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Place Name
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Framingham
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Pronunciation
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FRAI-meeng-ham
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Place Status (Type)
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town
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Population
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64,994 (1990)
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Location
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Middlesex County, Massachusetts (MA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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42°19'N
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Longitude
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71°26'W
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Framingham
(FRAI-meeng-ham), town (1990 pop. 64,994), Middlesex
co., E Mass., on the Sudbury R. bet. Worcester and Boston; 42°19'N
71°26'W. Framingham has a very diverse mfg. base (footwear, hats,
loudspeakers, chemicals, rubber, paper, ice cream, printing and
publishing, computer components, and software). Framingham State Col.
was 1st state normal school in U.S. (1839). Min. security women's
state prison. Many large retail malls. Callahan State Park; Garden in
the Woods. Settled 1650, inc. 1700.
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