Baldwin, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Baldwin, formerly known as Agassiz and also called Harvard North, Area 8 or Agassiz/Baldwin, is one of the thirteen neighborhoods of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

The neighborhood was formerly named for Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), a Harvard biologist and geologist.

Like many places and buildings formerly named for Agassiz, this change came following controversy over his scientific racist beliefs, including polygenism and eugenics.

The change was first proposed in City Council by Cambridge high school student Maya Counter in 2020.

The Baldwin neighborhood has two zip codes 02138 and 02140, which also serve the villages of West and North Cambridge, respectively.