Somerville (Massachusetts)
Middlesex County
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Somerville is a city in Middlesex County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, north of Boston. With regard to the Census of 2000, the city has 77 478 inhabitants. With an area of just over 10 km ², it is the most densely populated municipality in New England. At that time still predominantly rural character Somerville Established in 1842 by breaking away from the city Charlestown.
Geography
The city has a total area of 10.9 km ² (4.2 mi ²). Of this, 10.6 km ² (4.2 mi ²) of land and 0.3 km ² ( 0.1 mi ²) of water surface. The proportion of water to the total area is 2.61%.
In Somerville you will find a number of places that are considered centers of activities and entertainment, such as Davis Square, Union Square, Ball Square, Teele Square and Magoun Square.
The tree-lined disused railway line runs through the heart of Davis Square and is called Somerville Community Path. The city has a number of groups such as the Friends of the Community Paths, which strive to extend the Minuteman bike path / Linear Park from its end at the Cedar Street in Somerville along the Charles River Bike Path up to Boston.
Hill
The seven hills of Somerville read:
- Clarendon Hill
- Cobble Hill
- Ploughed Hill
- Prospect Hill
- Spring Hill
- Walnut Hill
- Winter Hill
Sons and daughters of the town
- Hal Clement, science fiction writer
- Hal Connolly, hammer thrower
- Matthew Delaney, writer
- Henry Franklin Gilbert, composer
- Nelson Goodman, philosopher
- Ralph Hepburn, motorcycle and automobile racing driver
- Henry Kimball Hadley, composer and conductor
- Alan Hovhaness, composer Armenian- Scottish descent
- Joseph McCarthy, songwriter
- Bobby Pickett, singer ( "Monster Mash" ) and actor
- Charles Revson, cosmetics producer and founder of Revlon
- Harry Nelson Pillsbury, chess player