Arlington is a town in

Middlesex County, Massachusetts Middlesex County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,632,002, making it the most populous county in both Massachusetts and New England and the 22nd most populou ...

, United States. The town is six miles (10 km) northwest of

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, and its population was 46,308 at the 2020 census.

History

European colonists settled the Town of Arlington in 1635 as a village within the boundaries of

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, under the name Menotomy, an Algonquian word considered by some to mean "swift running water", though linguistic anthropologists dispute that translation. A larger area was incorporated on February 27, 1807, as West Cambridge, replacing Menotomy. This includes the town of Belmont, and outwards to the shore of the

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, which had previously been part of Charlestown. The town was renamed Arlington on April 30, 1867, in honor of those buried in

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. The

Massachusett The Massachusett are a Native American tribe from the region in and around present-day Greater Boston in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The name comes from the Massachusett language term for "At the Great Hill," referring to the Blue Hills ...

tribe lived around the

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, the Mystic River, and

Alewife Brook Alewife Brook Reservation is a Massachusetts state park and urban wild located in Cambridge, Arlington, and Somerville. The park is managed by the state Department of Conservation and Recreation and was established in 1900. It is named for Al ...

. Chief

Nanepashemet Nanepashemet (died 1619) was a sachem and ''bashabe'' or great leader of the Pawtucket tribe, Pawtucket Confederation of Abenaki peoples in present-day New England before the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, Pilgrims. He was a leader of Native peopl ...

was killed by a rival tribe in about 1619, and Nanepashemet's widow "

Squaw Sachem of Mistick Squaw Sachem of Mistick (-1650 or 1667) a. k. a. "Massachusetts Queene" was a prominent leader of a Massachusett tribe who deeded large tracts of land in eastern Massachusetts to early colonial settlers. Squaw Sachem was the widow of Nanepashemet, ...

" became the acknowledged leader of the tribe. In 1639, she deeded the land of what was then Cambridge and Watertown to the colonists. She lived her last years on the west side of the Mystic Lakes near Medford, where she died sometime between 1650 and 1667. A stream called Mill Brook flows through the town, which historically figured largely into Arlington's economy. In 1637, Captain George Cooke built the first mill in this area. Subsequently, seven mills were built along the stream, including the

Old Schwamb Mill The Old Schwamb Mill is an historic 19th-century mill at 17 Mill Lane in Arlington, Massachusetts. It claims to be located on the oldest continuously-used mill site in the United States, with a documented history of operation dating back to abou ...

, which still survives. The Schwamb Mill has been a working mill since 1650, making it the longest working mill in the country.

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's midnight ride to alert colonists took him through Menotomy, now known as Arlington. Later on that first day of the

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, more blood was shed in Menotomy than in the

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combined.

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from surrounding towns converged on Menotomy to ambush the British on their retreat from

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and Lexington. Twenty-five Americans were killed in Menotomy, half of all Americans killed in the day's battles, as well as 40 British troops (more than half their fatalities). Arlington resident

Cyrus Dallin Cyrus Edwin Dallin (November 22, 1861 – November 14, 1944) was an American sculptor best known for his depictions of Native Americans. He created more than 260 works, including the ''Equestrian Statue of Paul Revere'' in Boston; ''the Angel ...

would later create an iconic sculpture of the midnight rider; a version can be seen at the town's Cyrus Dallin Art Museum. The Jason Russell House is a museum which remembers those 12 Americans who were killed in and around this pictured dwelling on April 19, 1775. Bullet holes are visible in the interior walls to this day. In its early years, Arlington was a thriving farming community and had its own lettuce that was quite popular. Arlington had a large ice industry on

Spy Pond Spy Pond, also known as Spie Pond in the 17th and 18th centuries, is a kettle hole pond located near the heart of Arlington, Massachusetts, United States, adjacent to the Minuteman Bikeway. History Geological history Fifty thousand years ago, ...

from the mid-19th century until the last ice house burned down in 1930; much of its ice was sent to the Caribbean and India by "Ice King"

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. Arlington's population grew by over 90 percent during the 1920s. In 1979, the first spreadsheet software program

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was developed by

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and

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in the attic of the Arlington apartment rented by

Geography and infrastructure

Arlington covers 3,517.5

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(14 km²), or 5.5 square miles, of which 286.2 acres (1.2 km²), or 0.4 square miles, are covered by

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. There are 210.52 acres (0.9 km²) of parkland. Elevation ranges from 4 feet (1.2 m) above sea level (along Alewife Brook) to 377 feet (114.9 m) near Park Avenue and Eastern Avenue. Arlington borders on the

, and

. Within its borders are

, the Arlington Reservoir, Mill Brook, and Hills Pond.

Neighborhoods

* Arlington Center * Arlington Heights, in the west * East Arlington, east of Franklin Street * Jason Heights * Arlmont Village * Morningside * North Union * Turkey Hill * Little Scotland * Brattle Sq. * Poets' Corner * Kelwyn Manor * Quincy Heights, a neighborhood in Arlington Heights

Zip Codes

* 02474: East Arlington, and most of the rest of the town north of the

Minuteman Bikeway The Minuteman Bikeway, also known as the Minuteman Commuter Bikeway, is a 10-mile (16-kilometre) paved multi-use rail trail located in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts. It runs from Bedford to Alewife station, at the northern end of t ...

* 02476: Arlington Heights, and most of the rest of the town south of the Bikeway and west of Spy Pond

Adjacent municipalities

Arlington is located in eastern Massachusetts and is bordered by the cities of Medford to the northeast,

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to the east,

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to the southeast, and the towns of

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to the north, Lexington to the west, and Belmont to the south.

Transportation

Several

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routes pass through the town. The Minuteman Bikeway also runs through the center of town, connecting residents by bike to Bedford, Lexington, the Alewife Red Line station and Boston. Route 2 is a limited access highway that runs along the southern border of Arlington with Belmont.

Demographics

Historically, since the World War One (1910s) and World War Two (1940s) era. Arlington is known for being mostly an Irish, Italian and Greek middle class community but in the last decades has become increasingly expensive and diverse, while still retaining its middle class style homes with a mixture of double/triple decker homes (multiple family styles homes) and (mostly smaller sized for single family homes) single family homes. At the 2020

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, there were 46,308 people living in 19,308 households in the town. The population density was 9,004.1 people per square mile. There were 19,974 housing units at an average density of as of the 2010 census. The racial makeup of the town as of the 2020 census was 75.6%

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, 3.3%

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, 0.1% Native American, 13.7% Asian and 6.1% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 5.0% of the population. There were 19,308 households with an average household size of 2.37 According to previous data, 27.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.1% were

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living together, 2.0% had a male householder with no wife present, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.0% were non-families. 35.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. Of the 46,308 people in the population, 6.5% were under the age of 5, 21.4% were under the age of 18, and 16% were 65 years and over. 53.3% of the population was female. The

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was $125,701, up from $85,059 in 2010. The

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for the town was $69,007, up from $47,571 in 2010. About 4.6% of the population were below the

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Income

Data is from the 2009–2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.

Government

Arlington's

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consists of an elected five-member

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. The day-to-day operations are handled by a

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hired by the select board. The

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is a representative town meeting, presided over by the town moderator, and is made up of 252 town meeting members. Twelve town meeting members are elected to staggered three year terms from each of the 21

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. Article LXXXIX section 8 of the Massachusetts Constitution permits towns with a population greater than 12,000 to adopt a city form of government. The town of Arlington meets the population requirement to become a city, but has not done so, in part because it would lose its ability to engage citizens in local government under the representative town meeting form of government. Annual town meetings begin in April on the first Monday after Patriots' Day, and are held two nights a week until all items on the town warrant are resolved, and generally last three to four weeks. In April 2021, Arlington voted to become the third municipality in the United States to recognize

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domestic partnerships, following adjacent cities of Somerville and Cambridge.

Education

Public schools

Arlington has a public school system with ten schools. (seven elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school) The seven elementary schools (K–5) are Brackett, Bishop, Dallin, Hardy, Peirce, Stratton, and Thompson. There are also two middle schools, grade 6 at Gibbs, and grades 7–8 at Ottoson, and Arlington High School, which includes grades 9–12. In addition, Arlington is in the district served by the Minuteman Regional High School, located in Lexington, one of the top vocational-technical schools in Massachusetts.

Private and parochial schools

There are two

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Arlington Catholic High School Arlington Catholic High School (ACHS) is a coeducational Catholic high school in Arlington, Massachusetts. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston and serves grades 9-12. History The members of St. Agnes Parish, a Catholic chur ...

, and an elementary/middle school, St. Agnes School, both affiliated with St. Agnes Parish. In addition, there are two secular elementary schools, Lesley Ellis and the Alivia Elementary School.

Supplementary schools

The , a supplementary school for Japanese people, has its weekday office in Arlington, while it holds classes at Medford High School in Medford.

Parks and historical sites

* The

is the oldest continuously-operating mill site in the United States. Founded by the Schwambs, who immigrated to the U.S. from Germany, the mill currently produces and sells museum-quality, hand-turned wooden oval and circular frames, created much as they were in 1864. Named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, the mill-museum is operated by a nonprofit educational trust that maintains the mill's traditions. * Menotomy Rocks Park encompasses Hills Pond and has trails through the surrounding forested land. * Robbins Farm Park along Eastern Avenue includes a playground, ball fields, a basketball court and a commanding view of the Boston skyline. * Robbins Library contains the oldest continuously operated free children's library in the country. A sculpture of the Menotomy Hunter by

can be found in an adjacent park. * Spy Pond Park provides access to the northeastern shore of Spy Pond. * The Arlington Center Historic District, where the Robbins Library and Old Burying Ground are located, is listed in the

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. It also contains the Arlington Town Hall and the Robbins Memorial Flagstaff that contains four bronze figural sculptures, a detailed base and a finial figure of agriculture by Cyrus Dallin. * The Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum is a site dedicated to the artwork and sculpture of noted artist Cyrus E. Dallin. * The Great Meadow comprises both

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swamp and forest right outside the border of Arlington. While the Great Meadow lies within the borders of Lexington, the park is owned and maintained by the Town of Arlington. * The House at 5 Willow Court * The Henry Swan House, built in 1888, is a historic house at 418 Massachusetts Avenue. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. * The Jason Russell House contains a museum that displays, among other items, a

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tusk found in Spy Pond in the late 1950s by a

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who originally thought he had brought up a tree branch. * The

, a popular

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built in 1992, passes through various Arlington neighborhoods, including Arlington Center. * The

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, the only black

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in the country. * The Uncle Sam Memorial Statue commemorates native son

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, who was perhaps the original

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. * The Water tower at Park Circle is an exact copy of the rotunda of the ancient Greek Arsinoeon of the

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Regent Theatre

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acts and is still used for live performances as well as films. It was remodeled in 1926. The theatre, located at 7 Medford Street, has 500 seats. It hosts the Arlington International Film Festival. In 2024, the theater was sold to

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computer science professor David J. Malan.

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, former NFL offensive line coach for the

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* John Quincy Adams Brackett, Former Massachusetts Governor * William Stanley Braithwaite, writer, poet and literary critic. Won

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in 1918 * Joseph Buck, soccer player *

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, soccer player *

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, writer * Andrew Chaikin, space journalist and author of '' A Man on the Moon'', on which

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based a miniseries *

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, Armenian scholar, and father of

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, Player for 2021

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Champion Milwaukee Bucks *

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(1926–2005), poet *

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of the

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(NHL) * Cyrus E. Dallin (1861–1944), sculptor; best known for Boston's Equestrian Statue of Paul Revere, ''

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'' sculpture in front of the

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and the Angel Maroni Sculpture atop the

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, sculptor *

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winner *

, co-inventor of Visicalc, the first electronic spreadsheet, at 231 Broadway *

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(1843–1927), explorer, ichthyologist, and herpetologist *

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winner (

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), 2005 * Katy Grannan, photographer *

George Franklin Grant George Franklin Grant (September 15, 1846 – August 21, 1910) was the first African-American professor at Harvard. He was also a Boston dentist, and an inventor of an early composite golf tee made from wood and natural rubber (specifically, ...

, first black graduate of Harvard Dental School and inventor of a type of golf tee *

Maura Healey Maura Tracy Healey (born February 8, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 73rd governor of Massachusetts since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she served as Massachusetts Attorney Ge ...

, governor of

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

Deborah Henson-Conant Deborah Henson-Conant (born November 11, 1953, in Stockton, California) is an American harpist and composer. Nicknamed "the Hip Harpist", she is known for her flamboyant stage presence and her innovation with electric harps. Career Deborah Hens ...

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-nominated

harpist The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual string (music), strings running at an angle to its sound board (music), soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing ...

Susan Hilferty Susan Hilferty is an American costume designer and scenic designer for theatre, opera, and dance. Biography Early life and education Hilferty grew up in a big family in Arlington, Massachusetts, where her greatest source of joy was the library. ...

, costume designer, ''

Wicked Wicked may refer to: Books * ''Wicked'' (Maguire novel), a 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire that inspired the musical of the same name * ''Wicked'', a 1997 novel series collaboration between Australian children's authors Paul Jennings and Morris ...

'' *

Louise Homer Louise Beatty Homer (April 30, 1871May 6, 1947) was an American operatic dramatic contralto who had an active international career in concert halls and opera houses from 1895 until her retirement in 1932. After a brief stint as a vaudeville en ...

(1871-1947), opera singer *

Winslow Homer Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and illustrator, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters of 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in ...

, painter (location is now in Belmont) *

(1911–2000), composer *

Timothy Hutton Timothy Hutton (born August 16, 1960) is an American actor and film director. He is the List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees#Youngest winners 4, youngest recipient of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which he ...

, Actor, youngest winner of an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor * Anthony James (1942–2020), actor * John A. "Johnny" Kelley,

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winner, 1935 and 1945, Olympian athlete *

Richard Lennon Richard Gerard Lennon (March 26, 1947 – October 29, 2019) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland in Ohio from 2006 to 2016. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdio ...

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Cleveland Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...

J. C. R. Licklider Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider (; March 11, 1915 – June 26, 1990), known simply as J. C. R. or "Lick", was an American psychologistMiller, G. A. (1991), "J. C. R. Licklider, psychologist", ''Journal of the Acoustical Society of Am ...

(1915–1990), computer scientist * Elaine J. McCarthy

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for

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and opera * William J. McCarthy, President of the

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(IBT) * Eugene Francis McGurl,

US Army Air Forces The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ...

95th Bomb Sq., 17th Bomb Grp

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who flew with Crew 5 in General

Jimmy Doolittle James Harold Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American military general and aviation pioneer who received the Medal of Honor for his raid on Japan during World War II, known as the Doolittle Raid in his honor. He ma ...

's "Thirty Seconds over Tokyo" raid in

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Tom McNeeley Thomas William McNeeley Jr. (February 27, 1937 – October 25, 2011) was a heavyweight boxer in the 1950s and 1960s. He came from Arlington, Massachusetts, and played football for Michigan State University. His son, Peter McNeeley, and father, To ...

, Jr., former

heavyweight Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Male boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 2 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation an ...

contender who challenged

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for the

title in

Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...

in 1961 * John Messuri,

Princeton Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the Unit ...

College hockey player *

Eileen Myles Eileen Myles (born December 9, 1949) is an American poet and writer who has produced more than twenty volumes of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, libretti, plays, and performance pieces over the last three decades. Novelist Dennis Cooper has des ...

, poet, novelist *

Jordan Peterson Jordan Bernt Peterson (born 12 June 1962) is a Canadian psychologist, author, and media commentator. He received widespread attention in the late 2010s for his views on cultural and political issues. Often described as Conservatism, conservativ ...

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clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...

. Lived in Arlington between 1993 and 1998 while teaching at

David Powers David Francis Powers (April 25, 1912 – March 28, 1998) was Special Assistant and assistant Appointments Secretary to U.S. president John F. Kennedy. Powers served as Museum Curator of the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum from 1964 until his ...

, former Special Assistant to US President

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Hilary Putnam Hilary Whitehall Putnam (; July 31, 1926 – March 13, 2016) was an American philosopher, mathematician, computer scientist, and figure in analytic philosophy in the second half of the 20th century. He contributed to the studies of philosophy of ...

(1926–2016), philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist, professor emeritus at Harvard * Warren Winn Rawson, market gardener and seed distributor *

Herb Reed Herbert Reed (August 7, 1928 – June 4, 2012) was an American musician, vocalist, and founding/naming member of The Platters, known for songs such as "Only You (and You Alone)" and "The Great Pretender". Reed was the last surviving original memb ...

, vocalist and founding member of

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* Miles Robinson, current professional soccer player for

Atlanta United Atlanta United FC is an American professional association football, soccer club based in Atlanta. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conference. Domestically, the club has won o ...

Dave "Chico" Ryan David "Chico" Ryan (born David-Allen Ryan; April 9, 1948 – July 26, 1998), also called Chico Bo-Wico, was an American bass guitarist and singer. He was a member of The Happenings and Sha Na Na. Career Ryan was born in Arlington, Massachusett ...

bassist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), keyboard bass (synth bass) or a low br ...

Sha Na Na Sha Na Na was an American rock and roll and doo-wop revival group formed in 1969. The group performed a song-and-dance repertoire based on 1950s hit songs that both revived and parodied the music and the New York City street culture of the 1 ...

Whitney Smith Whitney Smith Jr. (February 26, 1940 – November 17, 2016) was an American vexillologist. He coined the term ''vexillology'', which refers to the scholarly analysis of all aspects of flags. He was a founder of several vexillology organizat ...

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and designer of the

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Chris Smither William Christopher Smither (born November 11, 1944) is an American folk/blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter. His music draws deeply from the blues, American folk music, and modern poets and philosophers. Early life, influences and educat ...

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guitarist/singer. * Bill Squires, American Track & Field Coach *

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, scenarist (''

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'') * Mark J. Sullivan, Director of the

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(1827–1916), writer *

Samuel Whittemore Samuel Whittemore Jr. (July 27, 1696 – February 2, 1793) was an American farmer and soldier. He was 78 years old when he became the oldest known colonial combatant in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). Biography Whittemore was born ...

, elderly soldier in the

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* Alan Wilson (1943–1970), also known as Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson; singer, songwriter, leader of

Canned Heat Canned Heat is an American blues rock band that was formed in Los Angeles in 1965. The group has been noted for its efforts to promote interest in blues music and its original artists. It was launched by two blues enthusiasts, Alan Wilson and ...

(1766–1854), meat-packer, namesake of "

" * Brianna Wu,

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, primary victim of

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, congressional candidate *

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, former

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with the

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from 1961 to 1966, and former

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for the

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; only person ever to play two professional sports at

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In popular culture

* Two feature films have been shot partially in Arlington: '' The Out-of-Towners'', starring

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and

Goldie Hawn Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is an American actress, producer, dancer, and singer. She achieved stardom and acclaim for playing lighthearted comedic roles in film and television. In a career spanning six decades, she has received ...

, and ''

Once Around ''Once Around'' is a 1991 American romantic comedy-drama film about a young woman who falls for and eventually marries an overbearing older man who proceeds to rub her close-knit family the wrong way, while exposing the dynamics of other family ...

'', starring

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and

Holly Hunter Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. For her performance as a mute Scottish woman in ''The Piano'' (1993), she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She earned three more Academy Award nominations for '' Broadcast News'' ( ...

. * Three widely recognized television shows have been filmed in Arlington: ''

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'', ''

Trading Spaces ''Trading Spaces'' is an hour-long American television reality program that originally aired from 2000 to 2008 on the cable channels TLC and Discovery Home. The format of the show was based on the BBC TV series '' Changing Rooms''. The first ...

'', and ''

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''. * A

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special, ''Bible Battles'', was filmed in Arlington. * Arlington is referenced in the movie ''

The Verdict ''The Verdict'' is a 1982 American legal drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by David Mamet, adapted from Barry Reed's 1980 novel of the same name. The film stars Paul Newman as a down-on-his-luck alcoholic lawyer in Boston who acc ...

'' starring

Paul Newman Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, race car driver, philanthropist, and activist. He was the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Paul Newman, numerous awards ...

. South Boston's K Street takes the place of Arlington in the movie. * The

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for "Sing" by

The Dresden Dolls The Dresden Dolls is an American musical duo from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 2000, the group consists of Amanda Palmer (lead vocals and piano; additional: keyboards, harmonica, ukulele) and Brian Viglione (drums and backing vocals; add ...

was shot at the Regent Theatre in Arlington Center. * The Steve Katsos Show is filmed at ACMi Studios in Arlington Heights. * Arlington's Little League baseball team won the Massachusetts State Little League championship in 1971.

Sister cities

Teosinte ''Zea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Poaceae, grass family. The best-known species is ''Z. mays'' (variously called maize, corn, or Indian corn), one of the most important crops for human societies throughout much of the world. The four ...

El Salvador El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...

* Nagaokakyo, Kyoto,

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

References

External links

Official town web site

Visit Town of Arlington MA website
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Arlington
on the

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program ''

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