Houses for Rent in Middlesex County, MA

3 BEDS, 2.5 BATHS

$5,500

15 Oliver St

15 Oliver St, Somerville, MA 02145
2 BEDS, 2 BATHS

$3,200

23 Franklin St

23 Franklin St, Watertown, MA 02472
1 BED, 1 BATH

$1,800

8 Jefferson St

8 Jefferson St, Cambridge, MA 02141
1 BED, 1 BATH

$1,500

231 Lakeside Ave

231 Lakeside Ave, Marlborough, MA 01752
4 BEDS, 2 BATHS

$3,600

231 Lakeside Ave

231 Lakeside Ave, Marlborough, MA 01752
2 BEDS, 1 BATH

$2,500

66 S Bedford St

66 S Bedford St, Woburn, MA 01801
4 BEDS, 2 BATHS

$3,600

231 Lakeside Ave

231 Lakeside Ave, Marlborough, MA 01752
3 BEDS, 2 BATHS

$4,500

441 Medford St

441 Medford St, Malden, MA 02148
4 BEDS, 2 BATHS

$3,950

4301 Pouliot Pl

4301 Pouliot Pl, Wilmington, MA 01887
3 BEDS, 2 BATHS

$3,650

15 Richard St

15 Richard St, Malden, MA 02148
4 BEDS, 4 BATHS

$5,200

54 Central St

54 Central St, Waltham, MA 02453
2 BEDS, 1 BATH

$2,800

70 Spruce St

70 Spruce St, Acton, MA 01720
3 BEDS, 2 BATHS

$3,000

136 Framingham Rd

136 Framingham Rd, Marlborough, MA 01752
5 BEDS, 4.5 BATHS

$12,000

27 Gammons Rd

27 Gammons Rd, Waban, MA 02468

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4 BEDS, 3 BATHS

$7,000

3 Woodside Rd

3 Woodside Rd, Newton, MA 02460

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4 BEDS, 2 BATHS

$4,500

443 Waltham St

443 Waltham St, Lexington, MA 02421

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2 BEDS, 1 BATH

$2,850

12 Mount Pleasant St Unit 2

12 Mount Pleasant St, Somerville, MA 02145

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6 BEDS, 2 BATHS

$4,500

67 Pearl St

67 Pearl St, Newton, MA 02458

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5 BEDS, 2 BATHS

$5,750

5 Dickson St

5 Dickson St, Somerville, MA 02144

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1 BED, 1 BATH

$3,200

22 Forest St

22 Forest St, Cambridge, MA 02140

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3 BEDS, 2 BATHS

$2,995

105 Milton St

105 Milton St, Arlington, MA 02474

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3 BEDS, 1 BATH

$2,995

115 Withington Rd

115 Withington Rd, Newton, MA 02460

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3 BEDS, 2.5 BATHS

$13,000

3 Howland St

3 Howland St, Cambridge, MA 02138

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5 BEDS, 2 BATHS

$6,000

14 Dow St

14 Dow St, Somerville, MA 02144

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3 BEDS, 2 BATHS

$4,250

36 Hillsboro Rd

36 Hillsboro Rd, Medford, MA 02155

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4 BEDS, 2.5 BATHS

$7,200

267 Norfolk St

267 Norfolk St, Cambridge, MA 02139

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3 BEDS, 2.5 BATHS

$3,950

1 Harvard Rd

1 Harvard Rd, Framingham, MA 01701

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4 BEDS, 3.5 BATHS

$8,650

6 Francis Ave

6 Francis Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138

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3 BEDS, 1 BATH

$3,750+

6 BEDS, 1 BATH

$7,000+

4 High St

4 High St, Somerville, MA 02144

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3 BEDS, 2.5 BATHS

$4,500

577 Winter St

577 Winter St, Framingham, MA 01702

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5 BEDS, 2.5 BATHS

$4,500

15 Highgate Rd

15 Highgate Rd, Framingham, MA 01701

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2 BEDS, 1 BATH

$3,299

183 Whiley Rd

183 Whiley Rd, Groton, MA 01450

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3 BEDS, 2.5 BATHS

$5,500

8 Dickson Ln

8 Dickson Ln, Weston, MA 02493

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1 BED, 1 BATH

$1,300

218 Warren St

218 Warren St, Watertown, MA 02472

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3 BEDS, 1 BATH

$2,995

115 Withington Rd

115 Withington Rd, Newton, MA 02460

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3 BEDS, 2.5 BATHS

$7,500

267 Norfolk St

267 Norfolk St, Cambridge, MA 02139

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3 BEDS, 1.5 BATHS

$3,800

32 River St

32 River St, Arlington, MA 02474

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4 BEDS, 2.5 BATHS

$4,600

12 Knowles Farm Rd

12 Knowles Farm Rd, Arlington, MA 02474

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4 BEDS, 2 BATHS

$4,850

61 Amsden St

61 Amsden St, Arlington, MA 02474

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3 BEDS, 4.5 BATHS

$12,000

140 Banks St

140 Banks St, Cambridge, MA 02138

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6 BEDS, 2 BATHS

$7,500

80 Curtis St

80 Curtis St, Somerville, MA 02144

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STUDIO, 1 BATH

$1,900

177 Lincoln Rd

177 Lincoln Rd, Lincoln, MA 01773

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Middlesex County, Massachusetts

This story from Massachusetts was published to explain what happened to an old oak tree in the Natick area, nicknamed the Elliott Tree:

“An old hollow oak in the roadway, which had been valued as a historic link with the past, was cut down. This act provoked great indignation. A lawsuit followed, which was settled by the offenders against public opinion paying the costs, and planting trees in the public green.”

Who was this group of tree huggers so outraged by the loss of one tree they filed a lawsuit, forcing the offender to plant new trees? Was it the Sierra Club? Was it the Arbor Day Foundation? Neither. It was a group of citizens living in the area in 1842.

Even then, it seems, Massachusetts was a hotbed of progressive thought. The quote comes from History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, published in 1880. The story even provoked local poet Longfellow into action; this excerpt is from a poem he penned for the Elliott Tree:

Thou ancient Oak! Whose myriad leaves are loud
With sounds of unintelligible speech,
Sounds as of surges on a shingly beach,
Or multitudinous murmurs of a crowd…

Longfellow was a resident of Middlesex County; for almost 50 years he lived in a house at 105 Brattle Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, now called the Longfellow Home. Previously, the house had served as the headquarters of George Washington.

Generally, New England states do not have an active county government as compared to the rest of the country. Some county governments in the Commonwealth have been “abolished,” their offices being put under the direction of the state. Middlesex County government was abolished in 1997, but geographic boundaries continue for administrative purposes.

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