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Framingham
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city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Middlesex
- Region
- New England
- Incorporated town
- June 26, 1700
- Incorporated city
- January 1, 2018
- Type
- City
- Mayor
- Charles Sisitsky
- City council
- George King, Chair, Janet Leombruno, Vice-Chair, Christine Long, Brandon Ward, Mary Kate Feeney, Michael Cannon, Noval Alexander, Phillip Ottaviani, Leora Mallach, John Stefanini, Tracey Bryant
- Total
- 26.51 sq mi (68.65 km )
- Land
- 25.04 sq mi (64.86 km )
- Water
- 1.46 sq mi (3.78 km )
- Elevation
- 160 ft (50 m)
- Density
- 2,889.4/sq mi (1,115.61/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip codes
- 01701 and 01702
- Area code
- 508 / 774
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Encyclopedic overview
Framingham (/ˈfreɪmɪŋhæm/ ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. Incorporated in 1700, it is located in Middlesex County and the MetroWest subregion of the Greater Boston metropolitan area. The city proper covers 25 square miles (65 km) with a population of 72,362 in 2020, making it the 14th most populous municipality in Massachusetts. Residents voted in favor of adopting a charter to transition from a representative town meeting system to a mayor–council government in April 2017, and the municipality transitioned to city status on January 1, 2018. Before it transitioned, it had been the largest town by population in Massachusetts.
The city has one of the largest Brazilian American populations in the United States, with a considerable Brazilian presence since the 1980s.
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