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Uxbridge is a town

New England town

The New England town is the basic unit of local government in each of the six New England states. Without a direct counterpart in most other U.S. states, New England towns are conceptually similar to civil townships in other states, but are incorporated, possessing powers like cities in other...

in Worcester County, Massachusetts

Worcester County, Massachusetts

-Demographics:In 1990 Worcester County had a population of 709,705.As of the census of 2000, there were 750,963 people, 283,927 households, and 192,502 families residing in the county. The population density was 496 people per square mile . There were 298,159 housing units at an average density...

, in the United States

United States

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. It was first settled in 1662, incorporated in 1727 at Suffolk County, and named for the Earl of Uxbridge. Uxbridge is 16 miles (25.7 km) south-southeast of Worcester

Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....

, 20 miles (32.2 km) north-northwest of Providence

Providence, Rhode Island

Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...

, and 34 miles (54.7 km) southwest of Boston. It is part of the Greater Boston

Greater Boston

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and Worcester metro areas. The 2010 census showed 13,457 people. Uxbridge includes the villages of North Uxbridge, Linwood

Linwood, Massachusetts

Linwood is a village with its own post office in the towns of Northbridge and Uxbridge, Massachusetts.The zip code of the Linwood post office is 01525. As a village of both Uxbridge and Northbridge, Linwood has separate municipal services from Uxbridge or Northbiridge, for fire, police, EMS, School...

(in part), Wheelockville, and Ironstone

Ironstone, Massachusetts

Ironstone is an historic village in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, United States. It derived its name from plentiful bog iron found here which helped Uxbridge to become a center for three iron forges in the town's earliest settlement. Ironstone today is known as South Uxbridge...

(South Uxbridge).

Uxbridge, a "mini tapestry of early America", marks the center of the Blackstone Valley Heritage Corridor

Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor

The John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor is a National Heritage Corridor dedicated to the history of the early American Industrial Revolution, including mill towns stretching across 24 cities and towns near the river's course in Worcester County, Massachusetts and...

, a key region of America's earliest industrialization. There are more than 375 state or national historic sites

National Historic Sites (United States)

National Historic Sites are protected areas of national historic significance in the United States. A National Historic Site usually contains a single historical feature directly associated with its subject...

. Uxbridge was an incubator

Business incubator

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for textiles, cashmere wool

Cashmere wool

Cashmere wool, usually simply known as cashmere, is a fiber obtained from Cashmere and other types of goats. The word cashmere derives from an old spelling of Kashmir. Cashmere is fine in texture, and strong, light, and soft. Garments made from it provide excellent...

ens, and manufacturing of clothing and military uniform

Military uniform

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s, for over 140 years. The first woolen mill in the Blackstone Valley

Blackstone Valley

The Blackstone Valley or Blackstone River Valley is a region of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It was a major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution...

was built here in 1809. The Bachman Uxbridge Worsted Company's proposed 1954 buyout of the American Woolen Company

American Woolen Company

The American Woolen Company was established in 1899 under the leadership of William M. Wood and his father-in-law Frederick Ayer through the consolidation of eight financially troubled New England woolen mills. At the company's height in the 1920s, it owned and operated 60 woolen mills across New...

would have created America's largest woolen conglomerate. The first Air Force Dress Uniform, "Uxbridge Blue", was made here. Uxbridge played key roles in women's rights with first woman voter, Lydia Taft

Lydia Taft

Lydia Chapin was the first known legal woman voter in colonial America. This occurred in the New England town Town Meeting, at Uxbridge, MA Massachusetts Colony.-Early life:...

, American Revolution

American Revolution

The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America...

soldier, Deborah Sampson

Deborah Sampson

Deborah Samson Gannett , better known as Deborah Sampson, was an American woman who impersonated a man in order to serve in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. She is one of a small number of women with a documented record of military combat experience in that war...

, 3) abolitionist Abby Kelley, and Massachusetts's first women jurors. Seth Reed fought at Bunker Hill

Battle of Bunker Hill

The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War...

, and was "instrumental" in adding E Pluribus Unum

E pluribus unum

E pluribus unum , Latin for "Out of many, one", is a phrase on the Seal of the United States, along with Annuit cœptis and Novus ordo seclorum, and adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782...

, ('From Many, One'), to U.S. Coins. Brian Skerry

Brian Skerry

Brian Skerry is an underwater photojournalist who works primarily for National Geographic magazine.Skerry was born in Milford, Massachusetts in 1962, and grew up in Uxbridge. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in media and communications from Worcester State College in 1984...

is a "legendary" National Geographic Photojournalist, and passionate advocate for preservation of global sea life.(see Brian Skerry's TED TALK)

Colonial era, Quakers, Revolution

John Eliot

John Eliot (missionary)

John Eliot was a Puritan missionary to the American Indians. His efforts earned him the designation “the Indian apostle.”-English education and Massachusetts ministry:...

, the "Apostle to the Indians" started Praying Indian

Praying Indian

Praying Indian is a 17th century term referring to Native Americans of New England who converted to Christianity. While many groups are referred to by this term, it is more commonly used for tribes that were organized into villages, known as praying towns by Puritan leader John Eliot.In 1646, the...

villages like (Wacentug) among the Nipmuc. Natives sold land to settlers in 1662, "for 24 pound Ster". Mendon burned in King Phillips War. West Mendon became Uxbridge in 1727, and Farnum House

Coronet John Farnum, Jr., House

The Coronet John Farnum, Jr. House, built circa 1710, is one of the oldest homes in the historic Blackstone Valley town of Uxbridge, Massachusetts...

held the first town meeting

Town meeting

A town meeting is a form of direct democratic rule, used primarily in portions of the United States since the 17th century, in which most or all the members of a community come together to legislate policy and budgets for local government....

. The 1728 Town Meeting

Town meeting

, funded 15 gallons of 'ye good rum

Rum

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for ye raising of ye meeting house'. Nathan Webb

Nathan Webb

Nathan Webb, an early American Congregational Church minister, was born on April 9, 1705, at Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He died on March 17, 1772 at Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts-Early life:...

's church, was the Colony's first new Congregational church in the Great Awakening

First Great Awakening

The First Awakening was a Christian revitalization movement that swept Protestant Europe and British America, and especially the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s, leaving a permanent impact on American religion. It resulted from powerful preaching that gave listeners a sense of personal...

. Lydia Taft, voted in the 1756 Town meeting, a first for women

Women's suffrage

Women's suffrage or woman suffrage is the right of women to vote and to run for office. The expression is also used for the economic and political reform movement aimed at extending these rights to women and without any restrictions or qualifications such as property ownership, payment of tax, or...

. Smithfield, RI Quaker

Religious Society of Friends

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s came here and built mills, railroads, houses

Jacob Aldrich House

The Jacob Aldrich House, also known as the J. Aldrich House, is an historic house located at 389 Aldrich Street, in Uxbridge, Massachusetts...

, tools and Conestoga wagon

Conestoga wagon

The Conestoga wagon is a heavy, broad-wheeled covered wagon that was used extensively during the late 18th century and the 19th century in the United States and sometimes in Canada as well. It was large enough to transport loads up to 8 tons , and was drawn by horses, mules or oxen...

wheels. Southwick's store housed the "Social and Instructive Library". Friends Meetinghouse

Friends Meetinghouse (Uxbridge, Massachusetts)

The ' is an historic Friends Meeting House of the Religious Society of Friends located at the junction of Routes 146A and 98 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. On January 24, 1974, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.-History:The Friends Meeting House is one of the last crude brick...

, built of local bricks on Farnum

Moses Farnum House

The Moses Farnum House is an historic house located on Route 146A. in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. On October 7, 1983, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.-National Register listing:...

's farm, had abolitionist" Abby Kelley as a member. Seth

Seth Read

Seth Read was born in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and died at Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, as "Seth Reed", at age 51.-Early life:...

& Joseph Read

Joseph Read

Joseph Read was a soldier and a Colonel in the American Revolutionary War.-Early life:Read was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, the son of John and Lucy Read. He married Eunice Taft of Uxbridge on Nov 22, 1753...

and Simeon Wheelock

Simeon Wheelock

Simeon Wheelock was a blacksmith from Uxbridge, Massachusetts, who served as a minuteman in the Massachusetts militia during the battles of Lexington and Concord in the American Revolutionary War...

joined Committees of Correspondence

Committee of correspondence

The Committees of Correspondence were shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of American Revolution. They coordinated responses to Britain and shared their plans; by 1773 they had emerged as shadow governments, superseding the colonial legislature...

. Baxter Hall

Baxter Hall

Baxter Hall was a military officer, and a militia captain, of significance to the American Revolution. He was born in 1757 and died in 1842.-Family:...

, was a Revolutionary War drummer. Seth Read

Seth Read

Seth Read was born in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and died at Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, as "Seth Reed", at age 51.-Early life:...

fought at Bunker Hill

Battle of Bunker Hill

The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War...

, and the Canadian campaign

Invasion of Canada (1775)

The Invasion of Canada in 1775 was the first major military initiative by the newly formed Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The objective of the campaign was to gain military control of the British Province of Quebec, and convince the French-speaking Canadiens to join the...

. Washington stopped at Reed's tavern, en-route to command the Continental Army

Continental Army

The Continental Army was formed after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America. Established by a resolution of the Continental Congress on June 14, 1775, it was created to coordinate the military efforts of the Thirteen Colonies in...

. Samuel Spring

Samuel Spring

Samuel Spring was an early American Revolutionary War chaplain and Congregationalist minister.-Early life and education:Spring was born in Uxbridge in the Massachusetts Colony on February 27, 1746....

, was a Revolutionary war chaplain. Deborah Sampson

Deborah Sampson

, a woman posing as a man, enlisted in the Continental Army

Continental Army

as "Robert Shurtlieff of Uxbridge". Shays' Rebellion

Shays' Rebellion

Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts from 1786 to 1787. The rebellion is named after Daniel Shays, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War....

's, opening salvos led Gov. Hancock

John Hancock

John Hancock was a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...

to send the Sheriff

Sheriff

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to end Uxbridge riots. Lt. Simeon Wheelock

Simeon Wheelock

Simeon Wheelock was a blacksmith from Uxbridge, Massachusetts, who served as a minuteman in the Massachusetts militia during the battles of Lexington and Concord in the American Revolutionary War...

, died at Springfield

Springfield, Massachusetts

Springfield is the most populous city in Western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers; the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern...

, protecting the armory

Springfield Armory

The Springfield Armory, located in the City of Springfield, Massachusetts - from 1777 until its closing in 1968 - was the primary center for the manufacture of U.S. military firearms. After its controversial closing during the Vietnam War, the Springfield Armory was declared Western Massachusetts'...

. Seth Reed petitioned the state legislature, to mint "coppers", and was instrumental adding E pluribus unum
E pluribus unum
E pluribus unum , Latin for "Out of many, one", is a phrase on the Seal of the United States, along with Annuit cœptis and Novus ordo seclorum, and adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782...

to coins. President George Washington

George Washington

George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...

, slept here on his Inaugural tour.

Early transportation, education and public health

The Tafts

Robert Taft, Sr.

Robert Taft, Sr., also known as Robert Taft, or Robert Taft I , was the first American Taft and founder of the American Taft Family...

built the Middle Post Road's Blackstone River

Blackstone River

The Blackstone River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It flows approximately 48 mi and drains a watershed of approximately 540 sq. mi...

bridge in 1709. "Teamsters

Teamsters

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" drove horse "team" freight wagons, on the Worcester-Providence stage route, giving Uxbridge the nickname of "a crossroads village". Construction of the Blackstone Canal

Blackstone Canal

The Blackstone Canal was a waterway linking Worcester, Massachusetts, to Providence, Rhode Island through the Blackstone Valley via a series of locks and canals during the early 19th century.-History:...

brought horsedrawn barges which made Uxbridge their overnight stop. Completion of the P&W Railroad

Providence and Worcester Railroad

The Providence and Worcester Railroad is a Class II railroad in the United States. The railroad connects from Gardner in central Massachusetts, south through its namesake cities of Worcester and Providence, Rhode Island, and west from Rhode Island through Connecticut and into New York City...

in 1848 ended canal traffic. On jan 25, 1732 the town voted to "set up a school for ye town of Uxbridge" which began a local tradition of public education. A 1788 grammar school was followed by 13 one room schools, built for just $2000. Uxbridge Academy

Uxbridge Academy

The Uxbridge Academy was part of what now is known as the "Uxbridge Common District" in downtown Uxbridge, Massachusetts. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Other historic buildings including some on the national historic register in this district include the Uxbridge Free...

, which began in 1818, became a prestigious New England Prep School. Uxbridge voted against smallpox vaccine in 1775, recorded high infant mortality, Benedict Arnold's widow's death, and "Quincy", smallpox, "dysentary", and tuberculosis deaths. Dr. Leonard White

Leonard White (physician)

Leonard D. White, MD was a late 19th century physician and one of the Health Officers in Massachusetts who was involved with the earliest study of mosquitoes and malaria and efforts for community prevention of malaria.-Early life:...

, filed an 1896 malaria public health report that led to a plan for his son to collect mosquitoes for study, and citizens to add window screens and drain standing water, firsts in malaria

Malaria

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preventive medicine

Preventive medicine

Preventive medicine or preventive care refers to measures taken to prevent diseases, rather than curing them or treating their symptoms...

Industrial era: 19th century to mid-20th century

Bog iron, and 3 iron forges marked colonial days and large industries began as early as 1775. Richard Mowry

Richard Mowry

Richard Mowry, 1748–1835, was born in Providence County, Rhode Island Colony, and became an Uxbridge farmer, in Worcester County, Massachusetts, who 'successfully built and marketed equipment to manufacture woolen, linen or cotton cloth', from around the time of the Revolution.,-Family :Richard...

, built and marketed equipment to manufacture woolen, linen or cotton cloth. Gristmill

Gristmill

The terms gristmill or grist mill can refer either to a building in which grain is ground into flour, or to the grinding mechanism itself.- Early history :...

s, sawmill

Sawmill

A sawmill is a facility where logs are cut into boards.-Sawmill process:A sawmill's basic operation is much like those of hundreds of years ago; a log enters on one end and dimensional lumber exits on the other end....

s, distilleries, and 20 mills developed. Daniel Day

Daniel Day

Daniel Day was an American pioneer in woolen manufacturing.-Family:Daniel Day was born in Mendon, MA and was the son of Joseph Day and Deborah Taft...

built the Valley

Blackstone Valley

The Blackstone Valley or Blackstone River Valley is a region of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It was a major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution...

's first woolen mill in 1809. In 1855, 560 local workers made 2.5 million yards of cloth,(14,204 miles). Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur

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's firsts included woolen power loom

Power loom

A power loom is a mechanized loom powered by a line shaft. The first power loom was designed in 1784 by Edmund Cartwright and first built in 1785. It was refined over the next 47 years until a design by Kenworthy and Bullough, made the operation completely automatic. This was known as the...

s, satinet

Satinet

Satinet is a finely woven fabric with a finish resembling satin but made partly or wholly from cotton or synthetic fiber. The process was developed in Mesopotamia, 5000BC. The fibers may be natural as with cotton, woolens or cashmere wool, or synthetic. The process of manufacturing satinets in the...

s, vertical textile integration to clothes, wool

Cashmere wool

-nylon serge, wool synthetic blends, "poodle cloth", 'wash and wear' fabric, new yarn spinning techniques, and latch hook kits. Villages developed with mills, shops, housing, farms, (aka The Rhode Island System

The Rhode Island System

The Rhode Island System refers to a system of mills, complete with small villages and farms, ponds, dams, and spillways first developed by Samuel Slater and his brother John Slater. The first Rhode Island Mill village planned was at Slatersville, RI in 1806...

), and baseball leagues. Wm.Arnold's 1814 Ironstone

Ironstone, Massachusetts

cotton mill, made Blue Jeans. Seth Read's gristmill became Bay State Arms

Bay State Arms

The Bay State Arms Company was a Massachusetts-based maker of single-barrel shotguns and falling block rifles. It operated from 1870 to 1902.-History:...

. John Capron

John Capron

John Willard Capron was an American military officer in the infantry, state legislator, and textile manufacturer.-Early life, family:...

's 1820 mill made the first American satinets. Hecla and Wheelockville had American Woolen

American Woolen Company

, Waucantuck Mill Complex

Waucantuck Mill Complex

-The Waucantuck Mill Complex:Today the "Waucantuck Mill Complex" is still listed on the National Historic Register. It is listed under the Category of Registered Historic Places in Massachusetts, and historic places in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. It is found under the external link for the List of...

, and Hilena Lowell

Lowell family

The Lowell family settled on the North Shore at Cape Ann after they arrived in Boston on June 23, 1639. The patriarch, Percival Lowle , described as a "solid citizen of Bristol", determined at the age of 68 that the future was in the New World.Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Winthrop needed...

's shoe factory. Wheelock

Jerry Wheelock

Jerry Wheelock was an early industrial pioneer in the Blackstone Valley of Massachusetts, a region that incubated the early American industrial revolution.-Family:...

&Taft's

Luke Taft

Luke Taft was an industrial pioneer in the manufacture of woolens in 19th century New England.-Family:...

Calumet (Central Woolen

Stanley Woolen Mill

Stanley Woolen Mill is the common historic name applied to a defunct company based in southeastern Massachusetts and to the company's buildings which stand at the southern entrance to the Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park. The mill is an important footnote in the history of the textile...

) ran 24/7 making Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

cloth completing a vertical integration

Vertical integration

In microeconomics and management, the term vertical integration describes a style of management control. Vertically integrated companies in a supply chain are united through a common owner. Usually each member of the supply chain produces a different product or service, and the products combine to...

business model. North Uxbridge had Clapp's 1810 Cotton Mill, Sayles

Richard Sayles House

The Richard Sayles House is an historic house located at 80 Mendon Street, in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. On October 7, 1983, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places....

Rivulet Mill, Blanchard's granite quarry, and Rogerson's village

Robert Rogerson

Robert Rogerson was an early American industrialist. He was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, and died in the United States.-Early career:Robert Rogerson, was born in Taunton to parents who immigrated to the US, from the UK...

. Crown and Eagle Mill

Rogerson's Village Historic District

Rogersons Village Historic District is a historic mill village in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, United States.-The builder:Rogerson's Village was built by Robert Rogerson, a native of England. He acquired the Clapp Mill in 1817, established on the Mumford River circa 1810, in Uxbridge, Massachusetts....

, was 'a masterpiece of early industrial architecture'. Bachman Uxbridge Worsted 's, 13 plants, topped women's fashions., and proposed a buyout to be the top US woolen company. It made Civil War

American Civil War

, World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

, World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

Army

United States Army

The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...

, nurse corps

Army Medical Department (United States)

The Army Medical Department of the U.S. Army – known as the AMEDD – comprises the Army's six medical Special Branches of officers and medical enlisted soldiers. It was established as the "Army Hospital" in July 1775 to coordinate the medical care required by the Continental Army during the...

, and the first Air Force 'dress uniforms' "Uxbridge Blue".

Mid-20th century to present

State and national parks developed around the mills and rivers were restored. The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby (1974 film)
The Great Gatsby is a 1974 romantic drama film distributed by Newdon Productions and Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Jack Clayton and produced by David Merrick, from a screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola based on F...

(1974) and Oliver's Story
Oliver's Story
Oliver's Story is the sequel to the novel Love Story by Erich Segal, turned into a movie of the same name in 1978. It was directed by John Korty and starred Ryan O'Neal and Candice Bergen. The original music score was composed by Lee Holdridge and Francis Lai. Unlike the original film, Oliver's...

(1978) were filmed locally including Stanley Woolen Mill

Stanley Woolen Mill

. The National Heritage Corridor

Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor

contains the 1000 acres (4 km²)Blackstone Canal Heritage State Park

Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park

The Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park is a part of the State Park system of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation...

, 9 miles (14.5 km) of the Blackstone River Bikeway

Blackstone River Bikeway

right|thumb|400px|The Blackstone River Bikeway in October 2006, approximately one mile south of the Martin St. BridgeThe Blackstone River Bikeway is a planned paved rail trail defining the course of the East Coast Greenway through the Blackstone Valley from Worcester, Massachusetts to Providence,...

, the Southern New England Trunkline Trail

Southern New England Trunkline Trail

The Southern New England Trunkline Trail is a rail trail in Massachusetts.It occupies an abandoned railroad corridor running for approximately with an eastern terminus at Union Street in downtown Franklin, Massachusetts and a western terminus at the Connecticut state line in the Douglas State...

, and West Hill Dam

West Hill Dam

West Hill Dam Reserve is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control project with a recreational park and wildlife management area located at Uxbridge, Massachusetts. The West Hill Dam Project was completed in 1960. It is located on the West River, one of the branches of the Blackstone River which...

, a 567 acre wildlife refuge

Wildlife refuge

A wildlife refuge, also called a wildlife sanctuary, may be a naturally occurring sanctuary, such as an island, that provides protection for species from hunting, predation or competition, or it may refer to a protected area, a geographic territory within which wildlife is protected...

. 60 Federalist

Federal architecture

Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design...

homes add to 54 National, and 375 state-listed historic sites, including Georgian

Georgian architecture

Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840. It is eponymous for the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United...

Elmshade

Bazaleel Taft, Jr., House and Law Office

The Bazaleel Taft, Jr., House and Law Office is an historic structure in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. On November 7, 1983, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places...

. A 2007 fire destroyed the Bernat Mill

Bernat Mill

The Bernat Mill, also known as Capron Mill, and later "Bachman Uxbridge Worsted Company", was a yarn mill in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA, that was destroyed by fire on July 21, 2007....

but Capron

John Capron

John Willard Capron was an American military officer in the infantry, state legislator, and textile manufacturer.-Early life, family:...

's mill was preserved,. Stanley mill

Stanley Woolen Mill

is being restored while Waucantuck mill

Waucantuck Mill Complex

, was razed. See National historic sites. The town enjoys scenic golf courses, B & B's, and hospitality venues.

Notable families and people

Robert Taft I

Robert Taft, Sr.

Robert Taft, Sr., also known as Robert Taft, or Robert Taft I , was the first American Taft and founder of the American Taft Family...

, (1680) became the patriarch of an American political dynasty. Taft's grandson's

Josiah Taft

-Early life:Josiah was born on April 2, 1709, at Mendon, Massachusetts, the son of Daniel and Taft, and the grandson of the first American Taft, Robert Taft, Sr. Josiah's father Daniel, had been a local "squire" and Justice of the Peace...

widow, Lydia (Chapin) Taft

Lydia Taft

Lydia Chapin was the first known legal woman voter in colonial America. This occurred in the New England town Town Meeting, at Uxbridge, MA Massachusetts Colony.-Early life:...

, was "America's first woman voter". Samuel Taft

Samuel Taft

Samuel Taft was born September 23, 1735 at Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and died in 1816 at Uxbridge Worcester County, Massachusetts, in his 80th year...

hosted George Washington

George Washington

's inaugural tour. Ezra ("T".) Taft Benson

Ezra T. Benson

Ezra Taft Benson was as an apostle and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .-Early life:Benson was born in Mendon, Massachusetts, the son of John Benson and...

was an LDS Church Apostle, Hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

missionary, and Utah

Utah Territory

The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah....

legislator. Great grandson, Ezra Taft Benson

Ezra Taft Benson

Ezra Taft Benson was the thirteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1985 until his death and was United States Secretary of Agriculture for both terms of the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower.-Biography:Born on a farm in Whitney, Idaho, Benson was the oldest of...

, was U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and LDS President. Luke Taft

Luke Taft

Luke Taft was an industrial pioneer in the manufacture of woolens in 19th century New England.-Family:...

built 2 water powered textile mills, and his son, Moses

Moses Taft

Moses Taft 2nd was born at Uxbridge, Massachusetts. He was significant as an early American Industrialist and financier in the historic Blackstone Valley, and a member of the famous Taft family.-Birth parents and family:...

built the Stanley Woolen Mill

Stanley Woolen Mill

. Peter Rawson Taft I

Peter Rawson Taft I

Peter Rawson Taft was President William Howard Taft's paternal grandfather.-Early life and family:Peter was born to Aaron Taft and Rhoda Rawson on April 14, 1785 at Uxbridge in Worcester County, Massachusetts. The Aaron Taft House in Uxbridge is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places...

's son, Secretary of War

United States Secretary of War

The Secretary of War was a member of the United States President's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration. A similar position, called either "Secretary at War" or "Secretary of War," was appointed to serve the Congress of the Confederation under the Articles of Confederation...

Alphonso Taft

Alphonso Taft was the Attorney General and Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant and the founder of an American political dynasty. He was the father of U.S...

delivered a speech on Taft family

Taft family

The Taft family of the United States hails from Cincinnati, Ohio, with historic origins in Massachusetts; its members have served Ohio, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Utah, and the United States in various positions, such as Governor of Ohio, Governor of Rhode Island, U.S. Senator , U.S...

history at an Elmshade reunion. Alfonso's son, William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States...

, visited Samuel Taft House in 1910 with Gov. Eben Draper

Ebenezer Sumner Draper

Ebenezer Sumner Draper was a U.S. political figure. He served as the 44th Governor of Massachusetts between 1909 and 1911. Like Curtis Guild, Jr., Eben Draper was forged by his family's business. His father, George Draper had been part of a Christian Socialist community, which ended in bankruptcy...

. Arthur MacArthur, Sr. became Governor, Lt. Governor and Supreme Court Justice in Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

and Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

and his grandson, was Gen. Douglas MacArthur

Douglas MacArthur

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the...

. Seth Read

Seth Read

Seth Read was born in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and died at Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, as "Seth Reed", at age 51.-Early life:...

founded Erie, PA

Erie, Pennsylvania

Erie is a city located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Named for the lake and the Native American tribe that resided along its southern shore, Erie is the state's fourth-largest city , with a population of 102,000...

and Geneva, NY

Geneva, New York

Geneva is a city in Ontario and Seneca counties in the U.S. state of New York. The population was 13,617 at the 2000 census. Some claim it is named after the city and canton of Geneva in Switzerland. Others believe the name came from confusion over the letters in the word "Seneca" written in cursive...

, and his descendents were Congressmen and Great Lakes

Great Lakes

The Great Lakes are a collection of freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America, on the Canada – United States border. Consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total surface, coming in second by volume...

ship captains. Paul C. Whitin

Paul C. Whitin

Col. Paul Whitin, was a skilled blacksmith and pioneering industrialist who in 1831 in Northbridge, Massachusetts. established the Whitin Machine Works, which would later become the largest maker of specialty textile machinery in the world....

, founded the Whitin Machine Works

Whitin Machine Works

The Whitin Machine Works was founded by Paul Whitin and his sons in 1831 on the banks of the Mumford River in South Northbridge, Massachusetts. The village of South Northbridge became known as Whitinsville in 1835, in honor of its founder....

. Phineas Bruce

Phineas Bruce

Hon. Phineas Bruce was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts who was later elected to the US Congress.Born in Mendon, Massachusetts, Bruce received a classical education and was graduated from Yale College in 1786....

and Benjamin Adams were U.S. Congressmen. Joshua Macomber

Joshua Mason Macomber

Joshua Mason Macomber, A.M., M.D , was a noted educator and a physician from New Salem, Massachusetts, United States.-Early life:...

and William Augustus Mowry

William Augustus Mowry

William Augustus Mowry was an American educator and historical writer, born at Uxbridge, Massachusetts.-Family:William Augustus was an eighth-generation descendent of the Mowry family that immigrated from England to Providence in 1666. He was born to Johnathan Mowry and Hannah Mowry. His mother...

were educators. Edward Sullivan (US Marine)

Edward Sullivan (US Marine)

Corporal Edward Sullivan of the. United States Marine Corps was born May 16, 1870, in Cork, County Cork, Ireland. He died March 11, 1955, at Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA...

, won a Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...

in the Spanish-American War

Spanish-American War

The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, effectively the result of American intervention in the ongoing Cuban War of Independence...

. Alice Bridges

Alice Bridges

Alice W. Bridges was an American swimmer, who at age 20, competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics at Berlin. It first appeared that Bridges, who originally was a back-up contestant, had actually won her event...

won an Olympic

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

bronze in the backstroke in 1936's Berlin Olympics

1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...

. Tim Fortugno

Tim Fortugno

Timothy Shawn Fortugno is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He graduated in 1980 from Uxbridge High School ....

was a relief pitcher for the California Angels, Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox

The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...

and Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds

The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....

, in the 1990's. Senator Richard Moore

Richard T. Moore

Richard T. Moore Richard T. Moore Richard T. Moore (born is a Democratic politician from Massachusetts and a member of the Massachusetts State Senate.-Biography:Richard T. Moore was born in Milford, Massachusetts. He is married to the former Joanne Bednarz of Uxbridge, Massachusetts...

was a FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, initially created by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1978 and implemented by two Executive Orders...

executive (1994–1996), a key co-author of the 2006 landmark Massachusetts healthcare access law, and a President of the National Conference of State Legislatures

National Conference of State Legislatures

The National Conference of State Legislatures is a bipartisan non-governmental organization established in 1975 to serve the members and staff of state legislatures of the United States...

, (2010–2011). Brian Skerry

Brian Skerry

is a "legendary" photojournalist with National Geographic and a passionate advocate for preservation of global sea life. Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr. is a curator of Baroque

Baroque

The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

Art at the National Gallery

National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden is a national art museum, located on the National Mall between 3rd and 9th Streets at Constitution Avenue NW, in Washington, DC...

. Jacqueline Liebergott

Jacqueline Liebergott

Jacqueline Weis Liebergott was the 11th president of Emerson College and is a doctor in speech pathology.A graduate of the University of Maryland, Liebergott earned her master's and doctoral degrees in speech-language pathology from the University of Pittsburgh...

,was the first woman president of Emerson College

Emerson College

Emerson College is a private coeducational university located in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory," Emerson is "the only comprehensive college or university in America dedicated exclusively to communication and the arts in a liberal arts...

. Jeannine Oppewall

Jeannine Oppewall

Jeannine Claudia Oppewall is an American film art director. She has worked on more than 30 movies in such roles as art decorator, set decorator and production designer, and has four Academy Award nominations for Best Art Design for L.A. Confidential, Pleasantville, Seabiscuit and The Good Shepherd...

, film art producer, has 30+ films, and 4 Academy Awards nominations for best art direction of LA Confidential

L.A. Confidential (film)

L.A. Confidential is a 1997 American film based on James Ellroy's 1990 novel of the same title, the third book in his L.A. Quartet. Both the book and the film tell the story of a group of LAPD officers in the 1950s, and the intersection of police corruption and Hollywood celebrity...

, Pleasantville

Pleasantville (film)

Pleasantville is a 1998 American fantasy comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Gary Ross. The film stars Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy, Joan Allen, Marley Shelton and Jeff Daniels. Don Knotts, Paul Walker, Jane Kaczmarek, and J. T. Walsh are also featured.The film...

, "Seabiscuit"

Seabiscuit (film)

Seabiscuit is a 2003 American biographical film based on the best-selling non-fiction book Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand...

and The Good Shepherd

The Good Shepherd (film)

The Good Shepherd is a 2006 spy film directed by Robert De Niro and starring Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie, with an extensive supporting cast. Although it is a fictional film loosely based on real events, it is advertised as telling the untold story of the birth of counter-intelligence in the...

. Her film art is recognized in more films including The Big Easy, The Bridges of Madison County

The Bridges of Madison County (film)

The Bridges of Madison County is a 1995 American romantic drama film based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Robert James Waller. It was produced by Amblin Entertainment and Malpaso Productions, and distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment...

and Catch Me If You Can

Catch Me If You Can

Catch Me If You Can is a 2002 American biographical comedy-drama film based on the life of Frank Abagnale Jr., who, before his 19th birthday, successfully performed cons worth millions of dollars by posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor, and a Louisiana parish prosecutor...

. (see also list of notable residents)

Government

Uxbridge has a Board of Selectmen

Board of selectmen

The board of selectmen is commonly the executive arm of the government of New England towns in the United States. The board typically consists of three or five members, with or without staggered terms.-History:...

and representative town meeting

Representative town meeting

A representative town meeting is a form of municipal legislature particularly common in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Vermont....

with officials listed in the top infobox: Local government 1) granted the first woman

Lydia Taft

Lydia Chapin was the first known legal woman voter in colonial America. This occurred in the New England town Town Meeting, at Uxbridge, MA Massachusetts Colony.-Early life:...

in America the right to vote, 2) voted down smallpox vaccine in 1775, and 3) defied the Secretary of State

Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth is the principal public information officer of the state government of the U.S...

's office, by approving women jurors. The 2009 Board of Health, made Uxbridge the 3rd community in the US, to ban tobacco sales in pharmacies. County Government in Massachusetts is weak or has vestiges of the former system. Worcester County has had no official county government since 1998, though regional officials of state government hold county elected offices (see info box). Worcester County, Massachusetts

Worcester County, Massachusetts

Sheriff

, Lewis Evangelidis

Lewis Evangelidis

Lewis George Evangelidis is the sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts. Prior to his being sheriff Evangelidis was a Republican member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.-Early life and education:...

runs corrections, and court services from West Boylston, and Worcester District is the regional judicial jurisdiction. The Uxbridge district court serves surrounding towns.

Geography

The town occupies 30.4 square miles (78.7 km²), of which 0.8 square miles (2.1 km²), or 2.73%, is water. It is situated 35 miles (56.3 km) southwest of Boston

Boston

Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

, 16 miles (25.7 km) southeast of Worcester

Worcester, Massachusetts

, and 20 miles (32.2 km) northwest of Providence, Rhode Island

Providence, Rhode Island

. Elevations range from 200 feet (61 m) to 577 feet (175.9 m) above sea level, and the town borders Douglas

Douglas, Massachusetts

Douglas is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 8,471 as of the 2010 census. It includes the sizable Douglas State Forest, managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation .- History :...

, Mendon

Mendon, Massachusetts

Mendon is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,839 at the 2010 census.Mendon is very historic and is now part of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, the oldest industrialized region in the United States.- Early history :The Nipmuc people...

, Millville

Millville, Massachusetts

Millville is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,190 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Providence metropolitan area.- History :...

, Northbridge

Northbridge, Massachusetts

Northbridge is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 15,707 at the 2010 census. The Northbridge Town Hall is located at 7 Main Street in Whitinsville. The town is now a part of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, of the National Park...

, and Sutton, Massachusetts

Sutton, Massachusetts

-Library:The Sutton Free Library was established in 1876. In fiscal year 2008, the town of Sutton spent 0.7% of its budget on its public library—some $18 per person.-Education:...

, plus the Rhode Island

Rhode Island

The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...

towns of Burrillville

Burrillville, Rhode Island

Burrillville is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. It was incorporated as an independent municipality on November 17, 1806 when the Rhode Island General Assembly authorized the residents of then North Glocester to elect its own officers. The population was 15,955 at the 2010...

and North Smithfield

North Smithfield, Rhode Island

North Smithfield is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States, settled as a farming community in 1666 and incorporated into its present form in 1871. North Smithfield includes the historic villages of Forestdale, Primrose, Waterford, Branch Village, Union Village, Park Square, and...

Climate

A USDA hardiness zone

Hardiness zone

A hardiness zone is a geographically defined area in which a specific category of plant life is capable of growing, as defined by climatic conditions, including its ability to withstand the minimum temperatures of the zone...

5 continental climate

Continental climate

Continental climate is a climate characterized by important annual variation in temperature due to the lack of significant bodies of water nearby...

prevails with snowfall extremes from October (rare), to May. The highest recorded temperature was 104 F, in July 1975, and the lowest, -25 F in January 1957.

Demographics

The 2010 United States Census was 13,457, a growth rate of 20.6%, with 4,708 households. 95.7% were White, 1.7% Asian, 0.90% Hispanic, 0.3% African American, and 1.4% other. Population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

was 442.66 people/ mile² (170.77/km²). 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...

was $24,540, and 4.7% fell below the poverty line.

Economy

High tech, services, distribution, life sciences, hospitality, local government, education and tourism offer local jobs. A 618,000 square feet (57,400 m2) distribution center serves BJ's Wholesale Club

BJ's Wholesale Club

BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. , commonly referred to simply as BJ's, is a membership-only warehouse club chain operating on the United States East Coast, as well as in the state of Ohio...

's, northern division. August 2011 unemployment was 7.4%

Education

Local schools include: Blanchard Pre-K, Taft Elementary, Whitin Middle, Uxbridge High and Our Lady of the Valley Regional. Valley Tech
Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School
Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School is a technical high school in Upton, Massachusetts serving the thirteen towns of the Blackstone Valley...

(Upton

Upton, Massachusetts

Upton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 7,542 at the 2010 census.For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Upton-West Upton, please see the article Upton-West Upton, Massachusetts....

) houses Quinsigamond, C.C.
Quinsigamond Community College
Quinsigamond Community College is a public, two-year academic institution in Worcester, Massachusetts. A commuter school, the college has an enrollment of over 8,000 students in its Associate's degree and certification programs...

The NYT called Uxbridge education reforms, a "little revolution" to meet family needs.

Healthcare

Tri-River Family Health

Community health centers in the United States

A Community health center in the United States is a Community health center in the United States.Community Health Centers are unique in that at least 51 percent of all Governing Board Members must be patients at the CHC. Access to care is improved by decreasing the cost of care with a sliding fee...

, (UMass Medical

University of Massachusetts Medical School

The University of Massachusetts Medical School is one of five campuses of the University of Massachusetts system and is home to three schools: the School of Medicine, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the Graduate School of Nursing; a biomedical research enterprise; and a range of...

) offers primary care. Milford Regional

Milford Regional Medical Center

Milford Regional Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare system that includes the VNA and Hospice of Greater Milford and Tri-County Medical Associates, Inc., a physician practice group...

, Landmark M/C

Landmark Medical Center

The Landmark Medical Center is a private, not-for-profit hospital at 115 Cass Avenue in Woonsocket, Rhode Island and with another unit, Fogarty Hospital, on 146A in North Smithfield, Rhode Island....

, hospices and long term care are nearby.

Rail

Commuter rail

MBTA Commuter Rail

The MBTA Commuter Rail serves as the regional rail arm of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, in the United States. It is operated under contract by the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company a joint partnership of Veolia Transportation, Bombardier Transportation and Alternate...

s include: Franklin Line

Franklin Line

The Franklin Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail runs from Boston's South Station in a southwesterly direction toward Franklin, Massachusetts. Most Franklin Line trains connect to the Providence/Stoughton Line at Readville though some weekday trains use the Fairmount Line to access South Station...

, at Forge Park & I-495

Interstate 495 (Massachusetts)

Interstate 495 is the designation of an Interstate Highway half-beltway in Massachusetts. It was the longest auxiliary Interstate Highway of its kind—measuring 120.74 miles —until 1996, when the PA Route 9 section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike was redesignated as Interstate 476, making it about ...

12.77 mi. east and Worcester's Line

Framingham/Worcester Line

The Framingham/Worcester Line is a railroad line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, running west from Boston, Massachusetts to Worcester, Massachusetts, though some trains terminate at Framingham, Massachusetts...

, 14.04 mi north. The P&W

Providence and Worcester Railroad

carries freight.

Highways

Route 146 connects Worcester

Worcester, Massachusetts

, I-290

Interstate 290 (Massachusetts)

Interstate 290 runs for from Auburn, Massachusetts to Marlborough, Massachusetts. It is a continuation of I-395 north of I-90 and runs through downtown Worcester, Massachusetts, I-190 splits off, and I-290 runs across Lake Quinsigamond and east to I-495 in Marlborough...

, I-90, I-295 and I-95 at Providence

Providence, Rhode Island

. Route 16

Massachusetts Route 16

Route 16 is an east–west state highway in Massachusetts. It begins in the west at an intersection with Route 12 and Route 193 in Webster, just north of the Connecticut state border...

connects to Connecticut

Connecticut

Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

via I-395, and Boston

Boston

, by I-495

Interstate 495 (Massachusetts)

. Route 122 connects Northbridge

Northbridge, Massachusetts

, and Woonsocket. Route 146A, connects to North Smithfield. Route 98

Massachusetts Route 98

Route 98 is a southwest-northeast numbered highway in central Massachusetts. The highway is a continuation of Rhode Island Route 98 in Uxbridge.-Route description:...

connects to Burrillville.

Airports

TF Green Warwick

T. F. Green Airport

T. F. Green Airport , also known as Theodore Francis Green State Airport, is a public airport located in Warwick, six miles south of Providence, in Kent County, Rhode Island, USA. Dedicated in 1931, the airport was named for former Rhode Island governor and longtime senator Theodore F. Green...

, Boston Logan

Logan International Airport

General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport is located in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts . It covers , has six runways, and employs an estimated 16,000 people. It is the 19th busiest airport in the United States.Boston serves as a focus city for JetBlue Airways...

, and Worcester airport, have commercial flights. Hopedale airport

Hopedale Industrial Park Airport

Hopedale Industrial Park Airport , in Hopedale, Massachusetts, is a private airport open to the public. It is owned by the Hopedale Industrial Park. It has one runway and sees very low traffic. Approximately sixteen aircraft are based at Hopedale. At one point, it housed a flight school and...

,7.2 miles (11.6 km), has general aviation.

Points of interest

National historic sites
Uxbridge Historical Society website, and its listing of historic sites
John C. Farnum House, Uxbridge Historical Society Museum, circa 1710
Lt. Simeon Wheelock House, Uxbridge common district, 1768
Friends meetinghouse, circa 1770
http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=27f9d31b-a91e-4da1-8d9b-a57dd1333534Taft House, 1789 Inaugural tour visit of George Washington
George Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...

and 1910 visit of Uxbridge grandson, William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States...

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Crown and Eagle Cotton Mill, circa 1826
Elmshade, Site of historic Taft family reunion of 1874
Bernat Mill
Bernat Mill
The Bernat Mill, also known as Capron Mill, and later "Bachman Uxbridge Worsted Company", was a yarn mill in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA, that was destroyed by fire on July 21, 2007....

, formerly Capron Mill
John Capron
John Willard Capron was an American military officer in the infantry, state legislator, and textile manufacturer.-Early life, family:...

, circa 1820, and Uxbridge Worsted Company
Harold Walter
Harold J. Walter, born in Colorado 1901, died in 1962 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, was an American textile manufacturer.-Early life and education:...
Stanley Woolen Mill, also once known as Central Woolen, Calumet, and Moses Taft Mill
Stanley Woolen Mill
Stanley Woolen Mill
Stanley Woolen Mill is the common historic name applied to a defunct company based in southeastern Massachusetts and to the company's buildings which stand at the southern entrance to the Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park. The mill is an important footnote in the history of the textile...
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
The John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor is a National Heritage Corridor dedicated to the history of the early American Industrial Revolution, including mill towns stretching across 24 cities and towns near the river's course in Worcester County, Massachusetts and...
National Park Service, valley sites: Millville & Uxbridge
Blackstone Canal at River Bend Farm
Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park
Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park
The Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park is a part of the State Park system of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation...

Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation park website
River Bend Farm and Canal, National Park Service brochure
West Hill Dam
West Hill Dam
West Hill Dam Reserve is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control project with a recreational park and wildlife management area located at Uxbridge, Massachusetts. The West Hill Dam Project was completed in 1960. It is located on the West River, one of the branches of the Blackstone River which...

and recreation area
Walking tour of Uxbridge, National Park Service brochure

External links

Uxbridge Historical Society
Town of Uxbridge website
Uxbridge Community TV streaming; Public, educational, and government access
Public, educational, and government access
Public, educational, and government access television, refers to three different cable television specialty channels...

(PEG) cable tv channel
Nipmucknation.org Uxbridge is a "Nipmuck Nation lands" community
Town Description,School history, Preserve America Community
Uxbridge on "New England Byways", 1998 WBZ TV plus Christmas eve video of Uxbridge on youtube.com
Fantastic Planet, Uxbridge aerial view with music
Grafton Nipmuck http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=95101&rendTypeId=4re-created Nipmuc village, CT
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

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Lt. Col. Seth Read Home c. 1769-1790 {between p. 72 and p. 73. of book}, Seth & Hannah Reed
Abby Kelley Foster, Worcester women's history project

Current weather conditions, Weather station, Uxbridge, MA

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Colonial era, Quakers, Revolution

Early transportation, education and public health

Industrial era: 19th century to mid-20th century

Mid-20th century to present

Notable families and people

Government

Geography

Climate

Demographics

Economy

Education

Healthcare

Rail

Highways

Airports

Points of interest

See also

External links