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Middlesex County is a county in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. At the 2010 census, the population was 1,503,085,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/25/25017.html )〕 making it the twenty-third most populous county in the United States, and the most populous county in both Massachusetts and New England. For administrative purposes the county held two regions, Middlesex-North with its county seat in Lowell, and Middlesex-South with its county seat in Cambridge.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Middlesex County is included in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county government was abolished in 1997, but the county boundaries continue to describe a state district for court jurisdictions and for other administrative purposes, such as an indicator for elections. Massachusetts counties also define locations for National Weather Service weather alerts (such as severe thunderstorm warnings). In 2010, the center of population of Massachusetts was located in Middlesex County, in the town of Natick.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Centers of Population by State: 2010 )〕 , Middlesex County was tenth in the United States on the list of most millionaires per county. ==History== The county was created by the Massachusetts General Court on May 10, 1643, when it was ordered "that the whole plantation within this jurisdiction be divided into four sheires". Middlesex initially contained Charlestown, Cambridge, Watertown, Sudbury, Concord, Woburn, Medford, Wayland, and Reading.〔Davis, William T. ''Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts'', p. 44. The Boston History Company, 1895.〕 In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Boston annexed several adjacent cities and towns including Charlestown and Brighton from Middlesex County, resulting in an enlargement of Suffolk County. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Middlesex County, Massachusetts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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