A report on Watertown, Massachusetts, Waltham, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Massachusetts and Newton, Massachusetts
Newton was settled in 1630 as part of "the newe towne", which was renamed Cambridge in 1638.
- Newton, MassachusettsWaltham was first settled in 1634 as part of Watertown and was officially incorporated as a separate town in 1738.
- Waltham, MassachusettsThe first buildings were upon land now included within the limits of Cambridge known as Gerry's Landing.
- Watertown, MassachusettsThrice portions have been added to Cambridge, and it has contributed territory to form the new towns of Weston (1712), Waltham (1738), Lincoln (1754) and Belmont (1859).
- Watertown, MassachusettsLocated at the first convenient Charles River crossing west of Boston, Newtowne was one of several towns (including Boston, Dorchester, Watertown, and Weymouth) founded by the 700 original Puritan colonists of the Massachusetts Bay Colony under Governor John Winthrop.
- Cambridge, Massachusetts1755 – Part of Cambridge annexed to Waltham.
- Waltham, MassachusettsThe town comprised a much larger area than the present city, with various outlying parts becoming independent towns over the years: Cambridge Village (later Newtown and now Newton) in 1688, Cambridge Farms (now Lexington) in 1712 or 1713, and Little or South Cambridge (now Brighton) and Menotomy or West Cambridge (now Arlington) in 1807.
- Cambridge, MassachusettsThe city is bordered by Waltham and Watertown on the north, Needham and the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston on the south, Wellesley and Weston on the west, and Brookline and the Brighton neighborhood of Boston on the east.
- Newton, MassachusettsPart of Newton annexed to Waltham.
- Waltham, MassachusettsTo the north, it is bordered by the town of Belmont, along Belmont Street; to the south, it is bordered by Newton and Brighton—the border being largely formed by the Charles River.
- Watertown, MassachusettsThe second area is the larger Hobbs Brook and Stony Brook watersheds, which share borders with neighboring towns and cities including Lexington, Lincoln, Waltham and Weston.
- Cambridge, Massachusetts4 related topics with Alpha
Weston, Massachusetts
2 linksTown in Middlesex County, Massachusetts United States, about 15 miles west of downtown Boston.
Town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts United States, about 15 miles west of downtown Boston.
Weston was originally part of the Watertown settlement of 1630, but until the end of the century, the land was used mainly for grazing cattle.
The town is bordered by Newton and Waltham on the east; Wellesley to the south; Natick and Wayland to the west; and Lincoln to the north.
Interestingly, the extreme southeastern portion of Weston is within one mile of Riverside Station, a park-and-ride facility which serves the Green Line D branch in the neighboring city of Newton.
However, as of December 2019, only 10 inbound trips depart from the Cedarwood bus stop on weekdays—all during rush hour periods—with no weekend service. Bus Route 70 travels from Cedarwood to Central Square in Cambridge to connect with the MBTA Red Line.
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1 linksLocated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the United States.
Located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the United States.
It is included in the Census Bureau's Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA–NH Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The county was created by the Massachusetts General Court on May 10, 1643, when it was ordered that "the whole plantation within this jurisdiction be divided into four shires." Middlesex initially contained Charlestown, Cambridge, Watertown, Sudbury, Concord, Woburn, Medford, and Reading.
Waltham
Massachusetts Turnpike
1 linksToll highway in the U.S. state of Massachusetts that is maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT).
Toll highway in the U.S. state of Massachusetts that is maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT).
It is a four-lane highway from the New York state border through its interchange with I-84 at exit 78 in Sturbridge; it expands to six lanes beyond this interchange, and briefly travels with eight lanes from exit 127 in Newton through exit 133 by the Prudential Center in Boston.
The turnpike enters Suffolk County in Boston before reaching the "Allston–Brighton tolls", depositing traffic towards the Boston neighborhoods of Allston and Brighton, and the nearby city of Cambridge.
Complicating the matter, Callahan's planned extension route was not universally accepted by others within the state, such as newly elected Governor John A. Volpe and Newton Mayor Donald Gibbs, who sought to construct a freeway that would follow a different route between the Borders of Newton, Waltham and Watertown along the Charles River and U.S. Route 20 and be constructed using the funds now being provided by the Federal Highway Administration.
Charles River
0 links80 mi river in eastern Massachusetts.
80 mi river in eastern Massachusetts.
Near its mouth, it forms the border between downtown Boston and Cambridge and Charlestown.
Most of the watercraft activity occurs from the Museum of Science to the center of Watertown, above which is a dam.
At the time of European colonization in the early 1600s, settlements of Massachusett people were present along the river at Nonantum in current day Newton and Pigsgusset in current day Watertown.
Waltham was the site of the first fully integrated textile factory in America, built by Francis Cabot Lowell in 1814, and by the 19th century the Charles River was one of the most industrialized areas in the United States.