Melrose
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city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Middlesex
- Type
- Mayor-council city
- Mayor
- Jennifer Grigoraitis
- Total
- 4.77 sq mi (12.35 km )
- Land
- 4.68 sq mi (12.13 km )
- Water
- 0.085 sq mi (0.22 km )
- Elevation
- 135 ft (41 m)
- Density
- 6,366.4/sq mi (2,458.07/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip code
- 02176
- Area code
- 339 / 781
- Fips code
- 25-40115
- Gnis feature id
- 0612780
- Website
- www .cityofmelrose .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Melrose
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Middlesex County
- Population
- 29817
- Area
- 12.337604
- Elevation
- 41
- Shares border with
- Wakefield
- Official website
- www.cityofmelrose.org
- Image
- Downtown Melrose.jpg
- Households
- 11238
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- Commons category
- Melrose, Massachusetts
- topic's main category
- Category:Melrose, Massachusetts
- inception
- 1629-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Melrose, Massachusetts
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Melrose, Massachusetts
- water as percent of area
- 1.7814
- native label
- Melrose
- per capita income
- 56127
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Wilhelm Streitberg
- postal code
- 02176
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
Melrose is a city located in the Greater Boston metropolitan area in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Its population as of the 2020 census was 29,817. It is a suburb located approximately seven miles north of Boston. It is situated in the center of the triangle created by Interstates 93, 95 and U.S. Route 1.
The land that comprises Melrose was first settled in 1628 and was once part of Charlestown and then Malden. It became the Town of Melrose in 1850 and then the City of Melrose in 1900.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melrose” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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