Woburn, Massachusetts
City in Massachusetts, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Woburn (/ˈwuːbərn/ WOO-bərn) 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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Woburn, Massachusetts | |
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Motto(s): Industria et Virtute (Latin) "Industry and Virtue" | |
Coordinates: 42°28′45″N 71°09′10″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Massachusetts |
County | Middlesex |
Region | New England |
Settled | 1640 |
Incorporated (town) | 1642 |
Incorporated (city) | 1889 |
Named for | Woburn, Bedfordshire |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor-council city |
• City Mayor | Michael Concannon[1] |
• Ward aldermen | JoAnn Campbell (1) William J. Pappalardo (2) Jeffrey P. Dillon (3) Joseph E. Demers (4) Darlene Mercer-Bruen (5) Jou Dimambro (6) Charles Viola (7) |
• At-large aldermen | Robert F. Toro, Jr. Robert J. Ferullo, Jr.[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 12.94 sq mi (33.52 km2) |
• Land | 12.65 sq mi (32.76 km2) |
• Water | 0.29 sq mi (0.76 km2) |
Elevation | 100 ft (30 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 40,876 |
• Density | 3,231.30/sq mi (1,247.64/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (Eastern) |
ZIP Codes | 01801, 01888 |
Area code | 339/781 |
FIPS code | 25-81035 |
GNIS feature ID | 0612270 |
Website | www.woburnma.gov |
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