Sutton, Massachusetts Sutton, Massachusetts Sutton Town Common Sutton Town Common Official seal of Sutton, Massachusetts Location in Worcester County and the state of Massachusetts.
Location in Worcester County and the state of Massachusetts.
Sutton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.
The populace was 8,963 at the 2010 census.
A Nipmuc, John Wampas, visited England in the 1600s and deeded territory in the Sutton region to Edward Pratt.
Marsh served as a selectman, town moderator and in various other positions of responsibility as the town became established.
16, 1735, he established the town's Baptist church, which is the fourth earliest Baptist church in Massachusetts.
By 1735, Hassananmisco and a small portion of the northeastern territory of the township of Sutton had incorporated as the town of Grafton.
Through the 18th and 19th centuries, Sutton was a town that appreciateed both agricultural and industrialized benefits.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 33.9 square miles (88 km2), of which 32.4 square miles (84 km2) is territory and 1.5 square miles (3.9 km2), or 4.57%, is water.
The town contains five villages, known as Sutton Center, Manchaug, Wilkinsonville, West Sutton, and South Sutton.
Located in the Blackstone Valley, Sutton shares its borders with the suburbs of Millbury, Grafton, Northbridge, Douglas, Uxbridge, and Oxford.
Purgatory Chasm State Reservation is positioned in the easterly part of town.
Source: United States Enumeration records and Population Estimates Program data. Enumeration there were 8,963 citizens residing in Sutton.
As of the census of 2000, there were 8,250 citizens , 2,811 homeholds, and 2,282 families residing in the town.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 29.4% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 31.5% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 8.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $75,141, and the median income for a family was $81,000.
About 3.4% of families and 4.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 6.8% of those age 65 or over.
Sutton, although home to a several agricultural businesses, has a burgeoning small company population.
Part of the Blackstone Valley, many of the businesses are affiliated with groups like the Blackstone Valley Tourism Association, and the Sutton Chain of Lights.
Sutton has an open town meeting type government.
The town government in Sutton consists of the Town Administrator and the Board of Selectmen.
. In fiscal year 2008, the town of Sutton spent 0.7% ($165,982) of its budget on its enhance library some $18 per person. The enhance services in Sutton include the police, fire,and highway departments.
The Fire Department has 3 stations, one in the center of town, one in the Wilkinsonville village, and one in the Manchaug village.
The Sutton Highway Department is positioned at 25 Pleasant Valley Road. Public schools in Sutton fall under the jurisdiction of Sutton Public School District.
Sutton enhance schools consist of the Simonian Center for Early Learning, Sutton Elementary School, Sutton Middle School, and Sutton High School.
Edward Putnam, early pioneer of Sutton (and the Edward Putnam House still stands in Sutton) Rufus Putnam, Revolutionary War general (and his home is pictured on the Sutton town seal) Hiram A., History of the Town of Sutton, Massachusetts, from 1704 to 1876, pp.
"TOTAL POPULATION (P1), 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1".
"Massachusetts by Place and County Subdivision - GCT-T1.
"1990 Enumeration of Population, General Population Characteristics: Massachusetts" (PDF).
"1980 Enumeration of the Population, Number of Inhabitants: Massachusetts" (PDF).
"1950 Enumeration of Population" (PDF).
"1920 Enumeration of Population" (PDF).
"1890 Enumeration of the Population" (PDF).
"1870 Enumeration of the Population" (PDF).
"1860 Census" (PDF).
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"1850 Census" (PDF).
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