Rep. Markey meets with Medford residents visiting Washington for D.C. Constituent Day, April 20, 2010. 

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Commonwealth Communities: Medford

Form of Government: Mayor, City Council

2000 Population: 55, 765

Fun Facts:

The famous Thanksgiving poem “Over the River and Through the Wood To Grandmother’s House We Go” was written by Medford native and abolitionist Lydia Marie Child, who wrote the poem originally titled “A Boy's Thanksgiving Day."

The Christmas carol "Jingle Bells" was written in Medford in 1857 by James Pierpont.

Tufts University, a highly competitive and well recognized school was founded in Medford in 1852.