Sturbridge, Massachusetts Sturbridge, Massachusetts Official seal of Sturbridge, Massachusetts Location in Worcester County and the state of Massachusetts.
Location in Worcester County and the state of Massachusetts.
State Massachusetts Sturbridge is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.
The populace was 9,268 at the 2010 census, with nearly 3,600 homeholds.
For geographic and demographic knowledge on specific parts of the town of Sturbridge, see: Fiskdale and Sturbridge (CDP).
Sturbridge was first settled in 1729, by pioneer from Medfield, and was officially incorporated in 1738. New Medfield and Dummer (after Governor William Dummer) were considered as town names, before the town was titled after Stourbridge, England. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 39.0 square miles (101 km2), of which 37.4 square miles (97 km2) is territory and 1.5 square miles (4 km2), or 3.95%, is water.
Sturbridge lies about 29 miles (47 km) east of Springfield, 16 miles (25.7 km) southwest of Worcester, and 55 miles (88.5 km) west of Boston.
Route 20 runs through Sturbridge, and the junction of Interstate 90 (the Massachusetts Turnpike) and Interstate 84 is positioned there.
The Wilbur Cross Highway (Connecticut Route 15) formerly ended in Sturbridge; locals sometimes call Haynes Street and portions of Mashapaug Road "Old Route 15".
Haynes Street ends at Main Street (Massachusetts Route 131), which joins Sturbridge Center with Southbridge; on the west side of town, Massachusetts Route 148 joins Fiskdale with Brookfield.
By the 2010 census, the populace had reached 9,268.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 25.5% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 4.5% of families and 6.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 11.3% of those under age 18 and 8.3% of those age 65 or over.
Old Sturbridge Village, positioned on Route 20, is a living exhibition that re-creates life in non-urban New England from 1790s to the 1830s.
Burgess Elementary School, serving grades K-6, is one of three enhance schools in Sturbridge.
Sturbridge students also attend Tantasqua Regional Junior High School (grades 7-8) and Tantasqua Regional High School, in the Fiskdale section of town.
The Sturbridge Public Library was established in 1873. In fiscal year 2008, the town of Sturbridge spent 1.51% ($332,136) of its budget on its enhance library, or some $36 per person. "Town of Sturbridge, Massachusetts".
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"1990 Enumeration of Population, General Population Characteristics: Massachusetts" (PDF).
"1980 Enumeration of the Population, Number of Inhabitants: Massachusetts" (PDF).
"1950 Enumeration of Population" (PDF).
Population of Counties by Minor Civil Divisions: 1930 to 1950.
"1920 Enumeration of Population" (PDF).
Population of Counties by Minor Civil Divisions: 1920, 1910, and 1920.
"1890 Enumeration of the Population" (PDF).
Population of States and Territories by Minor Civil Divisions: 1880 and 1890.
"1870 Enumeration of the Population" (PDF).
"1860 Census" (PDF).
State of Massachusetts Table No.
"1850 Census" (PDF).
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