Foxborough, Massachusetts
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Demographics
As of the censusCensus
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of 2000, there were 16,246 people, 6,141 households, and 4,396 families residing in the town. The population density
Population density
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was 809.1 people per square mile (312.4/km2). There were 6,299 housing units at an average density of 313.7 per square mile (121.1/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 97.09% White, 0.82% Black or African American
Race (United States Census)
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, 0.11% Native American, 1.22% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.20% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 0.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.06% of the population.
There were 6,141 households out of which 35.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.9% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.4% were non-families. 23.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.15.
In the town the population was spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 32.1% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $64,323, and the median income for a family was $78,811. Males had a median income of $51,901 versus $35,748 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the town was $32,294. About 2.3% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.0% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over.
Government
Foxborough is run by a five-member board of selectmen and elected town officials like the town moderator and town clerk. Day-to-Day operations involving items under the Board of Selectmen's purview is handled by an appointed Town Manager.Board of Selectmen (Term Ends)
Lawrence Harrington, Chairman (2012)
James DeVellis, Vice-Chairman (2013)
Mark S. Sullivan Clerk(2014)
Lorraine Brue (2012)
Lynda Walsh (2013)
Other town officials
Kevin Paicos (Town Manager)
Robert E. Cutler Jr. (Town Clerk)
Robert Swanson (Department of Public Works)
Sharon Wason (Town Planner)
William Casbarra (Building Commissioner)
Pauline Clifford (Health Agent)
Jane Sears Pierce (Conservation Manager)
Bob Boette (Conservation Commission Chairman)
Leo Potter (Water and Sewer Superintendent)
Randy Scollins (Finance Director)
Roger P. Hatfield (Fire Chief)
Edward T. O’Leary (Police Chief)
Michael Johns (Veteran's Agent)
Robert E. Hicks(Historical Commission Chairman)
Deborah Giardino (Recreation Director)
Thomas F. Buckley (Town Assessor)
Debra Spinelli (Superintendent of Schools)
Town Hall is located at 40 South Street, Foxborough, MA 02035.
Public schools
Foxborough has a public school system. The Foxborough Public Schools (FPS) district currently has an enrollment of over 3,000 children in grades from pre-school to grade 12.The schools are notable for the amount of money they invest in technology. FPS receives recognition for outperforming by both state and national standards.
Foxborough public schools:
- Charles G. Taylor Elementary School (K – 4)
- Vincent M. Igo Elementary School (Pre-K – 4)
- Mabelle M. Burrell Elementary School (K – 4)
- John J. Ahern Middle School (5–8)
- Foxborough High School (9–12)
Foxborough High School offers a wide variety of sports including: golf, track and field, football, soccer, cross country, volleyball, swim, basketball, wrestling, hockey, indoor track, cheerleading, lacrosse, baseball, tennis, and softball.
The mascot of the high school is the Warriors, whose colors are blue and gold.
The football team has won the Hockomock League title and also won the Division 2 Super Bowl various times, most recently in 2007 with a 21–10 victory over Burlington. Coincidentally, the Super Bowl win also gave coach Jack Martinelli his 200th win. During the 1987 and 1988 seasons, the Warriors won back to back Division 3 Super Bowls and went undefeated in 1988. This team featured 5 players that went on to play Division 1 college football (Chris Cady, Eric Matckie, Tom Nalen
Tom Nalen
Thomas Andrew Nalen is a former American football center who played for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League...
, Dan Sullivan, Rob Turenne). The cheerleading team has also earned recognition, making it to nationals for the first time in 2004 and then again in 2005, 2006, and 2007.
The golf team has produced many all-scholastic players and even state champions, as has the wrestling team. The boys' indoor track team were the Hockomock Champions in the 2006/2007 season. The field hockey team have been the Hockomock Champions several times in recent years.
Foxborough High School is also known for its music program, which includes a string orchestra, symphony orchestra, chorus, marching band, concert band, symphonic winds, winds ensemble and jazz band/choir. Many of these groups regularly place in competitions, but the Jazz Ensemble has been recognized in several Essentially Ellington competitions. The top 15 Jazz bands in the country send in recordings of themselves and judges judge the bands. Foxborough is known for being in the top 15 for several years.
Foxborough Regional Charter School (FRCS) is a college preparatory school for grades K-12 located near the town common, at 131 Central Street. FRCS was originally founded as the Sabis Foxborough Regional Charter School in 1998. In 2002, the school broke off from Sabis, and thus dropped it from the school name.
The Sage School
The Sage School
The Sage School is a private, co-educational, K-8th grade school serving the academically gifted located in Foxboro, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1990, taking the previous Foxboro public school facility...
is located on Mechanic street. It provides gifted education for students, K-8.
Community organizations
- Foxborough Founders Day Planning Committee
- Foxborough Historical Society
- Foxboro Jaycees
- Foxboro Lions Club
- Foxboro Rotary Club
Points of interest
- Foxboro Grange HallFoxboro Grange HallFoxboro Grange Hall is a historic grange building at 11-15 Bird Street in Foxboro, Massachusetts.The hall was built in 1897 and added to the National Historic Register in 1983....
- Gillette StadiumGillette StadiumGillette Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Foxborough, Massachusetts, 21 miles southwest of downtown Boston and from downtown Providence, Rhode Island. It serves as the home stadium and administrative offices for the New England Patriots football team and the New England Revolution...
- Home of the New England PatriotsNew England PatriotsThe New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...
and the New England RevolutionNew England RevolutionThe New England Revolution is an American professional association football club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada...
. - Patriot PlacePatriot PlacePatriot Place is an open-air shopping center located in Foxborough, Massachusetts built around Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots and New England Revolution. Phase 1 opened in fall 2007, which included the construction of a small strip mall containing Bass Pro Shops, Staples,...
– An outdoor shopping and entertainment complex next to Gillette StadiumGillette StadiumGillette Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Foxborough, Massachusetts, 21 miles southwest of downtown Boston and from downtown Providence, Rhode Island. It serves as the home stadium and administrative offices for the New England Patriots football team and the New England Revolution...
. - Orpheum Theater – A local non-profit theater which serves as the home to Bay Colony Productions, a local community theater company, as well as the venue for other live performances and movies, including the annual Three StoogesThree StoogesThe Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act of the early to mid–20th century best known for their numerous short subject films. Their hallmark was physical farce and extreme slapstick. In films, the Stooges were commonly known by their first names: "Moe, Larry, and Curly" and "Moe,...
film festival. - F. Gilbert Hills State ForestF. Gilbert Hills State ForestF. Gilbert Hills State Forest is a Massachusetts state forest located in Foxborough and Wrentham. It was previously known as Foxboro State Forest. The park is managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation . The forest was named for a former State Forester and employee.-Description:F...
– Encompassing 1027 acres (4.2 km²) in Foxborough and Wrentham, the state forest is used for hiking, biking, cross country skiing, horseback riding, and observing nature. Contained on state forest land are some unique stone structures that some believe were made and used by the native Algonquin tribes prior to the town's founding. - Memorial HallMemorial Hall (Foxborough, Massachusetts)Memorial Hall is a historic Grand Army of the Republic hall at 22 South Street in Foxborough, Massachusetts, United States. The Grand Army of the Republic Hall in Aurora, Illinois is very closely based on this structure....
– a stone building and monument in the center of town dedicated to those who served in the armed forces, containing a permanent collection of historical artifacts relating to town history.
Notable residents
- Jayson P. AhernJayson P. AhernJayson P. Ahern is the Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. He was Assistant Commissioner for Field Operations from March 2003 to August 2007...
, Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. - Seth BoydenSeth BoydenSeth Boyden was an American inventor. He was the brother of Uriah A. Boyden.A New England native , he was a watchmaker who moved to Newark, New Jersey. Boyden perfected the process for making patent leather, created malleable iron, invented a nail-making machine, and built his own steamboat...
, born in Foxborough, later became one of Newark, New JerseyNewark, New JerseyNewark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
's foremost citizen-inventors, responsible for inventing patent leather, malleable iron and other processes as well as one of the first to develop daguerreotype. - Frank BoydenFrank Boyden-Personal life:He attended Amherst College, class of 1902.He married Helen Sears Childs on June 29, 1907. She was a 1904 graduate of Smith College, which awarded her a Doctorate of Humane Letters in 1934....
, headmaster of Deerfield AcademyDeerfield AcademyDeerfield Academy is an independent, coeducational boarding school in Deerfield, Massachusetts, United States. It is a four-year college-preparatory school with approximately 600 students and about 100 faculty, all of whom live on or near campus.... - Matt Leonard, WAAF radio personality
- Ha JinHa JinJīn Xuěfēi is a contemporary Chinese-American writer and novelist using the pen name Ha Jin . Ha comes from his favorite city, Harbin.-Early life:...
, author. - Joanna Levesque, professionally known as JoJo, an R&B singer-songwriter and actress
- Tom NalenTom NalenThomas Andrew Nalen is a former American football center who played for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League...
, former professional football player for the Denver BroncosDenver BroncosThe Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... - Chris Sullivan, musician, actor, cast member of The Electric Company
- Nguyen Van ThieuNguyen Van ThieuNguyễn Văn Thiệu was president of South Vietnam from 1965 to 1975. He was a general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam , became head of a military junta, and then president after winning a fraudulent election...
, (died in US exile in 2001) President of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975. - Madame Nguyen Van ThieuMadame Nguyen Van ThieuMadame Nguyen Van Thieu born Nguyen Thi Mai Anh Khue, was the last serving First Lady of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975. She is the wife of Nguyen Van Thieu a Vietnamese General and politician, who served as President of the Republic of Vietnam from 1967 to 1975 when he resigned.She was born in...
, the last serving First Lady of South VietnamSouth VietnamSouth Vietnam was a state which governed southern Vietnam until 1975. It received international recognition in 1950 as the "State of Vietnam" and later as the "Republic of Vietnam" . Its capital was Saigon...
from 1967 to 1975. - Steve GroganSteve GroganSteve James Grogan is a former American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. Grogan played for the Patriots for his entire NFL career, from 1975 to 1990.-High school and college:...
, former Quarterback of the New England Patriots from 1975 - 1990