Cochituate, Massachusetts
| Cochituate, Massachusetts | |
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| Census-designated place | |
Cochituate School
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| Coordinates: 42°19′40″N 71°21′37″W / 42.32778°N 71.36028°WCoordinates: 42°19′40″N 71°21′37″W / 42.32778°N 71.36028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Massachusetts |
| County | Middlesex |
| Town | Wayland |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.2 sq mi (10.8 km2) |
| • Land | 3.8 sq mi (9.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2) |
| Elevation | 174 ft (53 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 6,569 |
| • Density | 1,600/sq mi (610/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 01778 |
| Area code(s) | 508 |
| FIPS code | 25-14570 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0611909 |
Cochituate (/koʊˈtʃɪtʃuːɪt/; koh-CHIT-choo-it) is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Wayland in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,569 at the 2010 census.
Cochituate is located at 42°19′40″N 71°21′37″W / 42.32778°N 71.36028°W.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 10.8 km² (4.2 mi²). 9.9 km² (3.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²) of it (7.69%) is water.
It is home to Lake Cochituate and Dudley Pond. Both are used by residents year round; in the summer for boating and fishing, and in the winter for ice fishing. Lake Cochituate, which consists of four ponds connected by shallow, narrow waterways, is located in the towns of Natick, Framingham, and Wayland, Mass., 16 miles west of Boston. Lake Cochituate lies in the Sudbury River Basin; cochituate means “swift river” in the Algonquin language (Wilbur, 1978) and refers to Cochituate Brook (Schaller and Prescott, 1998), which connects the lake to the Sudbury River.
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