859 1879 John J Buckley 1970 1980 John P McGonigle 1985 1994 James DiPaola 1996 2010 John Granara Special 2010 2011 Peter Koutoujian 2011 Present Politics EditVoter registration and party enrollment as of October 17 2018 48 Party Number of voters PercentageDemocratic 360 454 34 71 Republican 93 276 8 98 Unenrolled 572 900 55 17 Minor Parties 11 730 1 13 Total 1 038 360 100 Prior to 1960 Middlesex County was a Republican Party stronghold backing only two Democratic Party presidential candidates from 1876 to 1956 The 1960 election started a reverse trend with the county becoming a Democratic stronghold This has been even more apparent in recent years with George H W Bush in 1988 being the last Republican presidential candidate to manage forty percent of the county s votes and Mitt Romney in 2012 being the last Republican presidential candidate to manage even thirty percent of the vote In 2020 Joe Biden won 71 of the vote the highest percent for any presidential candidate since 1964 United States presidential election results for Middlesex County Massachusetts 49 Year Republican Democratic Third partyNo No No 2020 226 956 26 28 617 196 71 47 19 425 2 25 2016 219 793 27 59 520 360 65 31 56 582 7 10 2012 267 321 35 45 471 804 62 56 15 045 1 99 2008 245 766 33 85 464 484 63 98 15 781 2 17 2004 237 815 34 52 440 862 63 99 10 283 1 49 2000 198 914 30 27 404 043 61 49 54 091 8 23 1996 169 926 27 06 398 190 63 41 59 861 9 53 1992 193 703 28 10 343 994 49 89 151 756 22 01 1988 290 352 43 82 361 563 54 57 10 713 1 62 1984 319 604 49 42 325 065 50 26 2 085 0 32 1980 256 999 40 30 270 751 42 46 109 929 17 24 1976 260 044 40 42 359 919 55 94 23 419 3 64 1972 269 064 43 56 345 343 55 91 3 244 0 53 1968 188 304 32 60 370 310 64 11 18 982 3 29 1964 134 729 23 36 439 790 76 25 2 291 0 40 1960 246 126 40 78 356 130 59 01 1 260 0 21 1956 343 125 61 12 216 668 38 60 1 580 0 28 1952 316 069 56 99 236 910 42 72 1 626 0 29 1948 228 262 46 98 248 240 51 09 9 406 1 94 1944 236 102 52 81 210 253 47 03 725 0 16 1940 242 658 52 36 218 663 47 18 2 116 0 46 1936 199 704 47 60 189 512 45 17 30 304 7 22 1932 184 486 50 44 174 257 47 64 7 008 1 92 1928 189 189 52 00 173 339 47 64 1 313 0 36 1924 162 530 63 68 64 544 25 29 28 161 11 03 1920 156 636 69 90 61 661 27 52 5 781 2 58 1916 60 802 53 77 49 844 44 08 2 426 2 15 1912 30 511 29 66 36 689 35 67 35 667 34 67 1908 58 672 61 19 31 362 32 71 5 853 6 10 1904 55 704 60 63 32 889 35 80 3 275 3 56 1900 49 638 60 57 29 476 35 97 2 841 3 47 1896 57 281 71 36 19 591 24 41 3 394 4 23 1892 40 375 52 37 34 769 45 10 1 946 2 52 1888 35 768 54 31 28 570 43 38 1 519 2 31 1884 27 654 48 50 22 206 38 95 7 157 12 55 1880 30 339 59 31 19 801 38 71 1 013 1 98 1876 27 304 58 02 19 561 41 57 193 0 41 Communities EditMost municipalities in Middlesex County have a town form of government the remainder are cities and are so designated on this list Villages listed below are census or postal divisions but have no separate corporate or statutory existence from the cities and towns in which they are located Cities Edit Cambridge traditional county seat de jure Everett Framingham Lowell traditional county seat Malden Marlborough Medford Melrose Newton Somerville Waltham Watertown Woburn Towns Edit 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 Census designated places Edit Ayer Cochituate Devens East Pepperell Groton Hopkinton Littleton Common Pepperell Pinehurst Shirley Townsend West Concord Other villages and neighborhoods Edit Auburndale Chestnut Hill East Lexington Felchville Forge Village Gleasondale Graniteville Greenwood Melrose Highlands Nabnasset Newton Centre Newton Highlands Newton Lower Falls Newton Upper Falls Newtonville Nonantum North Billerica North Chelmsford North Woburn Pingryville Saxonville Thompsonville Waban West NewtonEducation EditThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it July 2022 School districts include 50 K 12 Ayer Shirley School District Acton Boxborough Regional School District Arlington School District Ashland School District Bedford School District Belmont School District Billerica School District Burlington School District Cambridge Public School District Chelmsford School District Dracut School District Everett School District Framingham School District Groton Dunstable School District Holliston School District Hopkinton School District Hudson School District Lexington School District Littleton School District Lowell Public Schools Malden School District Marlborough School District Maynard School District Medford Public Schools Melrose School District Nashoba School District Natick School District Newton School District North Middlesex School District North Reading School District Reading Public Schools Somerville School District Stoneham School District Tewksbury School District Tyngsborough School District Wakefield School District Waltham School District Watertown School District Wayland School District Westford School District Weston School District Wilmington School District Winchester School District Woburn School District Secondary Concord Carlisle School District Dover Sherborn School District Lincoln Sudbury School DistrictElementary Carlisle School District Concord School District Lincoln School District Sherborn School District Sudbury School District Tertiary institutions include Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Cambridge Culture EditMiddlesex County is home to the Middlesex County Volunteers a fife and drum corps that plays music from the 17th 18th 19th and 20th centuries Founded in 1982 at the end of the United States Bicentennial celebration the group performs extensively throughout New England They have also performed at the Boston Pops throughout the British Isles and Western Europe and at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo s Salute to Australia in Sydney Australia See also Edit Massachusetts portalMiddlesex historic county of England List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income Registry of Deeds Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County Massachusetts Middlesex Fells Middlesex Community College Massachusetts Middlesex Turnpike Massachusetts Middlesex County Sheriff s OfficeNotes Edit That center was at 42 16 25 N 71 21 01 W 42 273659 N 71 350366 W 42 273659 71 350366 References Edit Census Geography Profile Middlesex County Massachusetts United States Census Bureau Retrieved November 14 2021 STATEFP STNAME POPULATION LATITUDE LONGITUDE United States Census Bureau April 1 2020 Retrieved October 20 2022 a b Mass Gen L c 34B a b c Davis William T Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts p 44 The Boston History Company 1895 Find a County National Association of Counties Archived from the original on May 31 2011 Retrieved June 7 2011 Mass Gen L c 36 1 a b Moskowitz Eric February 14 2008 Court move a hassle for commuters Retrieved January 29 2018 Redmond Lisa March 10 2008 Middlesex Superior Court moving to Woburn Digital First Media Lowell Sun Retrieved January 31 2018 WOBURN Middlesex Superior Court currently located in the Edward J Sullivan Courthouse in Cambridge will move to a new facility in Woburn in the TradeCenter on Sylvan Road beginning Friday according to Chief Justice for Administration and Management Robert A Mulligan Press Release Middlesex Superior Court Moves to Woburn Cummings Properties LLC March 17 2008 Retrieved January 31 2018 Woburn MA March 17 2008 The new furniture has been installed years of case files have been dusted off moved and organized and the computers are all hooked up and ready to go After 40 years in Cambridge the Superior Court is open and ready for business in Woburn Serving nearly all of the 54 communities in Middlesex County the new Woburn building houses 15 courtrooms clerks offices judges chambers the probation department the law library and more In addition the Court estimates that more than 400 people will use the building every day including lawyers judges administrative staff jurors plaintiffs defendants visitors and others who work at the building and use the system Properties Cummings September 20 2013 Press Release Middlesex Superior Court renews lease in Woburn Cummings Properties Business Patch Media Retrieved January 31 2018 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has extended its lease for the Middlesex County Superior Courthouse at TradeCenter 128 in Woburn for a seven year term This renewal comes five years after the Court moved from the Edward J Sullivan Courthouse in Cambridge which was in need of extensive renovations and has since been slated for redevelopment Hanson Melissa June 28 2014 Middlesex Jail in Cambridge closes The Boston Globe Archived from the original on January 29 2018 Retrieved February 10 2018 The Middlesex Jail at the Edward J Sullivan Courthouse in Cambridge closed Saturday after 32 years of operation according to Middlesex Sheriff Peter J Koutoujian Boeri David June 30 2014 One Last Elevator Ride Down Cambridge High Rise Jail Is No More WBUR Retrieved February 10 2018 A high security weekend operation has emptied the Middlesex County Jail in Cambridge of all its inmates Barry Rob February 26 2009 Cambridge Court opens in Medford WickedLocal GateHouse Media LLC Retrieved February 10 2018 The Cambridge District Court moved into Medford this week placing itself in the former Cross Country building at 4040 Mystic Valley Pkwy Kenney Joan Whiting Charlotte February 17 2009 THIRD DISTRICT COURT OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY RELOCATES FROM CAMBRIDGE TO MEDFORD PDF Public Information Office Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Boston Bar Association Retrieved February 10 2018 Chief Justice for Administration and Management Robert A Mulligan today announced that the Third District Court of Middlesex County currently located in the Edward J Sullivan Courthouse in Cambridge will move to a new court facility on the Mystic Valley Parkway in Medford after the close of business on February 20 2009 and open for business at this new site on Monday February 23 2009 General Laws of Massachusetts Chapter 34B Abolition of County Government Massachusetts General Court Retrieved November 26 2016 Middlesex County Directory 1993 1995 Cambridge Middlesex County Commissioners Office 1995 Mass Gen L c 34 4 Mass Gen L c 34B 10 Mass Gen L c 34B 2 Baldassari Erin December 17 2012 Leggat McCall wins bid for Sullivan Courthouse redevelopment in Cambridge WickedLocal GateHouse Media LLC Retrieved December 17 2012 Leggat McCall Properties was selected from a pool of seven bidders to redevelop the 22 story 600 000 square foot EJ Sullivan Courthouse in East Cambridge the state announced Friday Dec 14 Parker Brock November 16 2011 State advertising 22 story Sullivan Courthouse seeking to sell by September Boston Globe Media Partners LLC Retrieved February 10 2018 State officials are advertising for a buyer for the 22 story asbestos plagued Edward J Sullivan Courthouse in Cambridge and hope to move prisoners housed in a county jail at the facility to another location by the spring of 2013 Ansari Esq Maryam K December 19 2012 Cambridge Residents Contesting Plans for Sullivan Courthouse FindLaw Network Boston Real Estate Law News Thomson Reuters Retrieved February 10 2018 Goodison Donna July 20 2017 Cambridge courthouse judged fit for redo Boston Herald and Herald Media Retrieved February 10 2018 The Appeals Court upheld a 2015 Land Court decision that determined the former Edward J Sullivan Courthouse when transferred from state ownership to private ownership under Boston developer Leggat McCall Properties would still be considered a legal preexisting nonconforming structure despite losing its government immunity from zoning rules Chesto Jon August 8 2017 A towering dilemma in East Cambridge The Boston Globe Archived from the original on August 11 2017 Retrieved February 10 2018 The developers who want to remodel the imposing former courthouse tower in East Cambridge and enliven its ground floor had hoped an appeals court decision last month was the final green light they needed Staff writer July 20 2017 40 Thorndike Street Bldup com BLDUP Retrieved February 10 2018 Upcoming mixed use development located steps from Kendall Square that will transform the existing 22 story Sullivan Courthouse and Middlesex Jail tower in East Cambridge into a 20 story mixed use tower The new 40 Thorndike Street will feature approximately 430 000 square feet of office research amp development space and 15 000 square feet of ground floor retail along with 24 apartment residences on lower floors Lower office floors will be marketed to startup companies as innovation space Retail will include a grocery store and a health club a daycare could be included as well Peter J Koutoujian Biography December 9 2013 Archived from the original on December 9 2013 Retrieved July 23 2022 Representative Districts Archived from the original on May 30 2007 Retrieved June 10 2007 Massachusetts General Court Senatorial Districts Archived from the original on March 4 2010 Retrieved June 10 2007 2010 Census Gazetteer Files United States Census Bureau August 22 2012 Archived from the original on September 14 2014 Retrieved September 16 2014 Ripley George Dana Charles A eds 1879 Middlesex I A N E county of Massachusetts The American Cyclopaedia U S Decennial Census United States Census Bureau Retrieved September 16 2014 Historical Census Browser University of Virginia Library Retrieved September 16 2014 Population of Counties by Decennial Census 1900 to 1990 United States Census Bureau Retrieved September 16 2014 Census 2000 PHC T 4 Ranking Tables for Counties 1990 and 2000 PDF United States Census Bureau Retrieved September 16 2014 2020 Population and Housing State Data United States Census Bureau Retrieved August 15 2021 Sahadi Jeanne March 28 2006 Top 10 millionaire counties CNN a b c DP 1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010 Demographic Profile Data United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on February 13 2020 Retrieved January 12 2016 Population Housing Units Area and Density 2010 County United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on February 13 2020 Retrieved January 12 2016 DP02 SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES 2006 2010 American Community Survey 5 Year Estimates United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on February 13 2020 Retrieved January 12 2016 DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS 2006 2010 American Community Survey 5 Year Estimates United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on February 13 2020 Retrieved January 12 2016 US Census Press Releases February 25 2006 Archived from the original on February 25 2006 Archived copy Archived from the original on October 12 2015 Retrieved December 7 2017 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS 2007 2011 American Community Survey 5 Year Estimates U S Census Bureau Archived from the original on February 12 2020 Retrieved January 26 2013 ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2007 2011 American Community Survey 5 Year Estimates U S Census Bureau Archived from the original on February 12 2020 Retrieved January 26 2013 HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES 2007 2011 American Community Survey 5 Year Estimates U S Census Bureau Archived from the original on February 12 2020 Retrieved January 26 2013 Middlesex Sheriff Middlesexsheriff org Retrieved March 17 2022 Edward M Burns Esq October 20 2009 History of Middlesex Sheriff s Office Middlesex Special Sheriff Archived from the original on December 13 2009 Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics as of October 17 2018 PDF Massachusetts Elections Division Retrieved January 23 2019 Leip David Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections uselectionatlas org 2020 CENSUS SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP Middlesex County MA PDF U S Census Bureau Retrieved July 22 2022 Text list Bibliography Edit History of Middlesex County Massachusetts Volume 1 A H Volume 2 L W by Samuel Adams Drake published 1879 and 1880 572 and 505 pages Ancient Middlesex with Brief Biographical Sketches By Levi Swanton Gould published 1905 366 pages Further reading EditJedidiah Morse 1797 Middlesex The American Gazetteer Boston Massachusetts At the presses of S Hall and Thomas amp Andrews OL 23272543M Edwin P Conklin Middlesex County and Its People A History In Four Volumes New York Lewis Historical Pub Co 1927 Samuel Adams Drake History of Middlesex County Massachusetts Containing Carefully Prepared Histories of Every City and Town in the County Boston Estes and Lauriat 1880 Volume 1 Volume 2 D Hamilton Hurd History of Middlesex County Massachusetts With Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men In Three Volumes Philadelphia PA J W Lewis amp Co 1890 Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Robert H Rodgers Middlesex County in the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Records of Probate and Administration February 1670 71 June 1676 Rockport ME Picton Press 2005 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Middlesex County Massachusetts Middlesex County Sheriff s Department 1856 Map of Middlesex County by Henry F Walling Walling amp Gray 1871 Map of Middlesex County Plate 44 45 from the 1871 Atlas of Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listing for Middlesex Co Massachusetts Middlesex County entry from Hayward s New England Gazetteer of 1839 Map of cities and towns of Massachusetts Archived September 27 2011 at the Wayback Machine Massachusetts County Map History of Middlesex County by Samual Adams Drake 1880 Contains histories of each town in the county History of Middlesex County Massachusetts With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men edited by Duane Hamilton Hurd J W Lewis amp Co Philadelphia 1890 Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds League of Women Voters Massachusetts County Government Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Middlesex County Massachusetts amp oldid 1135870672, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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