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Malden is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 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 Mystic River, was settled by Puritans in 1640 on land purchased in 1629 from the Pennacook tribe and a further grant in 1639 by the
Squaw Sachem of Mistick Squaw Sachem of Mistick (c. 1590-1650 or 1667) was a prominent leader of a Massachusett tribe who deeded large tracts of land in eastern Massachusetts to early colonial settlers. Squaw Sachem was the widow of Nanepashemet, the Sachem of the Pawtuc ...
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
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(until 1850) and Everett (until 1870). At the time of the American Revolution, 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 British Empire.
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 conducted ...
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
Fells Acres day care sexual abuse trial The Fells Acres day care sexual abuse trial took place in the U.S. state of Massachusetts following charges initially lodged in the mid-1980s against family members who operated a day care center, Fells Acres Day School, in Malden, Massachusetts. T ...
. 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
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on the north, Medford on the west, Everett on the south,
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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 United States Census Bureau, 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
Malden River The Malden River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 river in Malden, Medford, and Everett, Massachusetts. It is roughly wide at its widest point and i ...
.


Demographics

As of the
2010 United States Census The United States census of 2010 was the twenty-third United States national census. National Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2010. The census was taken via mail-in citizen self-reporting, with enumerators servin ...
, 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% White, 14.8% African American, 0.1% Native American, 20.1%
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(11.1%
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, 3.1% Asian Indian, 2.8% Vietnamese), 0.1% Pacific Islander, 2.1% from other races, and 3.5% were
multiracial Mixed race people are people of more than one race or ethnicity. A variety of terms have been used both historically and presently for mixed race people in a variety of contexts, including ''multiethnic'', ''polyethnic'', occasionally ''bi-ethn ...
. 8.6% of the population were Hispanic 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%
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, 0.4% Peruvian, 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 Chelsea. 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 World War II.


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
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, and 696 ethnic Indians. From 1990 to 2000 the Vietnamese population increased by 187% and the Indian population increased by 262%.Buote, Brenda J,
Asian population up in small cities

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Institutions serving the Asian community in Malden include the Immigrant Learning Center, which offers English as a second language 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
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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
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 conducted ...
,
Malden Catholic High School Malden Catholic High School is a private, Catholic secondary school located in Malden, Massachusetts. The school was founded by the Congregation of the Brothers of St. Francis Xavier, an international congregation of religious brothers. It is a ...
and Mystic Valley Regional Charter High School. According to a study conducted by the
National Center for Education Statistics The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance ...
in 2013, Malden High School was found to be the most diverse public high school in Massachusetts.


Neighborhoods

Like many communities in New England, many towns and neighborhoods are organized around squares, which are located at the crossroads and
town common Common land is land owned by a person or collectively by a number of persons, over which other persons have certain common rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect wood, or to cut turf for fuel. A person who has a r ...
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 Linden Square is a small municipal park at Linden Place in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. Roughly rectangular in shape with one curved side, Linden Square was laid out in 1844 by Alexander Wadsworth as part of the subdivision of the ar ...
. 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 Bell Rock Memorial Park is a public park between Main, Wigglesworth, Meridan, and Ellis Streets in Malden, Massachusetts. The west side of the rock is the site of the two earliest Congregational meeting houses in Malden (First Meeting House 1649-1 ...
(listed on the National Register of Historic Places) 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 Saugus Branch Railroad, 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,
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, runs through the city, connecting Boston to the North Shore suburbs. Additionally,
Route 28 Highway 28 may refer to: Australia * Cumberland Highway * Mountain Highway (Victoria) * - NT Canada * Alberta Highway 28 * British Columbia Highway 28 * Nova Scotia Trunk 28 * Ontario Highway 28 * Saskatchewan Highway 28 China Taiwan * Provi ...
,
Route 60 The following highways are numbered 60: International * Asian Highway 60 * European route E60 Australia * Bruxner Highway * Dawson Highway (Rolleston to Gladstone) - Queensland State Route 60 Brazil * BR-060 Canada * Alberta Highway 60 * ...
and
Route 99 International * European route E99 Australia * Springbrook Road, Springbrook Road, Queensland Canada * British Columbia Highway 99 * Ontario Highway 99 (former) * Saskatchewan Highway 99 China * G99 Taiwan Ring Expressway, G99 Expressway ...
run through Malden as arterial routes. Route 16 and
Interstate 93 Interstate 93 (I-93) is an Interstate Highway in the New England states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont in the United States. Spanning approximately along a north–south axis, it is one of three primary Interstate Highways ...
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 Boston. 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 Saugus Branch Railroad 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
Malden ArtLine
Bus service to all adjacent communities is also available via the service of the
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.


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 Middlesex Fells Reservation; 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 Pine Banks is a park located in the cities of Malden and Melrose, Massachusetts. It was donated by former Mayor of Malden Elisha S. Converse to be used "forever as a public park". The agreement was that both towns had equal ownership, responsi ...
, operated by a Board of Trustees with equal representation by the cities of Malden and
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.
Waitt's Mountain Waitts Mountain is a summit in Malden, Middlesex County in the state of Massachusetts. It was named by the United States Geological Survey in 1894. Background Waitt's Mountain also has a historic park. It has the tallest point in Malden, with ...
is also in Malden. Other points of interest include the Converse Memorial Library and the Congregation Beth Israel. One of Malden's finest and most notable landmarks is the public library which was designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and built in 1885. The initial construction of the library was funded by Malden's first mayor,
Elisha S. Converse Elisha Slade Converse (July 28, 1820 – June 5, 1904) was the first mayor of Malden, Massachusetts, Malden, Massachusetts, a businessman, founder and president of Boston Rubber Shoe Company, a representative and senator in the state legislature ...
, who also funded its acquisition of an art collection.


Notable people

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Johnny A. John Antonopoulos (born November 14, 1952 in Malden, Massachusetts, United States), known professionally as Johnny A, is an American musician, guitarist, and songwriter. Early life Johnny A. was born in Malden, Massachusetts, of Greek heritage ...
, musician * Mary Hall Barrett Adams, editor * Jack Albertson, award-winning actor * E. Florence Barker (1840–1897), first president of the National Woman's Relief Corps *
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*
Reginald R. Belknap Rear Admiral Reginald Rowan Belknap (26 June 1871 – 30 March 1959) was an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the Spanish–American War, Boxer Rebellion, Philippine–American War, and World War I. He gained distinction in 1909 ...
, military officer *
Ella A. Bigelow Ella A. Bigelow (May 21, 1849 – October 23, 1917) was an American author and clubwoman. Among her publications were ''Prize Quotations'' (Marlboro, 1887), ''Venice'' (Marlboro, 1890), ''Old Masters of Art'' (Buffalo, 1888), and ''Letters upon Gre ...
(1849–1917), author and clubwoman * Walter Brennan, award-winning actor * Philip Bynoe, 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, ...
, painter *
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 ...
, inventor * Gary Cherone, singer-songwriter *
Larnel Coleman Larnel Coleman (born June 22, 1998) is an American football offensive tackle for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at UMass, before being selected by the Miami Dolphins in the seventh ro ...
,
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player *
Elisha S. Converse Elisha Slade Converse (July 28, 1820 – June 5, 1904) was the first mayor of Malden, Massachusetts, Malden, Massachusetts, a businessman, founder and president of Boston Rubber Shoe Company, a representative and senator in the state legislature ...
, first mayor of Malden *
Kevin Cullen Kevin Cullen (born May 1, 1959) is an American journalist and author. He was a member of ''The Boston Globes 2003 investigative team. ''The Boston Globe'' as an institution won a Pulitzer Prize for ''Public Service'' for coverage of the sexu ...
, journalist * Albert DeSalvo, The Boston Strangler *
Timothy Dexter Timothy Dexter (January 22, 1747 – October 23, 1806) was an American businessman noted for his writing and eccentricity. Biography Dexter was born in Malden in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He had little schooling and dropped out of sch ...
, businessman *
Gary DiSarcina Gary Thomas DiSarcina (born November 19, 1967) is an American former professional baseball shortstop and third base coach for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played his entire career for the California / Anaheim Ange ...
, former Major League Baseball player *
Sheperd Doeleman Sheperd "Shep" S. Doeleman (born 1967) is an American astrophysicist. His research focuses on super massive black holes with sufficient resolution to directly observe the event horizon. He is a senior research fellow at the Center for Astrophysic ...
, Astrophysicist and Director of the Event Horizon Telescope *
Ed Emberley Edward Randolph Emberley (born October 19, 1931) is an American people, American artist and illustrator, best known for Children's literature, children's picture books. Biography Emberley was born in Malden, Massachusetts. He studied art at the ...
, children's author * Anna Christy Fall (1855–1930), lawyer *
Abbie M. Gannett Abbie M. Gannett (July 8, 1845 – March 22, 1895) was an essayist, poet and philanthropist, author of the poem "Tis Love That Makes the World Go Round". Early life Abbie M. Gannett was born in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, on July 8, 1845. H ...
(1845–1895), essayist, poet and philanthropist * Erle Stanley Gardner, author, creator of Perry Mason *
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 ...
, National Football League 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, guitarist, singer-songwriter * Kyle Hanson, TV Meteorologist, currently with NBC-15 in Mobile, Alabama *
Mary E. Hewitt Mary Elizabeth Hewitt (later, Mary Elizabeth Stebbins; pen names, Ione and Jane; 1818 – October 9, 1894) was an American poet and editor who flourished in the 1840s and 1850s. She published: ''Memorial of F. S. Osgood''; ''Songs of Our Lord''; ' ...
(1807–1884), poet and editor * Willis B. Hunt, Jr., federal judge *
Adoniram Judson Adoniram Judson (August 9, 1788 – April 12, 1850) was an American Congregationalist and later Particular Baptist missionary, who served in Burma for almost forty years. At the age of 25, Judson was sent from North America to preach in B ...
, first Protestant missionary in Burma *
Martin Theodore Kearney Martin Theodore Kearney (1842–1906), also known as M.T. Kearney or M. Theo Kearney, was a nineteenth century English immigrant to the United States and a pioneer land developer. In a biography of Kearney, Rehart and Patterson referred to him as ...
, California agriculturist *
Toni Kelner Toni LP Kelner is an author of three mystery series: the eight Laura Fleming novels and related short stories; the Where Are They Now? series, which includes three novels and a forthcoming short story; and the Family Skeleton series, which consi ...
, mystery and urban fantasy writer and editor * Keith Knight, cartoonist * Killer Kowalski, former professional wrestler *
Ellis F. Lawrence Ellis Fuller Lawrence (November 13, 1879 – February 27, 1946) was an American architect who worked primarily in the U.S. state of Oregon. In 1914, he became the co-founder and first dean of the University of Oregon's School of Architecture an ...
, 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, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts * Mark Morrisroe performance artist and photographer * Sam Nichols,
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* Nerlens Noel, National Basketball Association 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, actress *
Daniel W. Owens Daniel W. Owens known by most as Dan Owens is an American playwright. Owens was born in Malden, Massachusetts, Malden, MA. He received his education at Bryant and Straton Junior College (certificate in computer programming, 1968). He also attend ...
, playwright, author *
Lawrence Palmer Lawrence Palmer (born January 7, 1938 in Malden, Massachusetts) is an American former ice hockey player. He won a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squ ...
, 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, architect * David Robinson, drummer for The Cars and the Modern Lovers *
Richard Rodenheiser Richard Peter "Dick" Rodenhiser (born October 17, 1932 in Malden, Massachusetts) is an American ice hockey player. He won a silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics and a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics. Awards and honors References E ...
, Olympic gold medalist and ice hockey player *
Dana Rosenblatt "Dangerous" Dana Rosenblatt (born January 26, 1972, in Malden, Massachusetts) is a retired southpaw professional boxer who held a variety of minor boxing titles. Rosenblatt began practicing martial arts at age 13 and earned a black belt in Ta ...
, former professional boxer * Dan Ross, former National Football League 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 Sch ...
, federal judge *
Harriette Lucy Robinson Shattuck Harriette R. Shattuck (, Robinson; December 4, 1850 – March 24, 1937) was an American author, parliamentarian, teacher of parliamentary law, and pioneer suffragist. Shattuck served as assistant clerk of the Massachusetts House of Representative ...
(1850–1937), author, writer on parliamentary law, suffragist *
Louise Kidder Sparrow Louise Winslow Kidder Sparrow (January 1, 1884 – July 9, 1979) was an American sculptor and poet. Early life and education Born in Malden, Massachusetts, Sparrow was a graduate of Emerson College, and began her artistic instruction in Europe at ...
, sculptor and poet * Frank Stella, 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 Oliver Samuel Tonks (December 26, 1874 – December 25, 1953) was an American art historian, educator, and curator. Tonks was Professor of Art History Emeritus at Vassar College. Career Born in Malden, Tonks was educated at Harvard Universi ...
, art historian *
John A. Volpe John Anthony Volpe (; December 8, 1908November 11, 1994) was an American businessman, diplomat, and politician from Massachusetts. A son of Italian immigrants, he founded and owned a large construction firm. Politically, he was a Republican in i ...
, former Governor of Massachusetts and U.S. Ambassador to Italy * Michael Wigglesworth, preacher and author


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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