Welcome to historic Arlington, Massachusetts
www.arlington-mass.com
a community website owned by Paul Schlichtman, dedicated to serving friends and neighbors in Arlington.

Site of the bloodiest fighting during the first day of the Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775.
Arlington Seal
The seal of the Town of Arlington.
From the "Welcome to Arlington Heights" sign on Massachusetts Avenue.

Menotomy Village, settled 1635

Town of West Cambridge, Incorporated 1807

Renamed the Town of Arlington, 1867

 

Population (2000 Census) 42,389

Area 5.51 square miles, Land Area 5.18 square miles

Density: 8,359 people per square mile (Rank: 9th in the state)

 

 

Visit the Arlington municipal home page,
at www.town.arlington.ma.us

Population Density of
Massachusetts Municipalities
All have city forms of government unless noted.

1. Somerville - 18,797
2. Cambridge - 14,871
3. Chelsea - 14,745
4. Boston - 12,712
5. Winthrop - 11,073
6. Everett - 10,349
7. Lawrence - 10,340
8. Malden - 10,336
9. Arlington (town)- 8,359
10. Brookline (town)- 8,097

Population density of other large municipalities
Watertown - 7,950
Lynn - 7,735
Lowell - 7,556
Revere - 7,016
Medford - 6,767
Quincy - 5,195
Belmont (town)- 5174
Springfield - 4,644
Worcester - 4,498
Newton - 4,477



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Last update, July 28, 2000