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, Worcester, and Springfield, and ninth-most populous in New England. The city was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England, which was an important center of the Puritan theology that was embraced by the town's founders. Harvard University, an Ivy League university founded in Cambridge in 1636, is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lesley University, and Hult International Business School also are based in Cambridge. Radcliffe College, a women's liberal arts college, was based in Cambridge from its 1879 founding until its assimilation into Harvard in 1999.

Country: United States
State: Massachusetts
County: Middlesex
Region: New England
Settled: 1630
Incorporated: 1636
City: 1846
Named for: University of Cambridge
Type: Council–manager
Mayor: E. Denise Simmons
Vice mayor: Marc C. McGovern
City manager: Yi-An Huang
Population (2020): 118,403
Demonym: Cantabrigian
Time zone: Eastern (UTC−5)
Summer (DST): Eastern (UTC−4)
ZIP Code: 02138-02142
Area code(s): 617 / 857
FIPS code: 25-11000
GNIS feature ID: 0617365
Website: [cambridgema.gov]
Official Website: https://www.cambridgema.gov/
Wikidata description: city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Wikidata id: Q49111
Wikidata label: Cambridge
Wikidata aliases: Array
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