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 (2010 Census) 42,844

Area 5.51 square miles, Land Area 5.18 square miles

Density: 8,267 people per square mile (Rank: 12th 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 - 18,448
2. Cambridge - 16,358
3. Chelsea - 16,081
4. Boston - 12,753
5. Everett - 12,314
6. Malden - 11,716
7. Lawrence - 10,974
8. Winthrop - 8,803
9. Revere - 8,750
10. Brookline (town) - 8,649
11. Lynn - 8,352
12. Arlington (town) - 8,267
Massachusetts State Data Center
Population density of other large municipalities
Watertown - 7,765
Lowell - 7,734
Medford - 6,901
Melrose - 5,748
Quincy - 5,497
Belmont (town) - 5,305
Salem - 5,101
Worcester - 4,820
Waltham - 4,774
Springfield - 4,768
New Bedford - 4,725
Newton - 4,716

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Last update, June 15, 2012