A portion of what is now Cambridge was called Newtowne until 1638 and then Old Cambridge. It was named after Cambridge, England, because the Massachusetts General Court establish a college there and most of the clergymen were graduates of Cambridge University. Cambridge became a city in 1846, uniting three rival villages--Old Cambridge, Cambridgeport, and East Cambridge. ("Brief History of Cambridge, Mass." at Cambridge Historical Commission ( https://www.cambridgema.gov/historic/cambridgehistory : accessed 07 March 2025).

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U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS). “Archive database of 2021” at U.S. Geographic Information Names System (GNIS) ( https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names/download-gnis-data : CSV data downloaded 31 May 2024).