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  1. Cambridge is located in eastern Massachusetts, bordered by: the city of Boston to the south and east (across the Charles River) the city of Somerville to the north; the town of Arlington to the northwest; the town of Belmont and; the city of Watertown to the west

  2. May 11, 2024 · Cambridge, city, Middlesex county, eastern Massachusetts, U.S., situated on the north bank of the Charles River, partly opposite Boston. Originally settled as New Towne in 1630 by the Massachusetts Bay Company, it was organized as a town in 1636 when it became the site of Harvard College (now an.

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  3. Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a suburb in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, located directly across the Charles River from Boston. The city's population as of the 2020 U.S. census was 118,403, making it the most populous city in the county, the fourth-largest in Massachusetts, behind Boston ...

  4. Cambridge is a city in Massachusetts, across the Charles River from Boston. It is renowned as the home of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), both widely considered to be among the best universities in the world. The city's population was 118,000 in 2020; the fourth largest in the state. Understand [ edit]

  5. Cambridge ( / ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ / [3] KAYM-brij) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and part of the Boston metropolitan area . Situated directly north of Boston, across the Charles River, it was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. [4]:18.