Woburn, Massachusetts

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Woburn, Massachusetts
City
Benjamin Thompson House, Woburn, Massachusetts
Seal
Motto(s):  Industria et Virtute (Latin) "Industry and Virtue"
Location in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Woburn, Massachusetts Location in the United States
Coordinates: 42°28′45″N 71°09′10″W / 42.47917°N 71.15278°W / 42.47917; -71.15278
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Middlesex
Region	New England
Settled	1640
Incorporated (town)	1642
Incorporated (city)	1889
Named for	Woburn, Bedfordshire
Government
• Type	Mayor-council city
• City Mayor	Michael Concannon[1]
• 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.[2]
Area [3]
• Total	12.94 sq mi (33.52 km2)
• Land	12.65 sq mi (32.76 km2)
• Water	0.29 sq mi (0.76 km2)
Elevation	100 ft (30 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	40,876
• Density	3,231.30/sq mi (1,247.64/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Codes	01801, 01888
Area code	339/781
FIPS code	25-81035
GNIS feature ID	0612270
Website	www.woburnma.gov

Woburn (/ˈwuːbərn/ 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".