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Middlesex

Middlesex County is a county located in the Commonwealth of , United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,632,002, making it the most populous county in both Massachusetts and and the 20th most populous county in the United States.
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  • Type: County with 1,500,000 residents
  • Description: county in Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: “Middlesex County”, “Middlesex County, MA”, and “Middlesex County, Massachusetts”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Col. James Barrett Farm and Punkatasset Hill.

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The is a historic American Revolutionary War site in , associated with the revolution's first battle, the 1775 battles of Lexington and Concord.

Peak
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is a hill in , , in the . At 289 feet, it is one of the highest points in the town. The hill was formerly called Broad-topped Hill by the native Indians and was cultivated and farmed from the 17th century on.

Bridge
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The North Bridge, often colloquially called the , is a historic site in , spanning the . On April 19, 1775, the first day of the American Revolutionary War, provincial minutemen and militia companies numbering approximately 400 engaged roughly 90 British Army troops at this location.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Concord and Acton.

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Maybe you’ve never heard of sleepy population 18,000, but your life has certainly been impacted by it. This is where "the shot heard round the world" was fired in the spring of 1775, setting off a chain of events that would eventually lead to the creation of the United States.

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is a town in with a population of 24,000 in the 2020 census. Boxborough 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.

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is a town in with a population of 14,000. Carlisle is a town with a population of 5,000. A low population density gives the town a rural feel, and it's known for outdoor activities including hiking and biking.

Middlesex

Latitude
42.4855° or 42° 29′ 8″ north
Longitude
-71.3968° or 71° 23′ 49″ west
Population
1,500,000
Elevation
184 feet (56 metres)
Open location code
87JCFJP3+57
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2000823144
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4943909
Wiki­data ID
Q54073
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Middlesex” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Middlesex County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ميدلسيكس”
  • Armenian: “Միդլսեքս շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Middlesex”
  • Azerbaijani: “Midlseks”
  • Basque: “Middlesex konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Middlesex County, Massachusetts”
  • Bavarian: “Middlesex County”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Мідлсекс”
  • Belarusian: “Мідлсекс (акруга)”
  • Belarusian: “Мідлсекс”
  • Belarusian: “Мідлсэкс”
  • Bishnupriya: “মিডলসেক্স কাউন্টি, ম্যাসাচুসেট্‌স”
  • Bishnupriya: “মিডলসেক্স কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Мидълсекс”
  • Catalan: “Comtat de Middlesex”
  • Cebuano: “Middlesex County”
  • Chechen: “Мидлсекс (гуо, Массачусетс)”
  • Chechen: “Мидлсекс”
  • Chinese: “Middlesex Kūn”
  • Chinese: “密德瑟斯郡”
  • Chinese: “密德適士縣”
  • Chinese: “米德尔塞克斯县”
  • Chinese: “米德爾塞克斯縣”
  • Danish: “Middlesex County”
  • Dutch: “Middlesex County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Middlesex”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Middlesex”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Midlesekso”
  • Esperanto: “Middlesex County”
  • Estonian: “Middlesexi maakond”
  • Finnish: “Middlesexin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Middlesex”
  • French: “Comté de Middlesex”
  • Galician: “Condado de Middlesex, Massachusetts”
  • Galician: “Condado de Middlesex”
  • Georgian: “მიდლსექსის ოლქი”
  • German: “Middlesex County”
  • Gilaki: “میدلسکس ٚ شأرستان (ماساچۊست)”
  • Gilaki: “میدلسکس ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Μίντλσεξ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז מידלסקס”
  • Hungarian: “Middlesex megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Middlesex, Massachusetts”
  • Irish: “Contae Middlesex”
  • Italian: “contea di Middlesex”
  • Italian: “Contea di Middlesex”
  • Japanese: “ミドルセックス・カウンティ”
  • Japanese: “ミドルセックス郡”
  • Korean: “미들섹스군”
  • Latvian: “Midlseksas apgabals”
  • Low German: “Middlesex County”
  • Macedonian: “Мидлсекс”
  • Marathi: “मिडलसेक्स काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “میدلسکس شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Middlesex Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Middlesex Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Middlesex County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Middlesex County”
  • Norwegian: “Middlesex County”
  • Ossetian: “Мидлсекс (зылд, Массачусетс)”
  • Ossetian: “Мидлсекс”
  • Persian: “شهرستان میدلسکس، ماساچوست”
  • Persian: “شهرستان میدلسکس”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Middlesex”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Middlesex”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Middlesex”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Middlesex, Massachusetts”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Middlesex”
  • Romanian: “Middlesex”
  • Russian: “Мидлсекс”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Middlesex”
  • Scots: “Middlesex Coonty”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Middlesex County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Мидлсекс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Middlesex County, Massachusetts”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Middlesex County”
  • Slovenian: “Middlesex County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Middlesex, Massachusetts”
  • Spanish: “condado de Middlesex”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Middlesex”
  • Swedish: “Middlesex County, Massachusetts”
  • Swedish: “Middlesex County”
  • Tajik: “Мидлсекс”
  • Tajik: “Шаҳристони Мидлсекс”
  • Tatar: “Мидлсекс (округ, Массачусетс)”
  • Tatar: “Мидлсекс”
  • Turkish: “Middlesex County, MA”
  • Turkish: “Middlesex County, Mass.”
  • Turkish: “Middlesex County, Massachusetts”
  • Turkish: “Middlesex County”
  • Turkish: “Middlesex ilçesi, MA”
  • Turkish: “Middlesex ilçesi, Mass.”
  • Turkish: “Middlesex ilçesi, Massachusetts”
  • Turkish: “Middlesex ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Міддлсекс”
  • Urdu: “مڈلسیکس کاؤنٹی، میساچوسٹس”
  • Urdu: “مڈلسیکس کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Middlesex”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Middlesex, Massachusetts”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Middlesex”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Middlesex, Massachusetts”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Middlesex,”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Middlesex”
  • Welsh: “Middlesex County, Massachusetts”
  • Welsh: “Middlesex County”
  • Western Armenian: “Միտըլսէքս Գաւառ”
  • Western Panjabi: “مڈلسیکس کاؤنٹی”

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