Arlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is six miles northwest of Boston, and its population was 46,308 at the 2020 census. European colonists settled the Town of Arlington in 1635 as a village within the boundaries of Cambridge, Massachusetts, under the name Menotomy, an Algonquian word considered by som…Arlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is six miles northwest of Boston, and its population was 46,308 at the 2020 census. European colonists settled the Town of Arlington in 1635 as a village within the boundaries of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 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 Mystic River, which had previously been part of Charlestown. The town was renamed Arlington on April 30, 1867, in honor of those buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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