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Population: 58,000 The City of Medford is an historic suburban city located on the Mystic River with several small streams that provided waterpower for early industries. Medford became a town in 1695 and a city in 1892. The city's colonial prosperity was based on being a tidewater seaport with shipbuilding and distilling, and Medford was part of the triangle trade.
The city retains a rich architectural heritage which includes the nationally important Isaac Royall estate as well as Federal, Greek revival and Victorian buildings. The earliest homes remaining in the community are the Peter Tufts House of 1678 and the Jonathan Wade House of 1689, but at least one outstanding example of each architectural period remains.
There are now many suburban neighborhoods in Medford resulting from the rapid and dense development which followed the first world war.
