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Medford, Massachusetts Map Art
Building by building, with labeled streets and shaded relief.
12" x 18" Archival Matte Print
A Map of Home. A Work of Art.
Explore Medford, Massachusetts from a whole new perspective. Created using aerial imagery and detailed geographic data, this map captures Medford building by building, with labeled streets, familiar landmarks, and shaded topographical relief that highlights the natural contours of the landscape.
Combining modern data with the timeless character of a vintage atlas, this map is just as interesting up close as it is beautiful on the wall. Whether you grew up in Medford, spent memorable years there, or call it home today, this unique map is a great way to celebrate a place that means something to you. Zoom in on the preview to look for your street, and then order a print to put your memories on the wall.
Three ways to hang it
Unframed archival matte, a black wood frame or a white wood frame.
Up close
Geography Worth Displaying
This map was created using accurate cartographic data and authoritative geographic sources, including the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and FEMA. The map brings together terrain, waterways, roads, and building detail. The majority of the streets are labeled, houses are accurately depicted, and the topography is derived from government sources. Combining local data with carefully composed color and shading leads to this beautifully detailed Medford artwork for your wall.
Rather than simply showing street outlines, we’ve included as many of the street names as we could reasonably fit on the map while keeping their names legible. Zoom in on the high resolution preview to see exactly what’s on the map. We truly set out to create a statement piece for anyone who loves Medford. So whether it’s for you, or a gift for someone you love, we hope this map of Medford brings back fond memories.
Explore the full map of Medford, Massachusetts and read about the local places it shows.
Find your street
Names on the Medford map
Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.
Places and landmarks17
- Black Rock
- Boojum Rock
- Clarendon Hill
- College Hill
- Bellevue Pond
- Fells Reservoir
- Brooks Estate
- Middlesex Fells Reservation
- Oak Grove Cemetery
- Wright's Pond
- Wellington
- West Medford
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- Glenwood
- Winter Hill
- Medford Hillside
- Malden Highlands
- Brooks Park
Streets and roads299
- Mystic Avenue
- Winthrop Street
- Main Street
- Mystic Valley Parkway
- High Street
- Salem Street
- Fellsway West
- Fellsway
- Revere Beach Parkway
- Corporation Way
- College Avenue
- Forest Street
- Boston Avenue
- Riverside Avenue
- Harvard Street
- Cross Street
- Arlington Street
- Governors Avenue
- Fulton Street
- Playstead Road
- South Border Road
- Grove Street
- Whitmore Brook Entrance
- Spring Street
- Lawrence Road
- Woburn Street
- Park Street
- Woodland Road
- Central Avenue
- Highland Avenue
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- Willis Avenue
- Elm Street
- Brooks Street
- Grant Avenue
- Sheridan Avenue
- Fourth Street
- Washington Street
- Jerome Street
- Gaston Street
- Doonan Street
- George Street
- Lincoln Road
- Sharon Street
- Commercial Street
- Harvard Avenue
- Allston Street
- Second Street
- Ashcroft Road
- Myrtle Street
- Mystic Street
- Summer Street
- Monument Street
- Sagamore Avenue
- Brookside Parkway
- Capen Street
- Fells Avenue
- Warren Street
- Wyman Street
- Century Street
- Auburn Street
- Pine Ridge Road
- Third Street
- Ring Road
- Locust Street
- Traincroft Street
- Norwich Circle
- Brookings Street
- South Street
- Bow Street
- Winchester Street
- Otis Street
- North Street
- Walsh Street
- Fern Road
- Sturges Street
- Winford Way
- Dudley Street
- Sherwood Road
- Bonner Avenue
- Medford Street
- Park Avenue
- Dover Street
- Terrace Road
- Bowdoin Street
- Saunders Street
- East Border Road
- Fountain Street
- East Albion Street
- West Street
- Edward Street
- Cedar Road
- Orchard Street
- Damon Road
- Yale Street
- Summit Road
- McCormack Avenue
- Adams Street
- Taft Street
- Roberts Road
- Tamar Drive
- Belle Avenue
- Paris Street
- Surrey Street
- Whitney Road
- Grover Road
- Cotting Street
- Morton Avenue
- Wareham Street
- Court Street
- Water Street
- Albion Street
- Greenleaf Avenue
- Aquavia Road
- Marion Street
- Woodruff Avenue
- Windsor Road
- Woodside Road
- Canal Street
- Ravine Road
- Whittier Road
- Ashland Street
- Hume Avenue
- Bradlee Road
- Rural Avenue
- Gibson Street
- Horne Avenue
- Cushing Street
- Bower Street
- Hancock Street
- Ship Avenue
- Pinkert Street
- Richard Street
- Wicklow Avenue
- Hutchins Road
- Hall Street
- Madison Street
- Stanley Avenue
- Logan Avenue
- Hastings Lane
- Foster Court
- Oakland Street
- Buzzells Lane
- Essex Street
- Vernon Street
- Vista Avenue
- Colby Street
- Pierce Avenue
- Burnside Street
- Sixth Street
- Poole Street
- Ripley Road
- Ross Street
- Everett Street
- Franklin Street
- Fifth Street
- Pearl Street
- Bristol Road
- Hall Avenue
- Rita Drive
- Ninth Street
- Linden Street
- Royall Street
- Henry Street
- Cobb Street
- Curtis Street
- Middlesex Avenue
- Mystic River Road
- River's Edge Drive
- Fulton Spring Road
- Webster Street
- Wolcott Street
- Golden Avenue
- Dexter Street
- Cedar Road North
- Marshall Street
- Wason Street
- Circuit Road
- Andrews Street
- Bussell Road
- Billings Avenue
- Winslow Avenue
- Clewley Road
- Lincoln Street
- Emerald Street
- Almont Street
- Maurice Street
- Tainter Street
- Hicks Avenue
- Main Entry Road
- Tyler Avenue
- Sydney Street
- Chester Avenue
- Clark Street
- Amaranth Avenue
- Bradshaw Street
- Pleasant Street
- Cabot Road
- Fulbright Street
- Headland Way
- Foss Street
- Constitution Way
- Brewster Road
- Ridgeway Road
- Hunewill Avenue
- Thatcher Street
- Wildwood Road
- Linwood Street
- Daly Road
- Evans Street
- Packard Avenue
- Boynton Road
- Light Guard Drive
- Cleveland Street
- Oak Ridge Road
- Thomas Street
- Ellsworth Street
- Kilgore Avenue
- Grace Road
- Eliot Street
- Haines Street
- Lund Road
- Sycamore Avenue
- Touro Avenue
- Smith Lane
- Lewis Street
- Tesla Avenue
- Valley Street
- Willard Avenue
- Swan Street
- Vine Street
- Lila Avenue
- Saint Clare Road
- Burbank Road
- Hatch Road
- Earl Avenue
- Keith Road
- McCall Street
- Murray Hill Road
- Corey Street
- Ellis Avenue
- Paul Road
- Arden Road
- Lawrence Street
- Magoun Avenue
- Burget Avenue
- Woods Road
- Farragut Avenue
- Saint James Road
- Holton Street
- Cherry Street
- William Street
- Garfield Avenue
- Gourley Road
- Robinson Road
- Stearns Avenue
- Chipman Street
- Englehutt Road
- Exchange Avenue
- North Hill Road
- Martin Street
- Baxter Street
- Harris Road
- Wilson Street
- Cummings Street
- Cottage Street
- Sherman Place
- Carberry Street
- Austin Road
- Newton Road
- Regis Road
- Cooper Street
- Girard Road
- Hale Avenue
- Capen Street Extended
- Watervale Road
- Bowen Avenue
- Mitchell Avenue
- Powder House Road
- Lambert Street
- Piggott Road
- Hickory Avenue
- Hancock Avenue
- Gleason Street
- Brainard Avenue
- Wellington Road
- Saint Clements Road
- Osborne Road
- Emerson Street
- Reardon Road
- Earhart Landing
- Hillside Avenue
- Goldsmith Avenue
- Daniels Street
- Hillsboro Road
- Butler Street
- Blake Street
- Roland Street
- Clifton Street
- Allen Court
Names are listed as they appear on the printed map. Zoom into the product photos to find them.
About Medford, Massachusetts
Medford is a city of 59,659 people in Middlesex County, on the Mystic River. The Naumkeag people spent their winters here, growing corn and setting fish weirs in the river. In 1639 the colony purchased what is now West Medford from their leader, the Squaw Sachem of Mistick. English colonists had arrived in 1630 and settled the place as part of Charlestown. Thomas Dudley named it Mistick for the river, and his party later changed the name to Meadford.
In 1637 a toll bridge went up over the Mystic at the spot where Main Street now crosses into Medford Square on the Cradock Bridge. It stayed the only bridge over the river until 1787, so travelers from the north bound for Boston came through town. Medford had 230 people in 1700 and 1,114 in 1800. After 1880 farms were cut into house lots, the count reached 18,244 by 1900, and Medford became a city in 1892.
“Eight generations of men and women have been born in Medford, have lived and labored and passed away, and yet the place is Medford still, no mean city, for twenty thousand people call it by the dearest name of home.”
- Medford rum and crackersAndrew Hall is thought to have started Medford's first distillery in 1735, beside a spring known for its fine water. The 1855 town history says Medford rum became so famous that other New England distillers put Medford's name on their barrels. After taking over Ebenezer Hall's bakery in 1797, Convers Francis created the Medford cracker, so called because each split into two even halves. In 1834 the town's historian spotted a sign for them in a London shop window.
- 513 ships by 1855Thatcher Magoun laid his first keel on the Mystic in 1802, and other yards soon lined the river. In 1845 they launched thirty vessels in one year, and the Shooting Star, Medford's first clipper ship, followed in 1850. By 1855 the town's yards had built 513 vessels. The shipyards are gone, but the Federal and Greek Revival houses of the Old Ship Street Historic District went up during those years.
- Paul Revere at Isaac Hall'sPaul Revere rode into Medford late on the night of April 18, 1775, woke Isaac Hall, captain of the minute-men, and then crossed the bridge. Hall's house on High Street, built by his father Andrew about 1720, is now the oldest one left in Medford Square. Within a week New Hampshire men had gathered in Medford and asked John Stark to lead them. The Isaac Hall House joined the National Register in 1975.
- The moths of Myrtle StreetLeopold Trouvelot, a French naturalist, hoped to breed a better silkworm at his Glenwood home, and in 1868 some of his gypsy moths got loose. Each year the caterpillars grew worse, until in 1889 they stripped every leaf from neighbors' apple and pear trees. The state sprayed Glenwood and Wellington, burned caterpillars with kerosene torches and posted special police on roads out of town to keep wagons from carrying them away. The moth spread across North America anyway.
- Over the RiverA trip across Medford to her grandparents' house gave Lydia Maria Child the poem later sung as "Over the River and Through the Wood." About 1839 the shipbuilder Paul Curtis had enlarged that farmhouse and given it an Ionic portico. Tufts restored the Paul Curtis House in 1976, and it still stands on South Street near the river.
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The art of mapping a place
How This Map Was Made
Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.
The view from above
Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.
The shape of the land
Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.
The details of home
Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.
Geography becomes art
Considered color, shading, and typography bring the layers together in a map made for your wall.
Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.
The Details
About This Print
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Materials & Craftsmanship
A contemporary map with the character of a classic atlas, printed on archival matte paper. Optional frames are made from Ayous wood.
Your printed map does not include the watermark shown in the full-map preview.
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