Cambridge.
1 City (2020 pop. 13,096), seat of Dorchester co., E Md.,
Eastern Shore, a port of entry on the Choptank River at its mouth on
Chesapeake Bay; founded 1684, inc. as a city 1884. It is a fishing and
yachting center. The city has shipyards, seafood and vegetable canneries,
and electronic, clothing, and printing industries, and tourism is also
important. Nearby Old Trinity Church (c.1675; restored 1960) is said to be
the oldest church in the United States still in use. The Harriet
Tubman–Underground Railroad national monument and state park and
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge are also nearby. 2 City
(2020 pop. 118,403), seat of Middlesex co., E Mass., across the Charles
River from Boston; settled 1630 as New Towne, inc. as a city 1846. A famous
educational and research center, it is the seat of Harvard (founded 1636),
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lesley College, and several
theological seminaries. Its printing and publishing industry dates from
about 1639, when Stephen Daye established the first printing press in
America. Cambridge was a gathering place for American Revolutionary troops;
there, on July 3, 1775, Washington took command. It was the first seat of
the Massachusetts constitutional convention of 1780. Its numerous historic
houses and sites include the Cooper-Frost-Austin house (c.1657); Harvard
Yard, the old center of the university campus; and Mt. Auburn Cemetery,
where Lowell, Longfellow, Mary Baker Eddy, and other notables are buried.
The city's neighborhoods include fashionable Harvard Square; Kendall Square,
a computing and biotechnology hub near MIT; and working-class East
Cambridge. 3 City (2020 pop. 10,195), seat of Guernsey co., E
central Ohio; settled 1798 by immigrants from the Isle of Guernsey, inc.
1837. It is the trade and manufacturing center for a dairy and livestock
area. Lakes and parks surround the city. The large Salt Fork State Park is
nearby.
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