Westford, Massachusetts Westford, Massachusetts Old Westford Academy,now the Westford Museum Official seal of Westford, Massachusetts Westford is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
5.1 Westford Public Schools The Abbot Worsted Company was said to be the first business in the country to use camel hair for worsted yarns. Citizens from Westford also had some notable involvement in the Revolutionary War. Westford Minutemen were alerted by accomplishments of Samuel Prescott who alerted Acton, to the southeast towards Stow. Paul Revere's son attended Westford Academy and a bell cast by Revere graces its lobby today. A weather vane made by Paul Revere sits up on the Abbot Elementary school.
By the end of the American Civil War, as roads and transit improved, Westford began to serve as a residentiary suburb for the factories of Lowell, becoming one of the earliest notable examples of suburban sprawl. Throughout the 20th century (and with the invention of the automobile), Westford progressively grew, closing to serve as residentiary housing for the industries of Lowell, and later, Boston.
By the 1990s, Westford was home to offices for Red Hat, Samsung, Sonus Networks, Seagate, Iris Associates, Visual Solutions, and many other technology firms, most positioned along Massachusetts Route 110, alongside to I-495.
Today, Westford's agricultural past has given way to quickly expanding high technology industries, suburban retail, and upper-middle class residentiary areas.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 31.3 square miles (81 km2), of which 30.6 square miles (79 km2) is territory and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2) (2.30%) is water.
Colloquially, the town is divided into different regions based on location, including Forge Village, Nabnasset, Graniteville, Parker Village, and Center of Town.
The town's Master Plan maintains a distinct ion between the Commercial and Residential zones of the town, divided by Route 495.
This allows for expansion in the town while maintaining the character of this lovely area, and a balance of open spaces, without encroachment of commercial evolution as you approach Westford's Historic Town Center.
The ethnic makeup of the town was 76.1% White, 0.40% African American, 0.1% Native American, 22.6% Asian (10.7% Indian, 8.2% Chinese, 1.6% Korean, 0.3% Cambodian, 0.2% Vietnamese, 0.2% Japanese, 0.1% Filipino, 0.1% Pakistani, 0.1% Bangladeshi), 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.30% from other competitions, and 1.5% from two or more competitions.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 31.8% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 32.8% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 7.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
Westford is run by a board of five Selectmen who are the chief policy making officials for the Town and who are responsible for the enforcement of all town Bylaws and regulations.
The Town is managed on a day-to day basis by a Town Manager who is a town employee and who acts as the agent for the Board of Selectmen.
Residents contribute to their small-town government by volunteering for Town Boards and Committees and by participating at Town Meeting, which occurs in the spring, and occasional Special Town Meetings, with one usually occurring in the fall.
In Westford, as in many New England towns, voters participate directly in the primary decisions that affect how the town runs itself and how it spends its cash.
Town meeting is the legislative branch of Westford's government, and all registered voters may attend, speak and vote at the open town meeting.
Town meeting has two major responsibilities: establishing an annual budget by voting to appropriate cash for all Town departments, and voting on the Town's small-town statutes, called bylaws.
Westford Public Schools The Superintendent of Westford's Public Schools is Everett "Bill" Olsen, who has held that part since 1986.
Westford Academy, Public High School (known as W.A.) Day School, Public Elementary School (3-5) (known as Day) John Robinson School, Public Elementary School (K-2) (known as Robinson) Nabnasset Elementary School, Public Elementary School (K-2) (known as Nab) Rita Edwards Miller School, Public Elementary School (K-2) (known as Miller) Nashoba Valley Technical High School enrolls students from Westford, Chelmsford, Ayer, Groton, Littleton, Townsend, Shirley, and Pepperell Established in 1968, Nashoba Valley Technical High School is a public, four-year, vocational high school.
Nashoba Valley Technical High School, Public Regional Vocational Technical (known as Nashoba Tech, or The Tech) The line presently serves as a primary corridor of Pan Am Railways' District 3 which joins New Hampshire and Maine with Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York. Interstate 495 (Massachusetts) also passes through the town, linking it to other parts of the state as well as New Hampshire. US-3 passes through the town, although the nearest interchanges are positioned in neighboring Tyngsborough (exit 34) and Chelmsford (exit 33).
The LRTA 15 bus joins Westford along Route 110 with Chelmsford and the Lowell train station on the MBTA Commuter Rail Lowell Line.
Local routes passing through town are Massachusetts Routes 110, 40, 225, and 27.
In May, the Westford Charitable Foundation 5k/10k Road Races, or The Westford Road Race are held.
In August, the Westford Rotary Club hosts the Blues & Brews Festival as well as the Pig & Pepper Festival at the Nashoba Valley Ski Area, featuring top blues bands and many small-town beers to sample.
In October, the Westford Education Foundation sponsors the Family Fun Run, Westford Fun - Fest holds a Fall Festival at Kimball Farms, and the Nashoba Valley Ski Resort runs the Witch's Woods Halloween Screampark.
In December, First Parish Church hosts the Westford Greens Sale, Westford Academy has its annual Holiday Bazaar, Westford Fun - Fest holds the Festival of Trees, Wreaths and Gingerbread Creations and Breakfast with Santa..
History of the town of Westford, in the county of Middlesex, Massachusetts, 1659-1883 by Hodgman, Edwin R.
(Edwin Ruthven), 1819-1900; Westford Town History Association (Westford, Mass.) https://westford.patch.com/articles/image-gallery-puma-5-miler-road-race#photo-7436786 IMAGE GALLERY: Puma 5 Miler Road Race, Westford Patch "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).
O'Connor, Austin (2003-05-04), "Westford actor Aaron Stanford is hot", Lowell Sun, retrieved 2012-01-22 History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume 1 (A-H), Volume 2 (L-W) compiled by Samuel Adams Drake, presented 1879 and 1880.
Westford section in volume 2 page 475 by Hodgman and Julian Abbott.
History of the Town of Westford, in the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, by Rev.
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