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The Chicken & Rice Guys moves headquarters to Woburn MA. Here's why

Wicked Local · Sep 25, 2026

The Chicken & Rice Guys to open Woburn hub, with takeout

NBC Boston · Sep 3, 2026

Woburn MA teen and grandmother’s nonprofit earns national praise

Wicked Local · Jul 28, 2026

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About Woburn

City in Massachusetts, United States

1640Established

40,876Population

12.9 sq miArea

98 ftElevation

Woburn ( WOO-bərn) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,876 at the 2020 census. Woburn is located 9 miles (14 km) north of Boston. Woburn uses Massachusetts' mayor-council form of government, in which an elected mayor is the executive and a partly district-based, partly at-large city council is the legislature. It was the last of Massachusetts' 351 municipalities to refer to members of its city council as "aldermen".

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#55Shortest commute in MA #100Lowest property tax in MA #108Fastest growing in MA All MA rankings →

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ZIP code01801, 01813, 01815

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Clyde ReevesElementary · Grades PK–5 · 451 students Hurld-Wyman Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 418 students Goodyear Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 352 students Malcolm WhiteElementary · Grades K–5 · 323 students ShamrockElementary · Grades PK–5 · 284 students Mary D AltavestaElementary · Grades K–5 · 248 students

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