From collection Place
Waltham, Middlesex County, MA
City of Waltham is located 9 mi W of Boston; Middlesex County (US-T121).
Details
Settled in 1634, incorporated as a town in 1738, as a city in 1884. Probably named for Waltham Abbey, Essex County, England, from which came the Reverend John Eliot and other settlers of the region (MA-T1/p47).
85 feet
42.3889165
-71.2423131
U.S. Geographic Information Names System (GNIS) at U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS) ( https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names : accessed 30 May 2025). Entered placename and selected filters to find domestic name approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names.
