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Framingham (/ ˈ f r eɪ m ɪ ŋ h æ m / ⓘ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States.Incorporated in 1700, it is located in Middlesex County and the MetroWest subregion of the Greater Boston metropolitan area.
Framingham, sited on the ancient trail known as the Old Connecticut Path, was first settled when John Stone settled on the west bank of the Sudbury River in 1647. In 1660, Judge Thomas Danforth, of the Salem Witch Trials fame, an official of the Bay Colony, formerly of Framlingham, Suffolk, received a grant of land at "Danforth's Farms" and began to accumulate over 15,000 acres (61 km 2).
The Concord Square Historic District is a historic district on Park, Concord, and Kendall Streets, and Union Avenue in Framingham, Massachusetts.It encompasses a portion of the town's central business district, extending from the junction of Concord and Union Streets south to the South Framingham Common, and then west along Park Street.
1871 Map of Middlesex County Plate 44-45 from the 1871 Atlas of Massachusetts. National Register of Historic Places listing for Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; Middlesex County entry from Hayward's New England Gazetteer of 1839; Map of cities and towns of Massachusetts Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine; Massachusetts County Map
Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Middlesex district, based on the 2010 United States census. Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Middlesex district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of the city of Framingham in ...
The Framingham Centre Common Historic District encompasses the historic early center of Framingham, Massachusetts. It is centered on the old town common, which is west of Edgell Road, a short way north of the busy commercial corridor of Massachusetts Route 9 . [ 2 ]
Route 135 crosses Route 85 just to the east, then continues through Ashland and into Framingham. In downtown Framingham, Route 135 crosses Route 126. Route 135 continues into Natick and crosses Route 27 in the center of town. The road continues into Wellesley, passing by the campus of Wellesley College before entering the downtown area.
Roughly centered on Framingham Centre Common, between MA 9 and Interstate 90 42°18′13″N 71°26′08″W / 42.3036°N 71.4356°W / 42.3036; -71.4356 ( Framingham Centre Common Historic