Middlesex (MA): Profile

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Time Zone: Middlesex County lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Cambridge is the Seat for Middlesex County.

Middlesex County is one of the original counties of Massachusetts and was founded in 1643.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Middlesex had a population of 1,611,263 people. This is an increase of 7.2% since the last Census (which gave a population of 1,503,085 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Middlesex represented 22.96% of the total population of Massachusetts.

Below are some of the communities located in Middlesex County:

Acton
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,503 people
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Arlington
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 45,169 people
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Ashby
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
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Ashland
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,887 people
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Ayer
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,211 people
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Bedford
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,053 people
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Belmont
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,873 people
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Billerica
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,021 people
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- Boxborough
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 5,752 people
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- Burlington
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 28,432 people
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- Cambridge
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 119,192 people
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- Carlisle
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 5,231 people
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- Chelmsford
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 35,528 people
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- Concord
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 18,765 people
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- Dracut
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 31,423 people
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- Dunstable
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 3,404 people
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- Everett
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 46,107 people
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- Framingham
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 73,892 people
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- Groton
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 11,256 people
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- Holliston
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 14,880 people
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- Hopkinton
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 18,624 people
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- Hudson
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 19,732 people
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- Lexington
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 33,003 people
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- Lincoln
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 6,993 people
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- Littleton
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 10,253 people
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- Lowell
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 110,904 people
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- Malden
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 59,922 people
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- Marlborough
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 39,290 people
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- Maynard
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 11,288 people
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- Medford
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 60,847 people
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- Melrose
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 27,790 people
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- Natick
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 35,766 people
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- Newton
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 87,803 people
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- North Reading
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 15,904 people
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- Pepperell
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 12,043 people
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- Reading
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 25,535 people
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- Sherborn
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 4,383 people
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- Shirley
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 7,554 people
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- Somerville
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 80,935 people
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- Stoneham
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 23,961 people
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- Stow
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 7,178 people
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- Sudbury
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 19,453 people
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- Tewksbury
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 30,970 people
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- Townsend
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 9,448 people
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- Tyngsbororough
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 12,646 people
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- Wakefield
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 27,051 people
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- Waltham
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 62,069 people
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- Wayland
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 13,722 people
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- Westford
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 25,276 people
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- Weston
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 12,028 people
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- Wilmington
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 23,287 people
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- Winchester
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 22,678 people
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- Woburn
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  - Population from the 2020 Census: 40,135 people
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Websites of Interest ...

Websites specific to Massachusetts
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- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Massachusetts Archives Division

Websites specific to Middlesex County
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Websites for nearby counties
- Hillsborough County
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- Essex County
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- Suffolk County
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- Norfolk County
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- Worcester County
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Cemetery Information and Directories
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Massachusetts
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Massachusetts
- Cemeteries of Middlesex County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Massachusetts
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Massachusetts
- Cemeteries of Middlesex County

Of Special Interest ...
- The GenDisasters website specializes in newspaper articles about tragedies and disasters. While it makes interesting reading all by itself, it should be of special interest to genealogists and family historians looking for people who were either affected by or directly involved in such tragedies.
- At this time (Dec 2022), GenDisasters website is currently offline due to a hacker attack. Hopefully they will be back soon.

Footnotes ...

<1>	On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.
<2>	The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.