Somerville is a city located directly to the northwest of Boston, and north of Cambridge, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the city had a total population of 81,045 people. With an area of 4.12 square miles (10.7 km2), the city has a density of 19,671/sq mi (7,595/km2), making it the most densely populated municipality in New England and the 19th most densely populated incorporated municipality in the country. Somerville was established as a town in 1842, when it was separated from Charlestown. In 2006, the city was named the best-run city in Massachusetts by The Boston Globe. In 1972, 2009, and 2015, the city received the All-America City Award. It is home to Tufts University, which has its campus along the Somerville and Medford border.
Northeast
Somerville
Middlesex County, MA
Population
80,464
Walk Score
98 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$2,357
Median home value
$860,500
Settled
1629
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Bow Street Historic District · listed 1976
- Hollander Blocks · listed 1989
- Mt. Vernon Street Historic District · listed 1989
- Powder House Park · listed 1975
- Spring Hill Historic District · listed 1989
- Westwood Road Historic District · listed 1989
Notable landmarks
- Adams, Charles-Woodbury Locke House · listed 1989
- Adams-Magoun House · listed 1989
- Bacon, Clifton, House · listed 1989
- Barnes, Walter S. and Melissa E., House · listed 1990
- Brackett, S. E., House · listed 1989
- Broadway Winter Hill Congregational Church · listed 1989
- Brooks, James H., House · listed 1989
- Carr, Martin W., School · listed 1984
- Central Library · listed 1989
- Cliff, Z. E., House · listed 1989
- Cook, Thomas, House · listed 1989
- Cooper-Davenport Tavern Wing · listed 1989
- Crowell, C. C., House · listed 1989
- Downer Rowhouses (Adams Street) · listed 1989
- Downer Rowhouses (Central Street) · listed 1989
- First Unitarian Church · listed 1989
- First Universalist Church · listed 1989
- Foster, Alexander, House · listed 1989
- Gaut, Samuel, House · listed 1989
- Grandview, The · listed 1989
- Highland, The · listed 1989
- Hopkins, Elisha, House · listed 1989
- House at 10 Arlington Street · listed 1989
- House at 14 Chestnut Street · listed 1989
- House at 16-18 Preston Road · listed 1989
- …and 50 more
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