Northeast

Woburn

Middlesex County, MA

Population

40,992

Walk Score

93 · Walker's Paradise

Median rent

$2,131

Median home value

$612,500

Settled

1640

Woburn is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,876 at the 2020 census. Woburn is located 9 miles (14 km) north of Boston. Woburn uses Massachusetts' mayor-council form of government, in which an elected mayor is the executive and a partly district-based, partly at-large city council is the legislature. It was the last of Massachusetts' 351 municipalities to refer to members of its city council as "aldermen".

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On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Middlesex Canal · listed 1972

Notable landmarks

  • 1790 House · listed 1974
  • Baldwin, Loammi, Mansion · listed 1971
  • First Burial Ground · listed 2004
  • First Congregational Church in Woburn · listed 1992
  • Jack's Diner · listed 2000
  • Rumford, Count, Birthplace · listed 1975
  • US Post Office-Woburn Center Station · listed 1987
  • Woburn Public Library · listed 1976

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