Southbridge, Massachusetts Southbridge, Massachusetts Southbridge Town Hall Southbridge Town Hall Official seal of Southbridge, Massachusetts Location in Worcester County and the state of Massachusetts.
Location in Worcester County and the state of Massachusetts.
Southbridge, Massachusetts is positioned in the US Southbridge, Massachusetts - Southbridge, Massachusetts State Massachusetts The Town of Southbridge has a town/city form of government with a town/city council legislative body, but via a statute calls itself a Town. It is positioned in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.
The populace was 16,719 at the 2010 census.
Southbridge is one of fourteen Massachusetts municipalities that have applied for, and been granted, town/city forms of government but wish to retain "The town of" in their official names. Southbridge has a long history of manufacturing optical products, earning it the unofficial title "Eye of the Commonwealth", in reference to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The American Optical Company shut down in 1984, and Southbridge is still struggling from the loss of these and other manufacturing jobs.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 20.9 square miles (54 km2), of which 20.4 square miles (53 km2) is territory and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2), or 2.40%, is water.
The principal road in Southbridge is Route 131, known as Main Street through downtown and East Main Street past the "AO Rotary" and through Sandersdale, a village on the town's east side.
Southbridge was formed out of portions of three of its neighboring towns: Sturbridge to the west, Charlton to the north, and Dudley to the east.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.4% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 13.0% of families and 15.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 25.8% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.
Southbridge enhance library, 1915 The Southbridge Public Library was established in 1870. In fiscal year 2008, the town of Southbridge spent 1.03% ($426,025) of its budget on its enhance library some $25 per person. The Jacob Edwards Library is the enhance library for the town of Southbridge.
Southbridge has three enhance elementary schools, formerly "neighborhood schools" serving grades K-5.
Since the 1988-1989 school year, however, all kindergarten and 1st undertaking classes have been at Eastford Road School; all of grades 2-3 at Charlton Street School; and all of grades 4-5 at West Street School.
Grades 6-12 are at Southbridge Middle/High School.
Southbridge inhabitants can also attend Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School in Charlton.
On January 26, 2016, the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education placed Southbridge School District in state receivership. Southbridge is served by Southbridge Municipal Airport(3 - B0), a enhance owned airport managed through a contract with Jim's Flying Service.
National Register of Historic Places listings in Southbridge, Massachusetts List of foundry towns in Massachusetts Although it is called the "Town of Southbridge," it is a statutory town/city of Massachusetts.
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