Marlborough, Massachusetts Marlborough, Massachusetts Official seal of Marlborough, Massachusetts Marlborough, Massachusetts is positioned in the US Marlborough, Massachusetts - Marlborough, Massachusetts Marlborough (often spelled Marlboro) is a town/city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
Marlborough became a prosperous industrialized town in the 19th century and made the transition to high technology trade in the late 20th century after the assembly of the Massachusetts Turnpike.
Marlborough was declared a town in 1660.
4.1 Marlborough Regional Chamber of Commerce The village was titled after Marlborough, the market town in Wiltshire, England.
It was first settled in 1657 by 14 men led by Edmund Rice, John Ruddock and John Howe; in 1656 Rice and his colleagues petitioned the Massachusetts General Court to problematic the town of Marlborough and it was officially incorporated in 1660.
Rice was propel a selectman at Marlborough in 1657.
Sumner Chilton Powell wrote, in Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town, "Not only did Rice turn into the biggest individual landholder in Sudbury, but he represented his new town in the Massachusetts council for five years and devoted at least eleven of his last fifteen years to serving as selectman and judge of small causes." Marlborough was one of the seven "Praying Indian Towns" because they were converted to Christianity by the Rev.
In 1711 Marlborough's territory encompassed Northborough, Southborough, Westborough and Hudson.
As population, business, and travel interval in the colonies, Marlborough became a favored rest stop on the Boston Post Road.
By 1890, with a populace of 14,000, Marlborough had turn into a primary shoe manufacturing center, producing boots for Union soldiers, as well as footwear for the civilian population.
Marlborough became so well known for its shoes that its official seal was decorated with a factory, a shoe box, and a pair of boots when it was incorporated as a town/city in 1890. Legend has it that a business from Marlborough, assigned to Harpers Ferry, appropriated the bell from the firehouse where John Brown last battled for the emancipation of the slaves.
Elizabeth Snyder for 30 years, returning in 1892 to bring it back to Marlborough.
Around that time, Marlborough is believed to have been the first improve in the nation to receive a charter for a streetcar system, edging out Baltimore by a several months.
As a burgeoning industrialized community, Marlborough began attracting skilled craftsmen from Quebec, Ireland, Italy, and Greece. Shoe manufacturing continued in Marlborough long after the trade had fled many other New England communities.
Operated a several factories in Marlborough from 1875 to 1929.
Famous Frye boots were produced here through the 1970s, and The Rockport Company, established in Marlborough in 1971, continues to maintain an supply store in the city.
In 1990, when Marlborough jubilated its centennial as a city, the festivities encompassed the assembly of a park in acknowledgment of the shoe industry, featuring statues by the sculptor David Kapenteopolous.
With its easy access to primary highways and the pro-business, pro-development policies of the town/city government, the populace of Marlborough has increased to over 38,000 at the time of the 2010 census.
Marlborough is positioned at 42 21 3 N 71 32 51 W (42.350909, -71.547530). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 22.2 square miles (57 km2), of which, 21.1 square miles (55 km2) of it is territory and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2) of it (4.87%) is water.
Marlborough is drained by the Assabet River.
Marlborough is crossed by Interstate 495, U.S.
The easterly end of Interstate 290 is also in Marlborough.
Marlborough is positioned in easterly Massachusetts, bordered by six towns: Marlborough Source: United States Enumeration records and Population Estimates Program data. Marlborough is home to various businesses, stores and restaurants.
Companies from a wide range of industries with a momentous existence in Marlborough include TJX, Raytheon, Hewlett-Packard, AMD, Navilyst Medical, Netezza, Boston Scientific, Sunovion (formerly Sepracor), AT&T, Apple Inc., Egenera, Evergreen Solar, Fidelity Investments, Quest Diagnostics, Lucent Technologies, VCE, Cavium and the many other businesses large and small that furnish the strong company improve in the city.
Marlborough Regional Chamber of Commerce The Marlborough Regional Chamber of Commerce is the small-town chamber of commerce for Marlborough and five other encircling towns in Metro - West Massachusetts.
The Chamber of Commerce's part has encompassed working with the Metro - West Regional Transit Authority to advancement transit options and to obtain recognition for Marlborough's Downtown Village as a cultural district. Marlborough High School Whitcomb School Formerly 4-7 School, Marlborough Middle School, and Marlborough Intermediate Elementary School See also Marlborough Public Schools Marlborough is positioned near the intersection of Routes 495, 290, 20 and the Massachusetts Turnpike. It is connected to neighboring suburbs and metros/cities by MWRTA. Marlborough is served by Two Interstate, one U.S Highway and one state highways: I-495.svg Interstate 495 (Massachusetts) Interstate Interstate 495 (Massachusetts) north south I-290.svg Interstate 290 (Massachusetts) Interstate Interstate 290 (Massachusetts) east west The Metro - West Regional Transit Authority (MWRTA) operates a county-wide bus service which provides fixed route enhance bus lines servicing multiple communities in the Metro - West region, including the suburbs of Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Hopkinton, Milford, Marlborough, Sudbury, Sherborn, Natick and Weston. MWRTA Routes 7 connect Marlborough with Framingham which is well connected to Boston and other parts of the state via rail and bus. MWRTA Route 7 - C (Inner City Marlborough) line runs roughly east west through Marlborough.
This route runs through the downtown Marlborough and joins multiple Shopping Complexes/Malls, residentiary localities and Marlborough Hospital. Transfers can be made between routes 7 and 7 - C at the Marlborough City Hall stop. The City of Marlborough announced that Peter Pan Bus service will begin offering service to Boston twice daily for $6.00 starting October 19, 2015 A number of private Taxi/Limousine services have been listed as being directed in Marlborough e.g.
Marlborough City Taxi, American Way, Etc. The Metro - West Daily News, a daily journal covering Marlborough and encircling communities in the Metro - West region The Marlborough Enterprise, the city's weekly journal Channel 8 (Comcast), Channel 34 (Verizon): WMCT-TV Your Community Station (Marlborough Cable Trust).
Channel 96 (Comcast), Channel 33 (Verizon): Marlborough Access, Public Access Television (Marlborough Cable Trust).
Channel 98: Marlborough Public Schools' student run station Marlborough Virtual Town Hall Unofficial Marlborough Massachusetts web site with discussion forum The Peter Rice Homestead (c.1688), home of the Marlborough Historical Society Marlborough Center Historic District Horatio Alger, Jr., author, graduated from high school in Marlborough in 1847 (The city's annual Horatio Alger Street Fair was retitled the Harvest Fair in 2007.) Marcia Cross, actress best known for her part in Desperate Housewives; graduated from Marlborough High School in 1980 United Kingdom - Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom from 1657 National Register of Historic Places listings in Marlborough, Massachusetts City of Marlborough, MA.
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