Littleton

Shirley is a city in with a population of 7,000. The town was named for former Governor William Shirley, and was settled in 1720 and incorporated in 1775.
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  • Type: Town with 8,650 residents
  • Description: town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: Centre Village”, “Littleton Center”, “Littleton Station”, “Littleton, MA”, “Littleton, Massachusetts”, and “Nashobak
  • Postal code: 01460

Places of Interest

Highlights include Littleton High School and Congregational Church.

School building
is a public high school located at 56 King Street, Littleton, Massachusetts, United States. It serves students in grades 9-12 from the town of Littleton. The building was opened in 2002.

Church
is situated 1½ miles east of Littleton.

Railway stop
is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Littleton, Massachusetts. It serves the Fitchburg Line. The station is located at the intersection of Grimes Lane and Foster Street near Route 2 and I-495 and serves as a park-and-ride station for both highways.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boxborough and Ayer.

Village
Acton is a town in with a population of 24,000 in the 2020 census. is a town with a population of about 6,000. Maynard is a town with a population of 11,000. Stow is a town with a population of 7,000. is situated 4 miles south of Littleton.

Village
is a town in , United States. Originally part of , it was incorporated February 14, 1871, and became a major commercial railroad junction. is situated 4 miles west of Littleton.

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is a town of 6,900 people in . It has been home to several non-traditional communities, such as Shaker Village and the utopian transcendentalist center Fruitlands.

Littleton

Latitude
42.53759° or 42° 32′ 15″ north
Longitude
-71.51201° or 71° 30′ 43″ west
Population
8,650
Elevation
233 feet (71 metres)
Open location code
87JCGFQQ+25
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158842933
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4942300
Wiki­data ID
Q2433090
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Littleton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ليتلتون
  • Basque: Littleton
  • Catalan: Littleton
  • Chechen: Литтлтон
  • Chinese: 利特尔顿
  • Chinese: 利特爾頓
  • Dutch: Littleton
  • Egyptian Arabic: ليتلتون
  • French: Littleton
  • Georgian: ლიტლტონი
  • German: Littleton
  • Haitian: Littleton, Massachusetts
  • Haitian: Littleton
  • Hebrew: ליטלטון
  • Irish: Littleton
  • Italian: Littleton
  • Japanese: リトルトン
  • Kazakh: Lïttlton
  • Kazakh: Литтлтон
  • Kazakh: لىيتتلتون
  • Kirghiz: Литтлтон
  • Korean: 리틀턴
  • Mazanderani: لیتلتون (ماساچوست)
  • Mazanderani: لیتلتون
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Littleton (Massachusetts)
  • Norwegian: Littleton
  • Persian: لیتلتون، ماساچوست
  • Persian: لیتلتون
  • Polish: Littleton
  • Portuguese: Littleton
  • Russian: Литлтон (Массачусетс)
  • Russian: Литлтон
  • Slovenian: Littleton
  • Spanish: Littleton (Massachusetts)
  • Spanish: Littleton
  • Swahili: Littleton, Massachusetts
  • Swahili: Littleton
  • Swedish: Littleton, Massachusetts
  • Swedish: Littleton
  • Tatar: Литтлтон
  • Turkish: Littleton
  • Ukrainian: Літтлтон
  • Urdu: لٹلٹن، میساچوسٹس
  • Urdu: لٹلٹن
  • Volapük: Littleton
  • Welsh: Littleton, Massachusetts
  • Welsh: Littleton

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