Population Served
Our practice serves Malden, an exceptionally diverse community in which more than 27 native languages are spoken.
Location/Community
Malden, North Metro-Boston (on the Orange line of MBTA)
A Brief History of Malden
When John Endicott landed in Salem (Naumkeag) in 1628 he started a small colony focused on agriculture and the Bible. Two years later John Winthrop arrived in Salem with over 1,500 Puritans fleeing persecution in England. Moving south through the area of the Mystic and Charles Rivers, Winthrop, after a brief stay in Charlestown, moved on to found Shawmut, later to be known as Boston.
After and exploratory expedition through Middlesex Falls and Spots Pond, Governor Winthrop asked the General Court to establish an area north of Charlestown to be known as "Mystic Side", for the use of the Charlestown Residents. By 1649 there were enough inhabitants of that area that by agreement of the inhabitants of Charlestown and with the consent of the General Court in Boston a separate town, later known as Malden was established.
By 1887 the town of Malden had grown to a substantial center of 19th Century mercantile activity such as Elisha Slade Converse's Boston Rubber Shoe Company, one of the largest businesses of its kind in the United States. On January 31, 1877 Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated the practicality of the box telephone with a call from the home of Mayor Converse in Malden to the Boston branch of his shoe company on Converse Street.
Today Malden is a city of some 53,000 residents. In addition to some tenacious Yankees there are "established" communities of Italian, Jewish and Irish descendants. Moreover Malden now has many newly-established ethnic communities including persons of Chinese, Vietnamese, Central American, Caribbean, Haitian, North African, and Russo-Slavic origins, to name a few. All of these groups contribute to the vitality of the City of Malden. In Malden High School there are 45 different languages and students practicing 15-20 different religions. Moreover with the establishment of Telecom City, a joint venture with Medford and Everett to establish a enterprise zone for high-technology research3and development, Malden is in an ideal position for the 21st century.
Learn More
Malden, from Primitive Past to Progressive Present
Ruth Kimball Randall
Published 1975 by the Malden Historical Society by Phoenix Publishing, Caanan, New Hampshire
Library of Congress Catalog Number 74-30896
ISBN 0-914016-15-6
The History of Malden, Massachusetts 1633-1785
Deloraine Pendre Corey
Originally Published 1899
Facsimile Reprint 1992 by Heritage Books, Bowie, Maryland
SBN 1-55613-562-9
Local Websites
Official Website of the City of Malden
Official Website of the City of Boston
Boston.com
Your Town Malden
Malden Public Library
Where is Malden Anyway?
6 miles north of downtown Boston.
To our North
Massachusetts: Salem 13 miles, Gloucester 28 miles, Rockport 33 miles
New Hampshire: Salem 29 miles, Nashua 39 miles, Concord 65 miles, Lebanon (Dartmouth) 120 miles, Lake Winnipesauke 100 miles, White Mountains 120 miles
Maine: Portland 96 miles, Kittery 80 miles, Caribou 346 miles.
Vermont: Ben & Jerry's 180 miles
Canada: Montreal, Quebec Province 246 miles
North Pole: 3290 miles
To our South
Boston/Cambridge area:
Cambridge Hospital: 4 miles
Somerville Campus: 4 miles
Tufts Univ. School of Medicine/New England Medical Center: 6 miles
Harvard Medical School/Longwood Medical Area (Brigham & Women's, Beth Israel-Deaconess, Boston Children's Hospital): 8 miles
Massachusetts General Hospital, Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary: 6 miles
BU Medical School/Boston Medical Center: 7 miles
North End (Italian), Old North Church, Fleet Center, Faneuil Hall, New England Aquarium, Museum of Science, Imax Theater, Boston Harbor: 5-6 miles
Bunker Hill/USS Constitution: 5 miles
Copley Plaza/Newbury Street/Boston Public Garden/Theatre District: 6-7 miles
Museum of Fine Arts 8 miles
Further afield
Foxboro Stadium (home of NE Patriots) 40 miles
Plymouth Rock 30 miles
Cape Cod 50 miles
Providence RI 50 miles
Miami 1520 miles
South Pole 9161 miles
To our West
Tufts College 3 miles
Harvard University/ Harvard Square 5 miles
MIT 5 miles
Lexington/Concord 8-10 miles
Walden Pond 15 miles
A bit further afield
Hartford, CT: 96 miles
New York City: 198 miles
Los Angeles: 3020 miles
Honolulu: 5082 miles
Beijing, China: 6759 miles
To our East
CHA Everett Hospital: 2 miles
Logan Airport: 7 miles
The Atlantic Ocean: 7 miles
A bit further afield
London: 3276 miles
Paris: 3437 miles
Moscow: 4490 miles