Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Medford” in chapter 2 of HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855.:
... is written Metford, and in the records of the Massachusetts Colony, 1641, Meadfoard.
The Selectmen and Town-clerks often spelled it Meadford ; but, after April, 1715, it has been uniformly written Medford .
No reason is given for these changes; and why it received its first name, history does not tell us. Josselyn in 1638, writes thus: On the north-west side of the (Mystic) river is the town of Misti...
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| † | Medford (Massachusetts, United States) | 4,117 | 1,971 | 81 | 3 | 0 user votes | |
| Medford (Arkansas, United States) | 26 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Medford (Oregon, United States) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Medford (Maryland, United States) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Medford (Maine, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Medford (Minnesota, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Medford (Missouri, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Medford (New York, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Medford (Oklahoma, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Medford (Tennessee, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Medford (Wisconsin, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
† This entity has been selected by the automated classifier as the most likely match in this context. It may or may not be the correct match.