Woburn, Massachusetts

Woburn, Massachusetts
Benjamin Thompson House, Woburn, Massachusetts
Motto(s): 
Industria et Virtute (Latin)
"Industry and Virtue"
Location in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Woburn
Location in the United States
Woburn
Woburn (Massachusetts)
Coordinates: 42°28′45″N 71°09′10″W / 42.47917°N 71.15278°W / 42.47917; -71.15278
Country United States
State Massachusetts
CountyMiddlesex
RegionNew England
Settled1640
Incorporated (town)1642
Incorporated (city)1889
Named afterWoburn, Bedfordshire
Government
  TypeMayor-council city
  City MayorMichael Concannon
  Ward
   aldermen
JoAnn Campbell (1)
William J. Pappalardo (2)
Jeffrey P. Dillon (3)
Joseph E. Demers (4)
Darlene Mercer-Bruen (5)
Jou Dimambro (6)
Charles Viola (7)
  At-large
   aldermen
Robert F. Toro Jr.
Robert J. Ferullo Jr.
Area
  Total
12.94 sq mi (33.52 km2)
  Land12.65 sq mi (32.76 km2)
  Water0.29 sq mi (0.76 km2)
Elevation
100 ft (30 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
40,876
  Density3,231.30/sq mi (1,247.64/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
  Summer (DST)UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Codes
01801, 01888
Area code339/781
FIPS code25-81035
GNIS feature ID0612270
Websitewww.woburnma.gov

Woburn (/ˈwbərn/ WOO-bərn) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,876 at the 2020 census. Woburn is located 9 miles (14 km) north of Boston. Woburn uses Massachusetts' mayor-council form of government, in which an elected mayor is the executive and a partly district-based, partly at-large city council is the legislature. It was the last of Massachusetts' 351 municipalities to refer to members of its city council as "aldermen".