Watertown

Also known as Watertown, Massachusetts, Watertown, MA, UN/LOCODE:USWTW, Watertown MA, Watertown (MA), Watertown (Massachusetts), Watertown, Mass., 02472

city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Massachusetts
County: Middlesex
Settled: July 1630
Incorporated: September 7, 1630
Type: Council-manager
City manager: George Proakis
Total: 4.12 sq mi (10.68 km )
Land: 4.00 sq mi (10.35 km )
Water: 0.13 sq mi (0.33 km )
Elevation: 36 ft (11 m)
Density: 8,840.7/sq mi (3,413.41/km )
Time zone: UTC−5 ( Eastern )
Summer dst: UTC−4 ( Eastern )
Zip code: 02472
Area code: 617 / 857
Fips code: 25-73440
Gnis feature id: 0612401

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Official website

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city in the United States
Official name: Watertown
Country: United States
Located in: Middlesex County
Population: 35329
Area: 10.660964
Elevation: 11
Time zone: Eastern Time Zone
Shares border with: Boston
Official website: www.watertown-ma.gov
Image: Main Street Watertown MA 2.jpg
Households: 16142
Dialing code: 617

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Commons category: Watertown, Massachusetts
topic's main category: Category:Watertown, Massachusetts
inception: 1630-00-00
category for people born here: Category:Births in Watertown, Massachusetts
category of associated people: Category:People from Watertown, Massachusetts
P8168: Alicia Alonso
water as percent of area: 2.9865
different from: Watertown
per capita income: 57822
P12749: Erich Brunner
postal code: 02477

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Encyclopedic overview

Watertown is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, part of Greater Boston. The population was 35,329 in the 2020 census. Its neighborhoods include Bemis, Coolidge Square, East Watertown, Watertown Square, and the West End.

Watertown was one of the first Massachusetts Bay Colony settlements organized by Puritan settlers in 1630. The city is home to the Perkins School for the Blind, the Armenian Library and Museum of America, and the historic Watertown Arsenal, which produced military armaments from 1816 through World War II.

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