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Somerville, Massachusetts
City
Davis Square, Somerville
Seal
Motto(s): "Municipal Freedom Gives National Strength"
Location in Middlesex County in Massachusetts
Somerville Location in the United States Show map of Massachusetts Somerville Somerville (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 42°23′15″N 71°06′00″W / 42.38750°N 71.10000°W / 42.38750; -71.10000Coordinates: 42°23′15″N 71°06′00″W / 42.38750°N 71.10000°W / 42.38750; -71.10000
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Middlesex
Region	New England
Settled	1629
Purchased	1639
Incorporated (town)	1842
Incorporated (city)	1872
Government
• Type	Mayor–council
• Mayor	Joseph Curtatone
Area ^[1]
• Total	4.22 sq mi (10.94 km²)
• Land	4.12 sq mi (10.68 km²)
• Water	0.10 sq mi (0.26 km²)
Elevation	12 ft (4 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	75,754
• Estimate (2019)^[3]	81,360
• Density	19,733.20/sq mi (7,619.77/km²)
• Demonym	Somervillian Villen^[2]
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP codes	02143, 02144, 02145
Area code(s)	617 / 857
FIPS code	25-62535
GNIS ID	0612815
Website	somervillema.gov

Somerville (/ˈsʌmərvɪl/ SUM-ər-vil) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is directly to the northwest of Boston.

As of 2010, the United States Census lists the city with a total population of 75,754 people, making it the most densely populated municipality in New England. As of 2010, it was the 16th most densely populated incorporated municipality in the country. It was founded in 1842, when it was separated from Charlestown.

Cartoonist Paul Ryan and football player Howie Long were born here.

References[change | change source]

↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
↑ Jimmy Del Ponte (May 3, 2014). "Are you a Villen?". Somerville Times. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
↑ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.

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Counties	Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Dukes Essex Franklin Hampden Hampshire Middlesex Nantucket Norfolk Plymouth Suffolk Worcester Note: Nine former counties were in the District of Maine
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v t e Municipalities and communities of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
County seats: Cambridge and Lowell
Cities	Cambridge Everett Framingham Lowell Malden Marlborough Medford Melrose Newton Somerville Waltham Watertown Woburn
Towns	Acton Arlington Ashby Ashland Ayer Bedford Belmont Billerica Boxborough Burlington Carlisle Chelmsford Concord Dracut Dunstable Groton Holliston Hopkinton Hudson Lexington Lincoln Littleton Maynard Natick North Reading Pepperell Reading Sherborn Shirley Stoneham Stow Sudbury Tewksbury Townsend Tyngsborough Wakefield Wayland Westford Weston Wilmington Winchester
CDPs	Ayer (CDP) Cochituate Devens‡ East Pepperell Groton (CDP) Hanscom AFB Hopkinton (CDP) Hudson (CDP) Littleton Common Pepperell (CDP) Pinehurst Shirley (CDP) Townsend (CDP) West Concord
Other villages	Auburndale Chestnut Hill East Lexington Felchville Forge Village Gleasondale Graniteville Melrose Highlands Nabnasset Newton Centre Newton Highlands Newton Lower Falls Newton Upper Falls Newtonville Nonantum North Billerica North Chelmsford Pingryville Saxonville Thompsonville Waban West Newton
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

v t e All-America City Award Hall of Fame (1949–2021)
Three-time winners	Alexandria, Virginia (1963, 1984, 1985) Allentown, Pennsylvania (1962, 1974, 1975) Asheville, North Carolina (1951, 1969, 1997) Bloomington, Indiana (1958, 1981, 1982) Boston, Massachusetts (1949, 1951, 1962) Cincinnati, Ohio (1949, 1950, 1981) Dayton, Ohio (1951, 1978, 1991) Delray Beach, Florida (1993, 2001, 2017) Edinburg, Texas (1968, 1995, 2000) Fayetteville, North Carolina (1985, 2001, 2011) Fort Worth, Texas (1964, 1993, 2011) Gastonia, North Carolina (1963, 2000, 2010) Grand Rapids, Michigan (1949, 1960, 1981) Hampton, Virginia (1972, 2002, 2014) Hickory, North Carolina (1967, 1987, 2007) Independence, Missouri (1961, 1982, 2001) Laurinburg, North Carolina (1956, 1967, 2003) Louisville, Kentucky (1963, 1995, 2012) Norfolk, Virginia (1959, 2013, 2016) Rochester, New York (1981, 1998, 2020) Seward, Alaska (1963, 1965, 2005) Shreveport, Louisiana (1953, 1980, 1999) Somerville, Massachusetts (1972, 2009, 2015) Spokane, Washington (1975, 2004, 2015) Tacoma, Washington (1956, 1984, 1998)
Four-time winners	Akron, Ohio (1980, 1981, 1995, 2008) Anchorage, Alaska (1956, 1965, 1985, 2002) Baltimore, Maryland (1952, 1977, 1991, 2012) Columbus, Ohio (1958, 1987, 1992, 2006) Fort Wayne, Indiana (1983, 1998, 2009, 2021) Grand Island, Nebraska (1955, 1967, 1981, 1982) New Haven, Connecticut (1958, 1998, 2003, 2008) Peoria, Illinois (1953, 1966, 1989, 2013) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1949, 1951, 1957, 1994) Rockville, Maryland (1954, 1961, 1977, 1979) Toledo, Ohio (1950, 1983, 1984, 1998)
Five-time winners	Cleveland, Ohio (1949, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1993) Dubuque, Iowa (2007, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019) El Paso, Texas (1969, 2010, 2018, 2020, 2021) Phoenix, Arizona (1950, 1958, 1980, 1989, 2009) Stockton, California (1999, 2004, 2015, 2017, 2018) Tupelo, Mississippi (1967, 1989, 1999, 2011, 2015) Wichita, Kansas (1961, 1993, 1999, 2009, 2019) Worcester, Massachusetts (1949, 1960, 1965, 1981, 2000)
Six-time winners	Des Moines, Iowa (1949, 1977, 1982, 2003, 2010, 2017)
Seven-time winners	Kansas City, Missouri (1950, 1951, 1986, 1994, 2006, 2017, 2021) Roanoke, Virginia (1952, 1979, 1982, 1988, 1996, 2012, 2017) San Antonio, Texas (1949, 1951, 1983, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018)

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