North Attleborough, Massachusetts North Attleborough, Massachusetts North Attleborough Town Hall North Attleborough Town Hall Official seal of North Attleborough, Massachusetts North Attleborough, generally written North Attleboro, is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.
The populace was 28,712 at the 2010 United States Census.
The village of North Attleborough Center is positioned in the town.
North Attleborough [formerly a part of Attleborough] is an industrialized town on the Rhode Island border.
John Woodcock and family established a small settlement in North Attleborough in 1669, which subsisted on agriculture, fishing and hunting.
The Garrison home is still open for tours and is an especially prominent destination for field trips by small-town school children.
By 1776, there were 2200 citizens living in North Attleborough.
In about 1780, a French settler set up a forge for working brass and the industrialized era appeared in Attleborough.
By 1834, it was said that North Attleboro produced more buttons than anywhere else in the United States.
Until 1887, North Attleborough was part of Attleborough.
The inhabitants of the village of East Attleborough (now Attleborough centre) chose to secede, and had the higher populace and the votes to keep the name of Attleboro, the traditional spelling.
North Attleborough, the initial settlement, kept the initial official spelling, but lost the distinct ion of being Attleborough, and its beginning date of 1694 was also appropriated by Attleborough.
In the twentieth century, North Attleborough was home at various times to the jewelry firms Jostens, the world's biggest class ring manufacturer and the Balfour Company, prominent manufacturer of championship rings including for the National Football League's Super Bowl champions and Major League Baseball's World Series' winners.
By 1855, there were 24 shops making almost $1 million in jewelry in both Attleborough and North Attleborough.
In 1887, North Attleboro was officially incorporated as a town.
In 2006, North Attleborough was rated in the top ten for experienced sports communities in the entire nation and was also listed as one of the most affordable and safest places to raise a family.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 19.0 square miles (49 km2), of which 18.6 square miles (48 km2) is territory and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) (2.15%) is water.
It is bordered by Plainville to the north, Mansfield to the east, Attleborough to the south, and Cumberland, Rhode Island to the west.
Localities include Adamsdale, Attleborough Falls and Sheldonville Farms.
The town is positioned 16 miles north of Providence, Rhode Island, 38 miles southwest of Boston and 42 miles southeast of Worcester, Massachusetts.
The town has a several rivers, streams and brooks running through it, including the Ten Mile River and the Seven Mile River.
The town's biggest park, World War I Memorial Park, is positioned in the northern part of town and contains the highest point in Bristol County - Sunrise Hill (Watery Hill) at 390 feet above sea level.
There is also the North Attleborough Arboretum adjoining to the park.
On High Street, one block from Route 1 - A is an ice-skating pond called Titus Pond which is maintained by the North Attleborough Rotary Club and filled each winter by the Fire Department.
There are five cemeteries in North Attleborough: the diminutive and inactive Woodcock Cemetery athwart from the Woodcock Garrison home just north of downtown; Paine Road Cemetery near the Cumberland, Rhode Island, border; Mt.
The latter three are positioned in the village of Attleborough Falls.
Source: United States Enumeration records and Population Estimates Program data. North Attleborough is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives by Elizabeth "Betty" Poirier (R-North Attleborough), since 1999, as part of the Fourteenth Bristol district, which also includes sections of Attleborough and Mansfield. In the State Senate, it is represented by Richard Ross (R-Wrentham) as part of the Norfolk, Bristol & Middlesex district, which includes the suburbs of Wayland, Sherborn, Millis, Norfolk, Wrentham and Plainville as well as sections of Natick, Wellesley, Needham, Franklin and Attleborough. Ross won the seat in a special election in May 2010.
On the nationwide level, North Attleborough is a part of Massachusetts's 4th congressional precinct in the United States House of Representatives represented by Joseph P.
North Attleborough has a representative town meeting form of government, with an propel board of selectmen and a town administrator appointed by the selectmen.
The North Attleborough Police Department is positioned downtown in the old H.F.
There are three fire stations, positioned downtown on Elm Street just off Route 1, Allen Ave behind Emerald Square Mall and on Route 152 in the easterly portion of town.
The town has its own school department, led by Superintendent of Schools Suzan Cullen since May 2011.
Schools are funded by small-town RTM appropriation of available funds raised from small-town taxes and State aid.
Resulting in over $600,000 annually from fees, the North Attleborough school System remains one of the lowest funded schools, based on per pupil expenditure, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
As a result, Allen Avenue Elementary School was closed at the conclusion of the 2014-2015 school year and about 900 elementary school students in all parts of town were redistricted to new elementary schools.
According to The Sun Chronicle, enrollment in the North Attleborough Public Schools dropped by 165 in the 2015-16 school year, largely due to an unusually high number of high school students opting to attend close-by private or technical schools in light of the budget issues.
North Attleborough Middle School (Grades 6-8) North Attleborough High School (Grades 9-12) The high school's official team mascot is the Red Rocketeers, a name which comes from North Attleborough's unique red rocks found only in northern Bristol County and Cumberland, RI, and the school colors are red and white.
The town's sports squads are also often nicknamed "The Rockets" or "Big Red" and North Attleboro is sometimes referred to as "Big Red Country" due to its proud history of a strong athletic department backed by widespread small-town and loyal school spirit.
North Attleboro High School sports squads compete in the Kelley-Rex (or large school) division of the Hockomock League, consisting of region high schools including rivals Attleboro and Mansfield High Schools.
NAHS's chief rival is Attleboro High School.
High school students may also choose to attend Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School, positioned in Franklin and including communities in Bristol, Norfolk and Middlesex Counties.
Students are also able to attend Bristol County Agricultural High School in Dighton no-charge of charge.
The town is home to one Catholic K-8 school, Saint Mary-Sacred Heart School.
The nearest private high school is Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, a Catholic high school.
"The North Attleborough Public Library was established in 1889, by the North Attleborough Union Improvement District, which turned its library over to the town." Today the Richards Memorial Library is positioned downtown, and is a member of SAILS library network, a network of libraries in Southeastern Massachusetts. In fiscal year 2008, the town spent 0.77% ($572,874) of its budget on its enhance library some $20 per person. Interstates 95 and 295 meet just over the Attleborough line, and both run through the town.
Massachusetts state routes 120 and 152 also run through town, as does the "middle" portion of Route 1 - A, which begins in the town.
The town is set equidistantantly between the three nearest Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority stops, in Mansfield, Attleborough Center and South Attleborough.
The Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority provides bus services between the small-town suburbs and cities.
Little North Attleborough League Pack 9- Chartered out of Grace Episcopal Church in Downtown North Attleboro Mary's Catholic Church in Downtown North Attleboro Pack 32- Chartered out of North Attleboro Elks Club in Attleboro Falls Pack 65- Chartered out of Martin Elementary School in North Attleboro Troop 23- Chartered out of Grace Episcopal Church in Downtown North Attleboro Troop 33- Chartered out of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Downtown North Attleboro Little Red Schoolhouse (moved from its initial locale in Adamsdale section of North Attleborough) North Attleborough Town Center Historic District Mark's, 125 Stanley St., Attleborough Falls Twin Rivers Community Church, 23 Washington Street, downtown North Attleboro Attleboro Area Council of Churches, 505 North Main St., Attleboro Attleborough Falls Washington St., downtown North Attleborough Twin Rivers Community Church, 23 Washington Street, downtown North Attleboro was twice Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and a longtime resident of North Attleborough Publisher of the North Attleborough Chronicle.
Right There, an award-winning 2013 silent comedy film, was filmed in downtown North Attleboro.
In "How to Marry a Millionaire" (1953 film starring Lauren Bacall and Marilyn Monroe) one of the ladies' dates mentions his mother in law is from North Attleborough, Massachusetts.
A Sketch of the history of Attleborough by John Daggett "TOTAL POPULATION (P1), 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1, All County Subdivisions inside Massachusetts".
"1990 Enumeration of Population, General Population Characteristics: Massachusetts" (PDF).
"1980 Enumeration of the Population, Number of Inhabitants: Massachusetts" (PDF).
"North Attleboro school enrollment tumbles".
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