Malden, Massachusetts

**Malden** is a suburban city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 66,263 at the 2020 census.

## Geography

Malden is located at . It is bordered by Melrose on the North, Everett on the south, Medford on the west, Revere on the east, and Saugus on the northeast.

## Neighborhoods

Like many communities in New England, many towns and neighborhoods are organized around "Squares" which are locations of crossroads and town commons dating from the colonial and early 19th century years. Many of the neighborhoods in Malden take their name and identity from the Square they are centered around.

Malden's squares include Malden Square (formerly Converse Square, and the location of downtown Malden), Oak Grove Square (at Oak Grove T Station, Bellrock Square (at the intersections of Cross, Main and Medford Sts.), Judson Square (near Ferryway Green/School), former Suffolk Square (at Cross and Bryant Streets, and the location of a thriving Jewish community until being claimed by urban renewal in the 1960s), Maplewood Square (at Lebanon, Maplewood and Salem Streets) and Linden Square.

Some of the neighborhoods in Malden include Faulkner (location of the former Suffolk Square) West End, Edgeworth, Linden, Ferryway, Forestdale, Maplewood, Bellrock, and Belmont Hill (located between Bellrock and Ferryway).

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Malden, Massachusetts
- **settlement type**: List of cities and towns in Massachusetts, City
- **imagesize**: 300
- **image seal**: Seal of Malden, Massachusetts.svg
- **image map**: Middlesex County Massachusetts incorporated and unincorporated areas Malden highlighted.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Location in Middlesex County in Massachusetts
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: State
- **subdivision name1**: Massachusetts
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Massachusetts, County
- **subdivision name2**: Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middlesex
- **established title**: Settled
- **established date**: 1640
- **established title2**: Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1649
- **established title3**: City
- **established date3**: 1882
- **government type**: Mayor–council government, Mayor–council
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total km2**: 13.16
- **area total sq mi**: 5.08
- **area land km2**: 13.06
- **area land sq mi**: 5.04
- **area water km2**: 0.10
- **area water sq mi**: 0.04
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population total**: 66263
- **population density km2**: 5072.11
- **population density sq mi**: 13136.99
- **elevation m**: 4
- **elevation ft**: 13
- **timezone**: Eastern Standard Time Zone, Eastern
- **utc offset**: −5
- **timezone dst**: Eastern Standard Time Zone, Eastern
- **utc offset dst**: −4
- **postal code type**: ZIP Code
- **postal code**: 02148
- **area code**: Area code 339, 339/Area code 781, 781
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 25-37875
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 0612773
- **population demonym**: Maldonian
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **pushpin map**: Boston Metro#Massachusetts#USA
- **pushpin label**: Malden