Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. It was named in honor of Cambridge, England, the town where its founding fathers had studied (at Cambridge University). Cambridge is most famous for the two prominent universities that call it home: Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 101,355, though even more people commute into Cambridge to work.

Related Topics:
City - Greater Boston - Massachusetts - United States - Cambridge, England - Cambridge University - Harvard University - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 2000

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Cambridge is the county seat of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. However, the county

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government was abolished in 1997. Although the county still exists as a geographical and political region, with Middlesex County courts and jails and such, county employees now work for the state.

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