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Malden is a city in Middlesex County,
Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...
, United States. At the time of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 66,263 people.


History

Malden, a hilly woodland area north of the
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, was settled by
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in 1640 on land purchased in 1629 from the
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tribe and a further grant in 1639 by the
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and her husband, Webcowet. The area was originally called the "Mistick Side" and was a part of Charlestown. It was incorporated as a separate town in 1649 under the name "Mauldon". The name Malden was selected by Joseph Hills, an early settler and landholder, and was named after Maldon, England. The city originally included what are now the adjacent cities of Melrose (until 1850) and Everett (until 1870). At the time of the
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, the population was at about 1,000 people, and the citizens were involved early in resisting British rule: they boycotted the consumption of tea in 1770 to protest the
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, and it was also the first town to petition the colonial government to secede from the
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.
Malden High School Malden High School is a public high school in Malden, Massachusetts. Established in 1857, the school is part of the Malden Public Schools and is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). A 2013 study conduc ...
has the second-oldest continuous high school
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rivalry in the United States with Medford High School. The first "Thanksgiving Day Game" dates back to 1889. In the mid-1980s, Malden came to national renown as the location of the controversial
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. In 2004, a same-sex Malden couple was the first to marry in Massachusetts at 9:15 am on May 17, 2004 at Cambridge City Hall. Massachusetts was the first state in the United States to issue same-sex marriage licenses.


Geography

Malden is bordered by Melrose on the north, Medford on the west, Everett on the south, Revere on the east, and Saugus on the northeast. Boojum Rock located in the north west corner of Malden inside the Middlesex Fells Reservation is the highest point in Malden with an elevation of approximately 275 feet. According to the
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, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (0.78%) is water. Bordered on the northwest by the cliffs of Middlesex Fells, Malden is drained by the
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.


Demographics

As of the
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, there were 59,450 people, 25,161 households, and 13,575 families residing in the city. The population density was 11,788.6 people per square mile (4,290.5/km2). There were 23,634 housing units at an average density of 4,657.5 per square mile (1,799.8/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 52.5%
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, 14.8%
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, 0.1% Native American, 20.1%
Asian Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
(11.1%
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, 3.1%
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, 2.8%
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), 0.1%
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, 2.1% from
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, and 3.5% were
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. 8.6% of the population were
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or
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of any race (1.8% Puerto Rican, 1.7% Brazilian, 1.5%
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, 0.9% Colombian, 0.7% Dominican, 0.5% Mexican, 0.4%
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, 0.4% Guatemalan). There were 23,009 households, out of which 25.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.8% were married couples living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.0% were non-families. Of all households 32.2% were made up of individuals, and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.13. In the city, the population was spread out, with 19.9% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 36.9% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.0 males. The median income for a household in the city was $45,654, and the median income for a family was $55,557. Males had a median income of $37,741 versus $31,157 for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,004. About 6.6% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.6% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.


Immigrants

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37% of residents of Malden were born outside of the United States. This is twice the number in 1990, and an increase from the 26% of foreign-born residents in 2000. Malden's percentage of foreign-born residents was the second-highest in Massachusetts, after
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. As of 2009 and 2010 immigrants originate from Brazil, China, Haiti, India, Morocco, and Pakistan. The Moroccan American Civic and Cultural Association is located in Malden. Previous immigrants included Italians and Irish in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Malden also received Jews who arrived escaping Europe before and after
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Asian population

In 1990 Malden had 2,805 Asian residents, making the city 5.2% Asian. In 2000 this increased to 7,882 Asians, or 14.5% of the city's population, making it one of ten Massachusetts cities with the largest Asian populations in the state. There were 4,504 ethnic Chinese people (57% of Malden's Asians), 876 ethnic Vietnamese, and 696 ethnic Indians. From 1990 to 2000 the Vietnamese population increased by 187% and the Indian population increased by 262%.Buote, Brenda J,
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Institutions serving the Asian community in Malden include the Immigrant Learning Center, which offers
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classes; the Malden Asian Pacific American Coalition; a satellite office of the Vietnamese American Civic Association; the nonprofit multiservice organization Great Wall Center; and the antipoverty agency Tri-City Community Action Program Inc. In the 2017, South Cove Community Health center began building a new site in Malden to serve the growing Asian American population.


Education

Malden Public Schools Malden Public Schools is a school district headquartered in Malden, Massachusetts in Greater Boston. Dana Brown, the principal of Malden High School, stated that one reason why the schools of Malden Public Schools often have test scores higher ...
is the school district. Malden has five public elementary and middle schools; one charter elementary, middle, and high school; one public high school; one Catholic high school, one Catholic Pre-K through 8 school, Cheverus Catholic School; and one public preschool. The elementary schools in Malden were replaced in the late 1990s with five new facilities: Beebe, Ferryway, Forestdale, Linden, and Salemwood. The city's three high schools are
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,
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and Mystic Valley Regional Charter High School. According to a study conducted by the
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in 2013, Malden High School was found to be the most diverse public high school in Massachusetts.


Neighborhoods

Like many communities in
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, many towns and neighborhoods are organized around squares, which are located at the crossroads and
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s dating back from the colonial times and the early 19th century. Many of the neighborhoods take their name and identity from the main square in their area. Malden's squares include Malden Square (at Main and Pleasant streets), Converse Square (at Main, Salem, and Ferry streets) Oak Grove Square (at Oak Grove T Station), Bellrock Square (at the intersections of Cross, Main and Medford streets), Judson Square (near Ferryway School), former Suffolk Square (at Cross and Bryant streets), once the location of a thriving Jewish community, Maplewood Square (at Lebanon, Maplewood and Salem streets) and Linden Square. Some of the neighborhoods in Malden include Faulkner (location of the former Suffolk Square), West End, Edgeworth, Linden, Ferryway, Forestdale, Maplewood, Bellrock, and Belmont Hill (located between Bellrock and Ferryway).


Bellrock

Bellrock is the south central section of the city, bordered by Main Street on the east, Charles Street on the north, the
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on the west, and the Everett line on the south. It contains Bell Rock Memorial Park (listed on the
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) and Bell Rock Cemetery (also listed), which contains marked graves dating back to 1670. Bell Rock Cemetery was called Sandy Bank until the establishment of the Salem Street Cemetery in 1832; it was then known as the Old Burial Ground for half a century until it was renamed in 1882. Also located in this area are the headquarters for
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Edgeworth

The Edgeworth neighborhood is the southwest section of the city. It contains Devir Park, Pearl St. Park, and Callahan Park. The city's football stadium, Macdonald Stadium is in Edgeworth. A school in Edgeworth is the former Emerson grammar school. The Converse Rubber Factory and offices once operated in Edgeworth at the bottom of Pearl Street. This is the original home of the Converse "All-Star" Basketball Sneakers. Malden Catholic High School was originally located in Edgeworth on Highland Ave. The school's football team played their home games at Brother Gilbert Stadium, located at Commercial & Medford Streets in Edgeworth. Immaculate Conception Grammar School was located in Edgeworth on the corner of Charles St. and Highland Ave. Edgeworth touches Everett and Medford. Edgeworth is also home to St. Rocco's Feast, SunSetter Awnings and Pisa Pizza.


Maplewood

In 1847, Joshua Webster, president of the
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, purchased 200 acres in Malden along its projected route. Here, he planned a residential development with wide streets and ornamental trees. Due to the hundreds of maple trees Webster planted, the neighborhood became known as Maplewood.


Government and infrastructure


Mayor and city council

The city government of Malden includes a mayor and city council. The mayor is elected to a four-year term. As of May 2021, the mayor is Gary Christenson. Christensen was most recently elected to this position on November 5, 2019 and his current four-year term expires at the end of 2023. The Malden City Council has eleven elected members. Eight of these members are elected from the city's eight wards and are known as Ward Councillors. Three of the members, known as Councillors-at-Large, are elected city-wide. All eleven are elected to two-year terms. The city council elects from among its members an individual to serve as Council President.


Transportation


Major highways

One limited access route, U.S. 1, runs through the city, connecting
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to the North Shore suburbs. Additionally, Route 28, Route 60 and Route 99 run through Malden as arterial routes. Route 16 and Interstate 93 are a short distance outside the city’s borders.


Bus and rail

The city is served by the Orange Line subway that connects it to downtown
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. The city's subway stops are Malden Center and Oak Grove. The MBTA's commuter rail also has one stop in the city ( Malden Center) and can stop at Oak Grove if necessary. During the first few years of the 2000s, the MBTA updated signal systems and Orange Line service was replaced by shuttle buses at night. Since September 2007, such service interruptions have been limited to occasional weekends, while signal system repairs necessitated closing off the northern portion of the Orange Line and rerouting passengers via replacement bus service from either the Haymarket subway stop or Wellington Station. There is a sizable section of the old Boston and Maine
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line running across the middle of Malden. This line is currently owned by the MBTA, but has been out of use since 1993 and has not seen passenger service since 1958. The Saugus Branch Railroad has now been converted into a 10-foot wide multi-use trail known as the Northern Strand Trail (aka Bike to the Sea Trail) which opened in December 2012. The paved section of Northern Strand trail currently extends from Wellington Street in Everett through Linden Square at the Malden/Revere. The unpaved section of the trail as of July 2019 runs through Revere and Saugus to Boston Street at the Lynn line. Trail extensions to the Mystic River / Encore Casino in Everett and paving the trail thru Revere, Saugus and to Western Avenue in Lynn will be built starting in Fall 2019. The City of Lynn and the Department of Conservation and Recreation will also be building a separated bicycle lane through Lynn Common, down Market Street and the Lynnway to Lynn and Nahant Beaches. The Malden section of the trail features the "ArtLine" a series of murals and sculptures created through the efforts of Malden Arts
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Bus service to all adjacent communities is also available via the service of the MBTA.


Points of interest

Approximately 30 park sites throughout the city provide a variety of recreational facilities including tennis courts, basketball courts, playgrounds, and ballfields. Other sites include a 400-meter synthetic running track at MacDonald Stadium; of the
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; the Fellsmere Pond; a DCR-owned-and-operated swimming pool; a 30,000 square feet (2,800 m2) field house built under the new school rebuilding plan; the state-of-the-art Malden YMCA finished construction in early 2007; and Pine Banks Park, operated by a Board of Trustees with equal representation by the cities of Malden and Melrose. Waitt's Mountain is also in Malden. Other points of interest include the
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and the Congregation Beth Israel. One of Malden's finest and most notable landmarks is the public library which was designed by
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and built in 1885. The initial construction of the library was funded by Malden's first mayor, Elisha S. Converse, who also funded its acquisition of an art collection.


Notable people

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Mary Hall Barrett Adams Mary Hall Adams (, Barrett; September 16, 1816 – December 8, 1860) was a 19th-century American book editor and letter writer. Her writing include: ''Sabbath School annual for 1846-'', ''Never give up, or, How children may be happy'', and ''The Ra ...
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, award-winning actor * E. Florence Barker (1840–1897), first president of the National Woman's Relief Corps *
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, singing quartet * Reginald R. Belknap, military officer * Ella A. Bigelow (1849–1917), author and clubwoman *
Walter Brennan Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in '' Come and Get It'' (1936), ''Kentucky'' (1938), and '' The Westerner ...
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Philip Bynoe Philip Earl Bynoe is an American musician best known for his work with Steve Vai. He has been the bass player of Vai's touring band since 2012, a role he previously held from 1996 to 2000. He has also played on four of Vai's studio albums. Other ...
, Three-time Grammy nominee and Emmy Award-winning Musician *
George Loring Brown George Loring Brown (February 2, 1814 – June 25, 1889) was an American landscape painter. He was born in Boston and first studied wood engraving under Alonzo Hartwell and worked as an illustrator. He studied painting with Washington Allston, ...
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George R. Carey George R. Carey (1851–1906) was an American inventor. He was among the first to propose the telectroscope using the photoelectric properties of selenium as a means for transmitting images—a precursor to modern television. George R. Carey was a ...
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Gary Cherone Gary Francis Caine Cherone ( ; born July 26, 1961) is an American rock singer and songwriter. Cherone is known for his work as the lead vocalist of the Boston rock group Extreme and Van Halen. He has also released solo recordings. In 2007, he ...
, singer-songwriter * Larnel Coleman, NFL player * Elisha S. Converse, first mayor of Malden *
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Albert DeSalvo Albert Henry DeSalvo (September 3, 1931 – November 25, 1973) was an American rapist and suspected serial killer in Boston, Massachusetts, who purportedly confessed to being the "Boston Strangler," the murderer of thirteen women in the Boston ...
, The Boston Strangler * Timothy Dexter, businessman * Gary DiSarcina, former
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player * Sheperd Doeleman, Astrophysicist and Director of the Event Horizon Telescope * Ed Emberley, children's author *
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(1855–1930), lawyer * Abbie M. Gannett (1845–1895), essayist, poet and philanthropist *
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Breno Giacomini Breno Gomes Giacomini (born September 27, 1985) is a former American football offensive tackle. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round in the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisville. Giacomini is of Brazi ...
,
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player *
John Gilgun John Gilgun (October 1, 1935 – April 30, 2021) was an American writer.Jonathan Alexander, "Telling the Stories of Our Lives: An Interview with John Gilgun". ''International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies'', Volume 5, Issue 4 (October 2 ...
, poet and novelist *
Ralph Goldstein Ralph Myer Goldstein (October 6, 1913 – July 25, 1997) was an American Olympic épée fencer. Early and personal life Goldstein was born in Malden, Massachusetts, and was Jewish.Norman Greenbaum Norman Joel Greenbaum (born November 20, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter. He is primarily known for his 1969 song "Spirit in the Sky". Early life Greenbaum was born in Malden, Massachusetts. He was raised in an Orthodox Jewish househol ...
, guitarist, singer-songwriter * Kyle Hanson, TV Meteorologist, currently with NBC-15 in Mobile, Alabama * Mary E. Hewitt (1807–1884), poet and editor * Willis B. Hunt, Jr., federal judge * Adoniram Judson, first
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missionary in Burma *
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, California agriculturist * Toni Kelner, mystery and urban fantasy writer and editor * Keith Knight, cartoonist *
Killer Kowalski Walter Kowalski (born Edward Władysław Spulnik; October 13, 1926 – August 30, 2008), known professionally as Killer Kowalski, was a Polish-Canadian professional wrestler. Kowalski wrestled for numerous promotions during his career, includin ...
, former
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* Ellis F. Lawrence, architect *
Fred A. Leuchter Fred Arthur Leuchter Jr. (born February 7, 1943) is an American manufacturer of execution equipment, and a Holocaust denier best known as the author of the Leuchter report, a pseudoscientific document*"Leuchter and Rudolf have published pseudos ...
, execution technician and Holocaust denial author *
Torbert MacDonald Torbert Hart Macdonald (June 6, 1917 – May 21, 1976) was an American Democratic politician from Massachusetts. He represented the northern suburbs of Boston, including his home town of Malden, in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1955 un ...
, U.S. Representative *
Ed Markey Edward John Markey (born July 11, 1946) is an American lawyer, politician, and former Army reservist who has served as the junior United States senator from Massachusetts since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representa ...
, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts *
Mark Morrisroe Mark Morrisroe (January 10, 1959 – July 24, 1989) was an American performance artist and photographer. He is known for his performances and photographs, which were germane in the development of the punk scene in Boston in the 1970s and the art ...
performance artist and photographer * Sam Nichols,
Secretary of State of Washington The secretary of state of Washington is an independently elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of Washington. Fifteen individuals have held the office of Secretary of State since statehood. The ...
*
Nerlens Noel Nerlens Noel (born April 10, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His collegiate basketball career ended in his first season with a tear of his anterior cruciate ...
,
National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United S ...
player *
Helen Nordquist Helen E. Nordquist Nordie״(born March 23, 1932) is a former pitcher and right fielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , 160 lb., she batted and threw right-handed. Helen Nordqui ...
, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player *
Edna May Oliver Edna May Oliver (born Edna May Nutter, November 9, 1883 – November 9, 1942) was an American stage and film actress. During the 1930s, she was one of the better-known character actresses in American films, often playing tart-tongued spinsters. ...
, actress * Daniel W. Owens, playwright, author * Lawrence Palmer, Olympic gold medalist and ice hockey player *
Elliot Paul Elliot Harold Paul (February 10, 1891 – April 7, 1958) was an American journalist and writer. Biography Paul was born in Linden, a part of Malden, Massachusetts, the son of Harold Henry Paul and Lucy Greenleaf Doucette. He graduated from Malden ...
, author *
Marjorie Pierce Marjorie Pierce (1900 – December 7, 1999) was an American architect whose practice centered in Massachusetts. Biography Marjorie Pierce was born in Malden, Massachusetts. She received both her bachelor's degree (1922) and master's degree (1923) ...
, architect *
David Robinson David Maurice Robinson (born August 6, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1989 to 2003, and minority owner of the Spurs. Nicknamed ...
, drummer for
The Cars The Cars were an American rock band formed in Boston in 1976. Emerging from the new wave scene in the late 1970s, they consisted of Ric Ocasek ( rhythm guitar), Benjamin Orr (bass guitar), Elliot Easton (lead guitar), Greg Hawkes (keyboards), ...
and
the Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers were an American rock band led by Jonathan Richman in the 1970s and 1980s. The original band existed from 1970 to 1974 but their recordings were not released until 1976 or later. It featured Richman and bassist Ernie Brooks w ...
* Richard Rodenheiser, Olympic gold medalist and ice hockey player * Dana Rosenblatt, former professional boxer * Dan Ross, former
National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
player *
William Schofield William Schofield (February 14, 1857 – June 10, 1912) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the United States Circuit Courts for the First Circuit. Education and career William Sc ...
, federal judge * Harriette Lucy Robinson Shattuck (1850–1937), author, writer on parliamentary law, suffragist * Louise Kidder Sparrow, sculptor and poet *
Frank Stella Frank Philip Stella (born May 12, 1936) is an American painter, sculptor and printmaker, noted for his work in the areas of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction. Stella lives and works in New York City. Biography Frank Stella was born in Ma ...
, artist *
Louise Stokes Louise Mae Stokes Fraser (October 27, 1913 – March 25, 1978) was an American track and field athlete. Biography The oldest of six children, Louise Mae Stokes was born in Malden, Massachusetts on October 27, 1913, to William, a gardener, and ...
, Olympic competitor and founder of the Colored Women's Bowling League * Oliver Samuel Tonks, art historian * John A. Volpe, former
Governor of Massachusetts The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the chief executive officer of the government of Massachusetts. The governor is the head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonwealth's military forces. Massachuset ...
and U.S. Ambassador to Italy *
Michael Wigglesworth Michael Wigglesworth (1631–1705) was a Puritan minister, physician, and poet whose poem ''The Day of Doom'' was a bestseller in early New England. Family Michael Wigglesworth was born October 18, 1631 in Yorkshire, England. His father was Edw ...
, preacher and author


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External links

*
Malden Public Library website

''History of Middlesex County''
Volume II, p. 113 etc. (Medford, by W. H. Whitmore). 1880, published by Estes and Lauriat; edited by Samual Adams Drake.
''Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Town of Malden, 1649–1850''
by Deloraine Pendre Corey, published 1903. {{authority control 1640 establishments in Massachusetts Cities in Massachusetts Cities in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Populated places established in 1640