MALDEN  , a

city, including several villages, of Middlesex county, Massachusetts, U.S.A., on the Malden river, about 5 M . N. of Boston . Pop . (189o), 23,031, (1900), 33,664, of whom 9513 were foreign-born, 3673 being English Canadians, 87o English, and 617 Swedes; (1910 census) 44,404 . Malden had in 1906 a land area of 4.78 sq. m . It is served by the Boston & Maine railroad, and by inter-urban electric railways . Although it is largely a residential suburb of Boston—its post office is a Boston sub-station—it has important manufacturing industries . The most valuable manufactured product is rubber boots and shoes . The capital invested in manufacturing in 1905 was $5,553,432; and the value of the factory product, $11,235,635, was 70.2% greater than the value of the factory product in 1900 . Among Malden's institutions are the public library (endowed by Elisha S . Converse), the Malden hospital, the Malden day nursery, a Young Men's Christian Association, and a home for the aged . A fine system of parks is maintained; the best known is possibly Pine Banks .

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north and west is the Middlesex Fells, a state reservation; about 6o acres of this and about 20 acres of the Middlesex Fells Parkway lie within Malden . Malden, when first settled about 164o, was part of Charlestown, and was known for some years as Mystic Side . It was incorporated as a town under the name of " Mauldon " in 1649, and was chartered as a city in 1881 . The north part of Malden was set off in 18rso to form Melrose, and the south part in r87o to form the'town of Everett . Malden was the birthplace of Adoniram Judson, the " apostle to Burma." Michael Wigglesworth was pastor here from 1656 until 1705 . See D . P . Corey, History of Malden (Malden, 1899) ; and Malden, Past and Present (Malden, 1899) .