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| official_name                   = Woburn, Massachusetts
| motto                           = ((nowrap|''Industria et Virtute'' ((smaller|([[Latin]])))<br>((smaller|"Industry and Virtue"))))
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| established_title               = Settled
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| established_title2              = Incorporated (town)
| established_date2               = 1642
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| established_date3               = 1889
| government_type                 = [[Mayor-council government|Mayor-council city]]
| leader_title                    = City Mayor
| leader_name                     = Michael Concannon<ref>((Cite web|url=https://woburnma.gov/government/mayor/|title=Mayor's Office|website=Woburnma.gov|access-date=February 25, 2024))</ref>
| leader_title1                   = Ward<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;aldermen
| leader_name1                    = JoAnn Campbell (1)<br/>William J. Pappalardo (2)<br/>Jeffrey P. Dillon (3)<br/>Joseph E. Demers (4)<br/>Darlene Mercer-Bruen (5)<br/>Jou Dimambro (6)<br/>Charles Viola (7)
| leader_title2                   = At-large<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;aldermen
| leader_name2                    = Robert F. Toro, Jr.<br/>Robert J. Ferullo, Jr.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://woburnma.gov/government/city-council/|title=City Council|website=Woburnma.gov|access-date=February 25, 2024))</ref>
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| area_water_sq_mi                = 0.29
| population_as_of                = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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[[Image:Woburn, Massachusetts, Library with statue of Benjamin Thompson.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Statue of Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford) outside the library of his hometown, Woburn, Massachusetts (A copy of the original in Munich)]]
[[Image:1790 House, Woburn, Massachusetts, Sept. 2005.JPG|thumb|right|200px|The 1790 House]]
[[Image:Baldwin House, Woburn, Massachusetts.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Baldwin House, Woburn, Massachusetts, with a stretch of the [[Middlesex Canal]] in foreground]]
[[File:City hall, Woburn, Mass (67567).jpg|thumb|A postcard featuring Woburn City Hall]]

'''Woburn''' (((IPAc-en|ˈ|w|uː|b|ər|n)) ((respell|WOO|bərn))) is a city in [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex County]], [[Massachusetts]], United States. The population was 40,876 at the 2020 census. Woburn is located ((convert|9|mi)) north of [[Boston]]. Woburn uses Massachusetts' [[Mayor–council government|mayor-council]] form of government, in which an elected mayor is the executive and a partly district-based, partly at-large city council is the legislature. It was the last of Massachusetts' 351 municipalities to refer to members of its city council as "[[Alderman|aldermen]]".

== History ==
Woburn was first settled in 1640 near [[Horn Pond (Massachusetts)|Horn Pond]], a primary source of the [[Mystic River]], and was officially incorporated in 1642. At that time the area included present day towns of Woburn, Winchester, Burlington, and parts of [[Stoneham, Massachusetts|Stoneham]] and Wilmington.  In 1730 [[Wilmington, Massachusetts|Wilmington]] separated from Woburn. In 1799 [[Burlington, Massachusetts|Burlington]] separated from Woburn; in 1850 [[Winchester, Massachusetts|Winchester]] did so, too.

Woburn got its name from [[Woburn, Bedfordshire]].  Woburn played host to the first religious ordination in the Americas on Nov. 22, 1642. [[Rev. Thomas Carter]] was sworn in by many of the most prominent men of New England including [[John Cotton (puritan)|John Cotton]], minister of the First Church of Boston, [[Richard Mather]] minister of the First Church of Dorchester, and Capt. [[Edward Johnson (founder of Woburn, MA)|Edward Johnson]] co-founder of the church and town of Woburn. Johnson is regarded as "the father of Woburn."  He served as the first town clerk, represented the town in the Massachusetts General Court, made the first map of Massachusetts, and wrote the first history of the colony.<ref>Johnson, Edward Francis, ''Captain Edward Johnson of Woburn, Massachusetts and Some of his Descendants,'' Press of David Clapp & Son, Boston, MA, 1905.</ref>

[[File:Woburn, Mass., 1883 LOC 78695092.jpg|thumb|[[Perspective map]] of Woburn from 1883, J. Lyth engraver]]
The first organizational [[Town meeting|Town Meeting]] was held on April 13, 1644, and the first town officers were chosen. Town Selectmen were Edward Johnson, [[Edward Convers]], John Mousall, William Learned, Ezekiel Richardson, Samuel Richardson, and James Thompson. William Learned was also selected as Constable. Michael Bacon, Ralph Hill, Thomas Richardson were chosen as Surveyors of Highways. (The History of Woburn, 1868)

Deacon [[Edward Convers]] was also one of the founders of Woburn.  He was one of its first selectmen, and built the first house and first mill in Woburn.  He was very active in town affairs and was a large landowner, miller and surveyor.<ref>Richardson, Doug. ''The English Origin and Ancestry of The Parker Brothers of Massachusetts and their Probable Aunt, Sarah Parker, Wife of Edward Converse.'' NEHGS Register, Vol. 153. January 1999, No. 609. See ((cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/sources/nehgs.html |title=Sources for Deacon Edward Convers & Descendants |access-date=2007-05-21 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041013152545/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/sources/nehgs.html |archive-date=2004-10-13 )). Accessed 20 May 2007.</ref><ref>Thompson, Rev. Leander, "Deacon Edward Convers," ''Winchester Record,'' October, 1885 (((cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~converse/bios/edw-bio.html |title=Converse Biographies |access-date=2011-02-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103025036/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~converse/bios/edw-bio.html |archive-date=2012-11-03 ))) Retrieved 10 Feb. 2011.</ref>

List of important events
*Gershom Flagg's tannery was built in 1668
*The [[Middlesex Canal]] was opened in 1803
*Thompson established a tannery at Cummingsville in 1823
*The [[Boston and Lowell Railroad]] started operating through Woburn in 1835
*The ''Woburn Sentinel'' newspaper began in 1839
*In 1840 the first membership library opened
*The telegraph started operating in Woburn in 1867
*"America's oldest active gun club," the [[Massachusetts Rifle Association]], was founded in 1875 and moved to Woburn in 1876.
*The public library opened in 1879
*The telephone was introduced in Woburn in 1882; Electric lights in 1885
*Woburn was incorporated as a City on June 12, 1888
*Route 128 opened in 1951
*Route 93 was built through the town in 1963
*Rail depot closed in 1962.
*Cummings Properties, the major holder of commercial properties in the region, was founded in 1970.
*Cummings Foundation was established in 1986.
*Cummings Foundation purchased the former Choate Memorial Hospital site and turned it into the New Horizons of Choate senior living community in 1990.
*[[Community Weeklies]] Inc. was founded by William S. Cummings and began publishing ''Woburn Advocate'' in 1991. The firm was bought by a division of Fidelity Investments in 1994, and ''Woburn Advocate'' is now being published by [[GateHouse Media]].<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/21/1128/2866|title=Woburn Advocate - newspaper in Woburn, Massachusetts USA with local news and community events|website=www.mondotimes.com|access-date=2016-11-11))</ref>
*Middlesex Superior Courthouse moved to TradeCenter 128 business campus in 2008.<ref>((Cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/02/14/court_move_a_hassle_for_commuters/|title=Middlesex Court's move to Woburn to add hassle for commuters - The Boston Globe|newspaper=Boston.com|date=14 February 2008|access-date=2016-11-11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105032846/http://archive.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/02/14/court_move_a_hassle_for_commuters/|archive-date=2016-11-05|last1=Moskowitz|first1=Eric))</ref>
*The final phase of construction is completed on TradeCenter 128 business campus in 2010.<ref>((Cite news|url=http://woburn.wickedlocal.com/x1235860498/TradeCenter-128-named-Project-of-the-Year|title=TradeCenter 128 named Project of the Year|newspaper=Woburn Advocate|access-date=2016-11-11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105100436/http://woburn.wickedlocal.com/x1235860498/TradeCenter-128-named-Project-of-the-Year|archive-date=2016-11-05))</ref>
*Woburn Police Officer John B. Maguire was killed in the line of duty while responding to an armed robbery on December 26, 2010.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.odmp.org/officer/20626-police-officer-john-b-maguire|title=Police Officer John B. Maguire|website=odmp.org|access-date=30 April 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430114901/http://www.odmp.org/officer/20626-police-officer-john-b-maguire|archive-date=30 April 2018))</ref>
*Massachusetts Biotechnology Council awarded Woburn the platinum-level "Bio-Ready community" designation in 2011.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/real_estate/2011/12/woburn-joins-elite-biotech-zoning-list.html|title=Woburn joins elite biotech-zoning list - Boston Business Journal|website=Boston Business Journal|access-date=2016-11-04|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105161000/http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/real_estate/2011/12/woburn-joins-elite-biotech-zoning-list.html|archive-date=2016-11-05))</ref>

=== Groundwater contamination incident ===
Woburn was the scene of a high-profile [[Water pollution|water contamination]] crisis.  During the mid to late 1970s, the local community became concerned over the high incidence of childhood leukemia and other illnesses, particularly in the Pine Street area of east Woburn. After high levels of chemical contamination were found in City of Woburn's Wells G and H in 1979, some members of the community suspected that the unusually high incidence of [[leukemia]], [[cancer]], and a wide variety of other health problems were linked to the possible exposure to [[volatile organic compounds]] in the groundwater pumped from wells G and H.

In May 1982, a number of citizens whose children had developed or died from leukemia filed [[Anderson v. Cryovac, Inc.|a civil lawsuit]] against two corporations, [[W. R. Grace and Company]] and [[Beatrice Foods]]. Grace's subsidiary, Cryovac, and Beatrice were suspected of contaminating the groundwater by improperly disposing of [[trichloroethylene]] (TCE), [[Tetrachloroethylene|perchloroethylene]] (perc or PCE) and other industrial solvents at their facilities in Woburn near wells G and H.

In a controversial decision, Judge Walter Jay Skinner ruled that the jurors should answer questions that they and many others considered confusing. Beatrice was acquitted and Grace only paid $8 million, a third of which went to  the lawyers and lawyer fees. A [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] report later found Beatrice and Grace responsible for the contamination.<ref>((cite web|url=http://ce547.groups.et.byu.net/woburn/briefhistory.php|title=Brief History|website=ce547.groups.et.byu.net|access-date=30 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110921000725/http://ce547.groups.et.byu.net/woburn/briefhistory.php|archive-date=21 September 2011))</ref><ref>((cite news | url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/05/11/judge_walter_skinner_77_oversaw_woburn_grace_case/ | work=The Boston Globe | first=Tom | last=Long | title=Judge Walter Skinner, 77; oversaw Woburn-Grace case | date=11 May 2005 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423081718/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/05/11/judge_walter_skinner_77_oversaw_woburn_grace_case/ | archive-date=23 April 2008 ))</ref>
A book titled ''[[A Civil Action]]'' was written about the case by [[Jonathan Harr]].<ref>Harr, Jonathan (1996). A civil action. Vintage Books, New York, 502 p. ((ISBN|0-394-56349-2)).</ref> In 1998 the book was turned into a movie starring [[John Travolta]] and [[Robert Duvall]], also titled ''[[A Civil Action (film)|A Civil Action]]''. The film was largely filmed in nearby Bedford and Lexington, with only a few shots on location in Woburn.

==Geography==

Woburn is located at ((Coord|42|29|4|N|71|9|7|W|type:city)) (42.484545, −71.152060).<ref name="GR1">((cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990))</ref>  It is bordered by the towns of [[Wilmington, Massachusetts|Wilmington]], [[Reading, Massachusetts|Reading]], [[Stoneham, Massachusetts|Stoneham]], [[Winchester, Massachusetts|Winchester]], [[Lexington, Massachusetts|Lexington]], and [[Burlington, Massachusetts|Burlington]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of ((convert|12.9|sqmi|km2)), of which ((convert|12.7|sqmi|km2)) is land and ((convert|0.2|sqmi|km2)) (1.71%) is water.

=== Climate ===

Woburn features a [[humid continental climate]], similar to those of many of the other Boston suburban areas. It features moderately cold winters, but not usually as bad as the ones around The Great Lakes Regions or Southern Canada, or even Northern New England. Nonetheless, it features occasional 'arctic blasts' which can easily drop the temperature below zero. Spring generally starts out cool, around 45-50 degrees, often with snow still on the ground. However, it quickly begins to rapidly warm to around 75 degrees by the time summer begins. Summers are generally warm or hot & often accompanied with humidity, though not nearly as bad as cities in The Midwest & Mid-Atlantic, and even Rhode Island. Temperatures often top in the 80s, but when an Atlantic low comes, temperatures may fail to rise out of the 60s. High pressure from the Gulf of Mexico, occasionally brings much hotter conditions with temperatures sometimes topping near 100, though this is fairly rare and only happens so often. Falls are generally crisp, but start out warm with temperature highs around 70 & lows around 50. Quickly things cool, and it feels and looks like winter with temperatures around 40 usually towards the end. Like most of the region, temperatures can vary widely in the span of a day.

==Demographics==
((See also|List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income))
((Historical populations
|type= USA
|1790|1727
|1800|1228
|1810|1219
|1820|1519
|1830|1977
|1840|2993
|1850|3956
|1860|6287
|1870|8560
|1880|10931
|1890|13499
|1900|14254
|1910|15308
|1920|16574
|1930|19434
|1940|19751
|1950|20492
|1960|31214
|1970|37406
|1980|36626
|1990|35943
|2000|37258
|2010|38120
|2020|40876
|2022*|41248
|source=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">((cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015))</ref>
|footnote=* = population estimate.  ((Historical populations/Massachusetts municipalities references))<ref name="1950_Census_Urban_populations_since_1790">((cite journal|title=1950 Census of Population|volume=1: Number of Inhabitants|at=Section 6, Pages 21-7 through 21-09, Massachusetts Table 4. Population of Urban Places of 10,000 or more from Earliest Census to 1920|journal=Bureau of the Census|access-date=July 12, 2011|year=1952|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch06.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721040747/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch06.pdf|archive-date=July 21, 2011))</ref><ref>((cite web | title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] | access-date=October 29, 2023 | url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html))</ref>
))
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">((cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website))</ref> of 2000, there were 37,258 people (37,010 by 2006 estimate), 14,997 households, and 9,658 families residing in the city. The population density was ((convert|2,939.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off)). There were 15,391 housing units at an average density of ((convert|1,214.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off)). The racial makeup of the city was 90.57% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.87% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.10% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 4.85% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.44% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.13% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.09% of the population.

There were 14,997 households, out of which 26.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.6% were non-families. 28.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 21.1% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 34.9% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $54,897, and the median income for a family was $66,364. Males had a median income of $45,210 versus $33,239 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $26,207. About 4.5% of families and 6.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.9% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==
The ''Woburn Business Association'' (WBA) is a membership organization consisting of companies located in Woburn, Massachusetts. Memberships are also available to those firms who are situated elsewhere, but do business in Woburn.  The purpose of the WBA is to promote and protect Business Interests in the City of Woburn and provide Networking Services for the Business Community.<ref>WBA website ((cite web |url=http://www.woburnbusiness.org/programs |title=Woburn MA Woburn Business Association |access-date=2012-02-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222070912/http://www.woburnbusiness.org/programs |archive-date=2012-02-22 ))</ref>

The WBA Board of Directors meets monthly to develop policy and provide direction for the Association. The Executive Committee meets periodically, usually on an "as needed" basis, to review important issues and make recommendations to the Board regarding WBA policy.  The WBA accomplishes its work through committees of WBA members and representatives of the Woburn community. The membership is encouraged to actively participate on these committees.

The ''Woburn Redevelopment Authority'' is an independent municipal urban renewal authority established by the City of Woburn in 1961, in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 121B.  The Authority is governed by five members, four of whom are appointed by the Mayor, and one by the Governor.  The WRA functions as the City's community development agency, under an agreement with the City of Woburn executed in July 2000.<ref>WRA at the City of Woburn website ((cite web |url=http://cityofwoburn.com/index.aspx?NID=92 |title=City of Woburn, Massachusetts |access-date=2012-02-19 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120222516/http://cityofwoburn.com/index.aspx?NID=92 |archive-date=2010-11-20 ))</ref>

Companies based in Woburn include [[Boston Acoustics]], [[Kaspersky Lab|Kaspersky Lab USA]], [[Monotype Imaging|Monotype]], [[Skyworks Solutions]], and [[U-Turn Audio]].

===Top employers===

According to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development,<ref>((cite web|url=http://lmi2.detma.org/lmi/Top_employer_list.asp?gSTFIPS=25&gCountyCode=000491&areatype=05&codeType=10&Command=Goto&Param=1|title=Largest 100 Employers in Woburn|website=detma.org|access-date=30 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217062838/http://lmi2.detma.org/lmi/Top_employer_list.asp?gSTFIPS=25&gCountyCode=000491&areatype=05&codeType=10&Command=Goto&Param=1|archive-date=17 February 2015))</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
|1
| [[Marshalls]]
|1,000–4,999 	
|-
|2
| NECC 
|500–999
|-
|3
| New England Rehabilitation Hospital 
|500–999
|-
|4
| [[Parker Hannifin|Chomerics]]
|500–999
|-
|5
| Aberjona Valley Distributors 
|250–499
|-
|6
|  Atlantic Boston Construction
|250–499
|-
|7
| Cummings Properties
|250–499
|-
|8
| The Dolben Company
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==Education==
Woburn's public elementary schools are the Goodyear Elementary, Altavesta Elementary, Shamrock Elementary, Malcolm White Elementary, Clyde Reeves Elementary, Linscott-Rumford Elementary, and Hurld-Wyman Elementary. The two middle schools are the John F. Kennedy Middle School and the Daniel L. Joyce Middle School.((cn|date=February 2024))

In recent years((when|date=February 2024)) the Goodyear, Reeves, Shamrock, and Malcolm White, as well as [[Woburn Memorial High School]], were rebuilt.((by whom|date=February 2024)) The Hurld-Wyman sits on a portion of the city's Spence Farm property. The Clapp, Parker, Tarkey, Plympton, Golden, and Veterans' Memorial Schools are now closed, and the former Veterans' Memorial School now serves as the Woburn Senior Center.((cn|date=February 2024))

St. Charles, a Pre-K–8 private Catholic school, is part of the adjacent St. Charles Parish. It has been graduating classes since 1884 in grades K–8; the high school closed in 1972.

==Public water==
Woburn is one of the few communities close to Boston which provides its own drinking water. The City’s water supply mostly comes from five wells from the underground aquifer within the Horn Pond area, which is then filtered and treated at the Horn Pond Treatment Plant. About one-third of the water is supplemented by the [[Massachusetts Water Resources Authority]].<ref>((cite web |title=Water Department |url=https://www.woburnma.gov/government/water-department/ |website=City of Woburn |access-date=1 November 2021))</ref>

==Transportation==
[[File:Anderson Regional Transportation Center.jpg|thumb|right|Anderson Regional Transportation Center.]]
* [[Anderson Regional Transportation Center]] is a transit hub, with [[Amtrak]] service to [[Portland, Maine]], and [[MBTA Commuter Rail]] service to [[Boston Massachusetts|Boston's]] [[North Station]] and [[Lowell, Massachusetts]], as well as bus service to [[Logan International Airport]] and [[Manchester-Boston Regional Airport]]
* [[Mishawum (MBTA station)|Mishawum]] is a stop on the [[MBTA Commuter Rail]]'s [[Lowell Line]] that currently has only limited reverse rush hour service.
* [[MBTA bus]] routes also run through Woburn along its main roads, such as Main Street, Montvale Ave., Lexington Street and Cambridge Road. The routes run north to [[Burlington, Massachusetts|Burlington]] and [[Wilmington, Massachusetts|Wilmington]] and south to [[Boston]].

==Notable people==
* [[Samuel Warren Abbott]], physician
* [[Jane Kelley Adams]], educator
* [[Loammi Baldwin|Col. Loammi Baldwin]], Revolutionary War engineer, builder of  [[Middlesex Canal]]
* [[Eric Bogosian]], actor, playwright and novelist
* [[John Carter (ice hockey)|John Carter]], former [[Boston Bruins]] player
* [[Edward Convers]], founder of Woburn
* [[Christopher J. Coyne]], Roman Catholic Bishop of Burlington
* [[Ida M. Curran]], journalist and editor, ''Woburn City Press''
* [[William Emmett Dever]], mayor of Chicago
* [[Charles Goodyear]], inventor of [[vulcanization|vulcanized rubber]]
* [[John Martyn Harlow]], financier, civic leader, physician to [[Phineas Gage]]
* [[Edward Johnson (founder of Woburn, MA)|Edward Johnson]], "Father of Woburn"
* [[Courtney Kennedy]], dual Olympic medalist in [[Women's Ice Hockey|hockey]]
* [[Elaine J. McCarthy]], [[video design|projection designer]] for [[Broadway theater]] and opera
* [[Charles McMahon and Darwin Judge|Charles McMahon]], [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] Corporal, one of final two American servicemen killed in [[Vietnam War]]
* [[Julia O'Connor]], labor leader
* [[Ernest Cushing Richardson]], librarian, theologian and scholar
* [[David Robinson (musician)|David Robinson]], rock drummer
* [[Charlie Sayles]], blues harmonicist, singer and songwriter<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/charlie-sayles-mn0000176720/biography|title=Charlie Sayles Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=November 22, 2022))</ref>
* [[Betsey Ann Stearns]], inventor
* [[Benjamin Thompson]], Count Rumford, scientist and inventor
* [[Lyle R. Wheeler]], 5-time [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning art-director
* [[Philemon Wright]], regarded as founder of Canadian cities [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], and [[Gatineau]], [[Quebec]]
* [[George S. Zimbel]], photographer
[[Image:Convers House.gif|thumb|right|Deacon [[Edward Convers]] House, first house built in Woburn, 1640]]

== Points of interest ==
* [[1790 House (Woburn, Massachusetts)|1790 House]]
* [[Baldwin House (Woburn, Massachusetts)|Baldwin House]]
* [[Benjamin Thompson House]]
* [[Winn Memorial Library]]
* [[Woburn Memorial High School]]
* [[United States Post Office–Woburn Center Station|US Post Office]], National Register-listed Classical Revival building
* [[First Congregational Church in Woburn]], 1860 church belonging to a 1642 congregation

==References==
((Reflist))

==Further reading==
[[Image:1852 Middlesex Canal (Massachusetts) map.jpg|thumb|200px|1852 Map of Boston area showing Woburn and the [[Middlesex Canal]]]]
* [http://users.rcn.com/woblib/chrnlgy.htm Chronological History of Woburn.]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930064039/http://users.rcn.com/waynemccarthy/LMM2002/EbenLocke.html Ebenezer Locke] Revolutionary War soldier from Woburn.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080404033909/http://www.salemdeeds.com/atlases_results.asp?ImageType=index&atlastype=MassWorld&atlastown=&atlas=MASSACHUSETTS+1871&atlas_desc=MASSACHUSETTS+1871 ''1871 Atlas of Massachusetts''] by Wall & Gray [https://web.archive.org/web/20080404035120/http://www.salemdeeds.com/atlases_pages.asp?ImageName=PAGE_0010_0011.jpg&atlastype=MassWorld&atlastown=&atlas=MASSACHUSETTS+1871&atlas_desc=MASSACHUSETTS+1871&pageprefix=  Map of Massachusetts.] [https://web.archive.org/web/20080404034546/http://www.salemdeeds.com/atlases_pages.asp?ImageName=PAGE_0044_0045.jpg&atlastype=MassWorld&atlastown=&atlas=MASSACHUSETTS+1871&atlas_desc=MASSACHUSETTS+1871&pageprefix= Map of Middlesex County]
* ''History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=QGolOAyd9RMC&q=intitle:History+intitle:of+intitle:Middlesex+intitle:County+intitle:Massachusetts  Volume 1 (A-H)], [https://books.google.com/books?id=hNaAnwRMedUC&dq=intitle:History+intitle:of+intitle:Middlesex+intitle:County+intitle:Massachusetts&pg=PA3 Volume 2 (L-W)] compiled by Samuel Adams Drake, published 1879–1880. 572 and 505 pages. [https://books.google.com/books?id=hNaAnwRMedUC&dq=History+of+Middlesex+County,+Massachusetts&pg=PA526 Woburn article] by George M. Chamney in volume 2, pages 526–554.
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=hNaAnwRMedUC&dq=History+of+Middlesex+County,+Massachusetts&pg=PA526 ''The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts''], by Samuel Sewall, Charles Chauncy Sewall, Samuel Thompson; published 1868, 657 pages.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080511203041/http://docs.unh.edu/towns/WoburnMassachusettsMapList.htm Old USGS Maps of Woburn.]

==External links==
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*((cite EB1911|wstitle=Woburn (Massachusetts) |display=Woburn |volume=28 |page=767 |short=x))
* [http://www.woburnma.gov/ Woburn official website]
* [http://www.woburnhistoricalsociety.com/ Woburn Historical Society Website]

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