Walnut Hill, located in

Medford, Massachusetts Medford is a city northwest of downtown Boston on the Mystic River in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. At the time of the 2020 U.S. Census, Medford's population was 59,659. It is home to Tufts University, which has its campus alo ...

, is the geographical home of

Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. ...

. Walnut Hill itself later became known as College Hill due to the dominant presence of the University.Medford Hillside Neighborhood Included in the College Avenue Walk Market Area - Methodology and Data Sources
Central Transportation Planning Staff. 6 July 2010.

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