page_title: Malden, Massachusetts
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Malden, Massachusetts / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Map of the lower stretch of the Middlesex Canal, north of Boston, Massachusetts, 1852. This map was made about the time the canal was abandoned, some 50 years after its construction was completed.
context_page_description: Malden is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. At the time of the 2010 United States Census, the population was at 59,450 people. In 2009, Malden was named the "Best Place to Raise Your Kids" in Massachusetts by Bloomberg Businessweek.
context_section_description: Malden is bordered by Melrose on the north, Stoneham on the northwest, Medford on the west, Everett on the south, Revere on the east, and Saugus on the northeast. Boojum Rock located in the north west corner of Malden inside the Middlesex Fells Reservation is the  highest point in Malden with an elevation of approximately 275 feet.
  According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.1 square miles (13 km²), of which 5.1 square miles (13 km²) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) (0.78%) is water. Bordered on the northwest by the cliffs of Middlesex Fells, Malden is drained by the Malden River.
caption: 1852 map of Boston showing Malden
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