Woburn, Massachusetts

City
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	Location in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
	Coordinates: 42°28′45″N 71°09′10″W / 42.47917°N 71.15278°WCoordinates: 42°28′45″N 71°09′10″W / 42.47917°N 71.15278°W
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Middlesex
Region	New England
Settled	1640
Incorporated (town)	1642
Incorporated (city)	1889
Named for	Woburn, Bedfordshire
Government
• Type	Mayor-council city
Area
• Total	12.94 sq mi (33.52 km2)
• Land	12.65 sq mi (32.76 km2)
• Water	0.29 sq mi (0.76 km2)
Elevation	100 ft (30 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	40,876
• Density	3,231.30/sq mi (1,247.64/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Codes	01801, 01888
FIPS code	25-81035
GNIS feature ID	0612270
Website	www.woburnma.gov

Woburn (/ˈwuːbərn/ WOO-bərn) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,876 at the 2020 census.^[2] Woburn is located 9 miles (14 km) north of Boston.

Woburn, Massachusetts Media

Statue of Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford) outside the library of his hometown, Woburn, Massachusetts (A copy of the original in Munich)
1790 House, Woburn, Massachusetts. Photograph taken by me, September 2005.
Baldwin House, Woburn, Massachusetts, with a stretch of the Middlesex Canal in foreground
A postcard featuring Woburn City Hall
This painting depicts the ordination of Thomas Carter as minister of Woburn, Massachusetts in 1642. To his right is Captain Edward Johnson, the "Father of Woburn." The painting hangs in the Woburn Public Library.
Perspective map of Woburn from 1883, J. Lyth engraver
Anderson Regional Transportation Center
Deacon Edward Convers House, first house built in Woburn, 1640
1852 Map of Boston area showing Woburn and the Middlesex Canal