Tewksbury, Massachusetts Tewksbury, Massachusetts Official seal of Tewksbury, Massachusetts Location in Middlesex County in Massachusetts Location in Middlesex County in Massachusetts Tewksbury is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
Like Tewksbury Township, New Jersey, it is titled after the town of Tewkesbury, England.
Tewksbury, Massachusetts and Tewkesbury, England kept connected through a small-town committee called the twinning committee. One of the earliest sections of town is the region around the Shawsheen River.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 21.1 square miles (55 km2), of which 20.7 square miles (54 km2) is territory and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2), or 1.61%, is water.
The Merrimack River forms part of the northern boundary of Tewksbury, and the Shawsheen River runs through the southern end of town as well.
The town is positioned about 19 miles (31 km) north-northwest of Boston along I-93 and I-495 (Boston's outer beltway).
Tewksbury also meets the town of Chelmsford at a point in the middle of the Concord River along with Lowell and Billerica.
The LRTA 12 bus joins Tewksbury to Lowell and Wilmington on the MBTA Commuter Rail Lowell Line.
Source: United States Enumeration records and Population Estimates Program data. The town's populace was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 32.8% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $68,800, and the median income for a family was $76,443.
Tewksbury, like most suburbs in Massachusetts, operates under a New England town form of government.
Day-to-day management is led by a Town Manager, who reports to the town's five member Board of Selectmen.
Every spring the town holds an Open Town Meeting where the budget is submitted for approval by the town's people.
Tewksbury is one of the more Republican-leaning suburbs in the Commonwealth.
It was one of the several communities who supported John Mc - Cain over Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential Election. In the special election to replace the late Ted Kennedy, Tewksbury supported Scott Brown over Martha Coakley by a 2-to-1 margin. Tewksbury Hospital, a state-owned facility, is positioned here.
Tewksbury Hospital is home to both the Department of Mental Health and the Department of Public Health, and has many different programs for addictive behavior and other community concerns.
The Tewksbury enhance schools precinct serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth undertaking by a high school, two junior high schools and four elementary schools, specifically: Tewksbury Memorial High School (TMHS) Grades 9 12 The 4 elementary schools in Tewksbury were redistricted in 2010.
Now, The 2 schools on each side of town were grouped together and each was given specific grades for that school.
High school students have the option to attend Shawsheen Valley Technical High School, which serves five region communities.
The nearest state college is the University of Massachusetts Lowell, with a several state universities in Salem and Framingham.
Tewksbury is served by the Boston tv stations, and by newspapers such as the Lowell Sun and the Town Crier (weekly).
Tewksbury was once mentioned by John Cena on an episode of WWE Raw that was filmed in Boston Richard Howe: Tewksbury and Tewkesbury (accessed 16 Oct 2016) Tewksbury Tornado of 1857 at Celebrate - Boston.com "TOTAL POPULATION (P1), 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1".
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"1990 Enumeration of Population, General Population Characteristics: Massachusetts" (PDF).
"1980 Enumeration of the Population, Number of Inhabitants: Massachusetts" (PDF).
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