ARLINGTON  , a township of

Middlesex county in E . Massa- chusetts, U.S.A . Pop . (1890) 5629; (1900) 8603, of whom 2387 were foreign-born; (1910 census) 11,187 Area, sa sq. m . It is served by the Boston & Maine railway . It has pleasant residential villages (Arlington, Arlington Heights, &c.) with attractive environs, and there is an excellent public library (the Robbins library) . At Arlington Heights there are several well-known sanatoriums . Spy Pond (about too acres) is one of the prettiest bodies of water in the vicinity of Boston . Arlington is an important centre for market-gardening (in hot-houses), and along Mill Brook, in the township, are several factories, including chrome works,, a large mill and a manufactory of pianoforte cases . In 1762 Arlington was made a " precinct " of Cambridge (of which it was a part from 1635 to 1807) under the name of Menotomy . In 1807 it became a separate township under the name (retained until 1867) of West Cambridge . See B. and W .

R . Cutter,

History of the Town of Arlington . . . 1637-1879 (Boston, 1880); and C . S . Parker, The Town of Arlington, Past and Present (Arlington, 1907) .