Everett is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, near Boston, Massachusetts. The population was 38,037 at the United States Census, 2000.

Everett is the only city in the United States with a bicameral legislature, which is composed of a seven-member Board of Aldermen and an 18-member Common Council.

Geography
It is located at (42.409916, -71.052206). It is bordered by Malden, Massachusetts on the north, Revere, Massachusetts on the east, Chelsea, Massachusetts on the southeast, Boston(which is only 4.1 miles away) and the Mystic River on the south, and Somerville, Massachusetts and Medford, Massachusetts...

Everett is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, near Boston, Massachusetts. The population was 38,037 at the United States Census, 2000.

Everett is the only city in the United States with a bicameral legislature, which is composed of a seven-member Board of Aldermen and an 18-member Common Council.

Geography
It is located at (42.409916, -71.052206). It is bordered by Malden, Massachusetts on the north, Revere, Massachusetts on the east, Chelsea, Massachusetts on the southeast, Boston(which is only 4.1 miles away) and the Mystic River on the south, and Somerville, Massachusetts and Medford, Massachusetts on the west. Everett is 4.1 miles north of Boston. Glendale Park is the city's largest park.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.7 square miles (9.5 km²), of which, 3.4 square miles (8.8 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.7 km²) of it (7.63%) is water.

History

Everett was originally part of Charlestown, Massachusetts, and later Malden, Massachusetts.