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Cambridge, Massachusetts
City
From top, left to right Widener Library at Harvard University, Stata Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Central Square, Memorial Drive and the Charles River at night, view of Boston over the Mount Auburn Cemetery
Flag of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Flag
Official seal of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Seal
Motto(s): Literis Antiquis Novis Institutis Decora (Latin)
“Distinguished for Classical Learning and New Institutions””
Location in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Location in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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Location in the United States
Coordinates: 42°22′25″N 71°06′38″WCoordinates: 42°22′25″N 71°06′38″W
Country United States
State Massachusetts
County Middlesex
Region New England
Settled 1630
Incorporated 1636
City 1846
Named for Cambridge University
Government
• Type Council-City Manager
• Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui
• Vice Mayor Alanna Mallon
• City Manager Louis A. DePasquale
Area
• Total 7.10 sq mi (18.38 km2)
• Land 6.39 sq mi (16.56 km2)
• Water 0.70 sq mi (1.83 km2)
Elevation 40 ft (12 m)
Population (2010)
• Total 105,162
• Estimate (2019) 118,927
• Density 18,602.69/sq mi (7,182.02/km2)
• Demonym Cantabrigian
Time zone UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST) UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP code
02138-02142
Area code(s) 617 / 857
FIPS code 25-11000
GNIS feature ID 0617365
Website cambridgema.gov
Cambridge (/ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ/[5] KAYM-brij) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and part of the Boston metropolitan area as a major suburb of Boston. As of July 2019, it was the fifth most populous city in the state, behind Boston, Worcester, Springfield, and Lowell.[6] According to the 2010 Census, the city’s population was 105,162. It is one of two de jure county seats of Middlesex County, although the county’s government was abolished in 1997. Situated directly north of Boston, across the Charles River, it was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, once also an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town’s founders.
Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Lesley University, and Hult International Business School are in Cambridge,[9] as was Radcliffe College before it merged with Harvard. Kendall Square in Cambridge has been called “the most innovative square mile on planet ” owing to high concentration of successful startups that have emerged in vicinity since 2010.