Carlisle (Massachusetts)

Middlesex County

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Carlisle (also Carlisle Station) is a small town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, located about 10 miles from Lowell.

History

Carlisle was first settled in 1650 and 1780, it became a District in Concord.

Demography

According to the survey of 2000 live in Carlisle 4717 people in 1618 households, of which 1372 families. The population density is 118.6 / km ². The ethnic breakdown is 93.5 % White, 0.17 % African American, 0.060% Native American, 4.83 % Asian, Pacific Islander 0.040% and 1.42 % others. The median income for a household was 129 811 U.S. dollars. 2.4 % of the population live below the poverty line.

Trivia

• The comic artist Darby Conley the comic book series " Get Fuzzy " is born in Carlisle.
• During the handover of the Olympic torch to the Games in 2002 in Salt Lake City the bearer ran through Carlisle.
• Carlisle has its own newspaper called " The Mosquito ".