History of Medford, Massachusetts
Medford is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States, on the Mystic River, just a few miles north of Boston, Massachusetts|Boston. In the United States Census, 2000|2000 census, Medford's population was 55,765. It is the home of Tufts University. The city's name comes from the description of a "meadow by the ford (river)|ford".
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