Westborough, Massachusetts For geographic and demographic knowledge on the census-designated place Westborough, please see the article Westborough (CDP), Massachusetts.
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Location in Worcester County and the state of Massachusetts.
Westborough is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.
The populace was 18,272 at the 2010 Census, in nearly 6,900 homeholds.
Incorporated in 1717, the town is governed under the New England open town meeting system, headed by a five-member propel Board of Selectmen whose duties include licensing, appointing various administrative positions, and calling a town meeting of people annually or whenever the need arises.
Before recorded time, the region now known as Westborough was a well-travelled crossroads.
Using Fay Mountain as a landmark, Indians crisscrossed Westborough on well-worn paths: the old Connecticut Path dominant west from Massachusetts Bay; the Narragansett Trail dominant south, and the trail (along the present Milk Street) dominant to Canada. The early English explorer John Oldham followed these trails through Westborough in 1633, and pioneer in search of fertile farmlands followed not long after.
On November 18, 1717, Westborough was incorporated as the hundredth town in Massachusetts, populated by twenty-seven families, including Thomas Rice who had represented Marlborough in the Great and General Court.
Westborough's first minister, Reverend Ebenezer Parkman, shepherded the burgeoning town of colonists through the years toward independence from Great Britain.
Forty-six minutemen from Westborough fought under Captain Edmund Brigham in the Revolutionary War.
In 1775, Northborough split off as the "north borough" of Westborough, much as Westborough split off from Marlborough some 58 years before.
In 1810 the route from Boston to Worcester was straightened and improved into an official turnpike (the present Route 9), and along its Westborough route, the Wesson Tavern Common, Forbush Tavern and Nathan Fisher's store prospered.
The center of commerce shifted downtown in 1824 with the arrival of the steam train through Westborough's center.
Westborough dairies supplied metros/cities with milk and small-town arboretums shipped out carnations, while the eight orchards found ready markets for their produce.
In 1848 the State Reform School for Boys, the first publicly funded reform school in the United States, was opened on Lake Chauncy.
It directed as a State reform school until 1884 at which time the newly established Westborough State Hospital took over the property.
In the same year, the reform school was relocated close-by on Chauncy Street and retitled The Lyman School for Boys.
The industrialized progress of the entire nation is indebted to Westborough's most famous native son Eli Whitney Jr.
Westborough is home to a several listings on the National Register of Historic Places: Westborough State Hospital: Along Lyman St.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 21.6 square miles (56.0 km2), of which 20.5 square miles (53.1 km2) of it is land, and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2) of it is water or 5.09 percent.
Westborough is drained by the Sudbury and Assabet rivers.
The town contains various bodies of water, including Lake Chauncy, Mill Pond, Lake Hoccomocco, and the Westborough Reservoir.
Lake Chauncy is open to swimming, boating, and fishing, and has a enhance beach open to inhabitants of Westborough and Northborough amid the summer months.
Westborough is positioned in east/central Massachusetts, positioned about 28 miles (45.47 km) west of Boston and 12 miles (19 km) east of Worcester.
Westborough Source: United States Enumeration records and Population Estimates Program data. The latest 2010 2014 American Community Survey (ACS) estimated the town's total populace slightly higher, at 18,481, residing in 7,551 homeholds.
According to the latest ACS estimate, the ethnic makeup of the town was 73.8% White, 2.9% Black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 18.3% Asian, 0% Pacific Islander, 1.3% from other competitions, 3.4% from two or more competitions, Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.5% of the population.
Westborough has a momentous Indian-American Community making up 11.5% of the population, as well as boasting a strong immigrant improve with nearly 4,000 inhabitants of non-U.S.
In addition, the town the populace was spread out with 11.5% under the age of 10, 14.3% from 10 to 19, 10.7% from 20 to 29, 11.2% from 30 to 39, 18% from 40 to 49, 16.1% from 50 to 59, 8.6% from 60 to 69, 4.8% from 70 to 79, and 4.9% who were 80 years of age or older.
Of the populace over age 25, 94.6% graduated high school (or equivalent) and 60.4% hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Westborough Public Schools consist of three elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school: Westborough High School (school mascot Rangers) The Mill Pond School is the newest school addition to Westborough.
The Mill Pond School consists of undertaking 4 to 6, then Gibbons Middle School which consists of grades 7 and 8, and then Westborough High School.
The Town of Westborough is positioned on the west side of the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90) and Interstate 495 intersection.
Route 30 (Main Street) and Route 135 (South Street/Milk Street) intersect in a rotary at the town's center, while Route 9 runs close-by serving much of the town's commerce.
In terms of enhance transportation, Westborough is presently served by an MBTA commuter rail station on the Framingham/Worcester Line as well as enhance bus service through the Worcester Regional Transit Authority.Limited commercial airline service is available at the Worcester Regional Airport.The nearest global airport is at Boston.
Operates two juvenile correctional facilities in Westborough on behalf of the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services: Kennedy School, a juvenile correctional center for boys, is in Westborough. The school is the most secure juvenile facility in the state. Westborough Patch The Westborough News Westborough High School Literary Magazine Channel 11: Westborough TV Public-access tv (Notices) Westborough Channel 13: Westborough TV Educational-access tv and Area Schools Access Channel Westborough High School Channel 12: Westborough TV Government-access tv Channel Westborough The Westborough Public Library began in 1857. In fiscal year 2008, the town of Westborough spent 1.24% ($846,826) of its budget on its enhance library some $45 per person. Fay Mountain highest point in Westborough Westborough Charm Bracelet hiking trail Westborough Country Club semi-private 9-hole, par 36, golf club Money Magazine 2005 profile of Westborough, Massachusetts Money Magazine 2007 profile of Westborough, Massachusetts Westborough High School Winter Concert-December Eli Whitney Cup Playoffs (Westborough Men's Softball League)-August Chabad of Westborough First Baptist Church Westborough Unitarian Universalist Congregational Society of Westborough The section about Westborough history is based on notes titled The Hundredth Town, written by Kristina N.
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