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'''Uxbridge''' is a town in [[Worcester County, Massachusetts]], United States, first colonized in 1662 and incorporated in 1727. It was originally part of the town of [[Mendon, MA|Mendon]], and named for the [[ |
'''Uxbridge''' is a town in [[Worcester County, Massachusetts]], United States, first colonized in 1662 and incorporated in 1727. It was originally part of the town of [[Mendon, MA|Mendon]], and named for the [[Henry_Paget,_1st_Earl_of_Uxbridge_(first_creation)|Earl of Uxbridge]]. The town is located {{convert|36|mi|abbr=on}} southwest of [[Boston]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://roadsidethoughts.com/ma/north-uxbridge-xx-worcester-nearby.htm|title=North Uxbridge (Worcester County, MA) - Nearby|website=roadsidethoughts.com|accessdate=August 8, 2022}}</ref> and {{convert|15|mi|abbr=on}} south-southeast of [[Worcester, MA|Worcester]], at the midpoint of the [[Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor|Blackstone Valley National Historic Park]]. The historical society notes that Uxbridge is the "Heart of The Blackstone Valley" and is also known as "the Cradle of the Industrial Revolution".<ref>"Uxbridge Historical Society Newsletter, Volume 1. Issue 1. June 2022"</ref> Uxbridge was a prominent [[Textile]] center in the [[American Industrial Revolution]]. Two [[Quakers]] served as national leaders in the [[American anti-slavery movement]]. Uxbridge "weaves a tapestry of early [[America]]".<ref name="NPS">{{cite web |title=Uxbridge Walking Tour, NPS brochure |url=http://www.nps.gov/blac/planyourvisit/upload/Uxbridge.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107230804/http://www.nps.gov./blac/planyourvisit/upload/Uxbridge.pdf |archive-date=2009-01-07 |url-status=live |publisher=NPS.gov |access-date=January 1, 2011}}</ref> |
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Indigenous [[Nipmuc]] people near "Wacentug" or “Waentug” (river bend), deeded land to 17th-century settlers. Uxbridge reportedly granted rights to America's first colonial woman voter, [[Lydia Taft]], and approved Massachusetts first women jurors. The first hospital for [[mental illness]] in America was reportedly established here.<ref name="worcester">{{cite book |last=Lincoln |first=William |title="History of Worcester, Mass. from its Earliest settlement to 1836" by Charles Hersey |publisher=Hersey/Henry Howland Press |year=1862 |isbn=9780788420245 |place=Worcester, Mass. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8MRCObZ79wEC&q=dr+samuel+willard+of+uxbridge+born+died&pg=PA222}}</ref><ref name="cwmars1">{{cite web |url=http://dlib.cwmars.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fuxbridge&CISOPTR=48 |title=DIGITAL TREASURES : Item Viewer |access-date=January 4, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203071601/http://dlib.cwmars.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fuxbridge&CISOPTR=48 |archive-date=December 3, 2013 }} Digital Treasures, Samuel Willard ran a "hospital for the insane", and trained young physicians, east side of Uxbridge Common (no longer standing)</ref> [[Deborah Sampson]] posed as an Uxbridge soldier, and fought in the [[American Revolution]]. A 140-year legacy of manufacturing [[military uniforms]] and clothing began with 1820 [[power looms]]. Uxbridge became famous for woolen [[cashmere wool|cashmeres]]. "Uxbridge Blue", was the first [[US Air Force]] Dress Uniform.<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,819703,00.html|title=Business: TIME CLOCK, Mar. 29, 1954 - TIME|date=November 16, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116224156/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,819703,00.html |accessdate=August 8, 2022|archive-date=November 16, 2010 }}</ref> [[BJ's Wholesale Club]] distribution warehouse is a major employer today. |
Indigenous [[Nipmuc]] people near "Wacentug" or “Waentug” (river bend), deeded land to 17th-century settlers. Uxbridge reportedly granted rights to America's first colonial woman voter, [[Lydia Taft]], and approved Massachusetts first women jurors. The first hospital for [[mental illness]] in America was reportedly established here.<ref name="worcester">{{cite book |last=Lincoln |first=William |title="History of Worcester, Mass. from its Earliest settlement to 1836" by Charles Hersey |publisher=Hersey/Henry Howland Press |year=1862 |isbn=9780788420245 |place=Worcester, Mass. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8MRCObZ79wEC&q=dr+samuel+willard+of+uxbridge+born+died&pg=PA222}}</ref><ref name="cwmars1">{{cite web |url=http://dlib.cwmars.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fuxbridge&CISOPTR=48 |title=DIGITAL TREASURES : Item Viewer |access-date=January 4, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203071601/http://dlib.cwmars.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fuxbridge&CISOPTR=48 |archive-date=December 3, 2013 }} Digital Treasures, Samuel Willard ran a "hospital for the insane", and trained young physicians, east side of Uxbridge Common (no longer standing)</ref> [[Deborah Sampson]] posed as an Uxbridge soldier, and fought in the [[American Revolution]]. A 140-year legacy of manufacturing [[military uniforms]] and clothing began with 1820 [[power looms]]. Uxbridge became famous for woolen [[cashmere wool|cashmeres]]. "Uxbridge Blue", was the first [[US Air Force]] Dress Uniform.<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,819703,00.html|title=Business: TIME CLOCK, Mar. 29, 1954 - TIME|date=November 16, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116224156/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,819703,00.html |accessdate=August 8, 2022|archive-date=November 16, 2010 }}</ref> [[BJ's Wholesale Club]] distribution warehouse is a major employer today. |
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|isbn=978-0-7864-0799-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://southernworcestercounty.com/mendon/|title = Mendon – Southern Worcester County}}</ref> [[Mendon, MA|Mendon]] began in 1667, and burned in [[King Phillips War]]. Nipmuck joined the native uprising, and many died. Western Mendon became Uxbridge in 1727, and [[Coronet John Farnum Jr. House|Farnum House]] held the first [[town meeting]].<ref name="farnum">{{cite web |title=John Farnum |publisher=Doug Sinclair's Archives |url=http://dougsinclairsarchives.com/farnum/johnfarnum2.htm |access-date=October 4, 2007}}</ref> [[John Adams]]’ uncle, [[Nathan Webb (minister)|Nathan Webb]], was the first called minister of the colony's first new Congregational church in the [[First Great Awakening|Great Awakening]].<ref name="church">{{cite book |last=Clarke, D.D. |first=Joseph S. |title=A Historical Sketch of the Congregational Churches in Massachusetts, from 1620 to 1858 |publisher=Congregational Board of Publication |year=1858 |location=Boston (Digitized by Google books) |page=148 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7yETClx8EUC&q=great+awakening+uxbridge+mass&pg=PA148 }}</ref> The American [[Taft family]] origins are intertwined with Uxbridge and [[Mendon, Massachusetts|Mendon]]. [[Lydia Taft]] reportedly voted in the 1756 town meeting, considered as a first for colonial [[women's suffrage|women]].<ref name="Washington" /> |
|isbn=978-0-7864-0799-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://southernworcestercounty.com/mendon/|title = Mendon – Southern Worcester County}}</ref> [[Mendon, MA|Mendon]] began in 1667, and burned in [[King Phillips War]]. Nipmuck joined the native uprising, and many died. Western Mendon became Uxbridge in 1727, and [[Coronet John Farnum Jr. House|Farnum House]] held the first [[town meeting]].<ref name="farnum">{{cite web |title=John Farnum |publisher=Doug Sinclair's Archives |url=http://dougsinclairsarchives.com/farnum/johnfarnum2.htm |access-date=October 4, 2007}}</ref> [[John Adams]]’ uncle, [[Nathan Webb (minister)|Nathan Webb]], was the first called minister of the colony's first new Congregational church in the [[First Great Awakening|Great Awakening]].<ref name="church">{{cite book |last=Clarke, D.D. |first=Joseph S. |title=A Historical Sketch of the Congregational Churches in Massachusetts, from 1620 to 1858 |publisher=Congregational Board of Publication |year=1858 |location=Boston (Digitized by Google books) |page=148 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7yETClx8EUC&q=great+awakening+uxbridge+mass&pg=PA148 }}</ref> The American [[Taft family]] origins are intertwined with Uxbridge and [[Mendon, Massachusetts|Mendon]]. [[Lydia Taft]] reportedly voted in the 1756 town meeting, considered as a first for colonial [[women's suffrage|women]].<ref name="Washington" /> |
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[[Seth Read|Seth]] and [[Joseph Read]] and [[Simeon Wheelock]] joined [[Committee of correspondence|Committees of Correspondence]].<ref name="Seth">{{cite book |last=Buford |first=Mary Hunter |title=Seth Read, Lieut.-Col.Continental Army; Pioneer at Geneva, New York, 1787, and at Erie, Penn., June, 1795. His Ancestors and Descendants. |year=1895 |location=Boston, Mass. |pages=[https://archive.org/details/sethreadlieutco00bufogoog/page/n189 167] pages on CD in PDF Format |url=https://archive.org/details/sethreadlieutco00bufogoog|quote=buford mary hunter 1895 seth read. }}</ref> [[Baxter Hall]] was a Minuteman drummer.<ref name="music">{{cite web |title=Martial Musick in Uxbridge Massachusetts 1727–present |publisher= |
[[Seth Read|Seth]] and [[Joseph Read]] and [[Simeon Wheelock]] joined [[Committee of correspondence|Committees of Correspondence]].<ref name="Seth">{{cite book |last=Buford |first=Mary Hunter |title=Seth Read, Lieut.-Col.Continental Army; Pioneer at Geneva, New York, 1787, and at Erie, Penn., June, 1795. His Ancestors and Descendants. |year=1895 |location=Boston, Mass. |pages=[https://archive.org/details/sethreadlieutco00bufogoog/page/n189 167] pages on CD in PDF Format |url=https://archive.org/details/sethreadlieutco00bufogoog|quote=buford mary hunter 1895 seth read. }}</ref> [[Baxter Hall]] was a Minuteman drummer.<ref name="music">{{cite web |title=Martial Musick in Uxbridge Massachusetts 1727–present |publisher=[[Angelfire]] |url=https://www.angelfire.com/music2/uxbmarmusic/ |access-date=September 23, 2007}}</ref> Seth Read fought at [[Battle of Bunker Hill|Bunker Hill]]. Washington stopped at Reed's tavern, en route to command the [[Continental Army]].<ref name="vitals">{{cite book |last=Baldwin |first=Thomas Williams |title=Vital Records of Uxbridge, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 |publisher=Wright and Potter Printing|location=Boston |pages=[https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsuxb00towngoog/page/n5 2]–450 |year=1916 |url=https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsuxb00towngoog |quote=Samuel Taft of Uxbridge. |access-date=November 2, 2007}}</ref><ref name="collections">{{cite book|title=Collections of the Worcester Society of Antiquity |series=Volume XIV |publisher=googlebooks |page=[https://archive.org/details/collectionsworc06masgoog/page/n45 34] |place=[[Worcester, Massachusetts]] |year=1897 |url=https://archive.org/details/collectionsworc06masgoog |access-date=September 7, 2007}}</ref> [[Samuel Spring]] was one of the first [[chaplain]]s of the [[American Revolution]].<ref name="Spring">{{cite web |title=Samuel Spring of Uxbridge, Revolutionary War Chaplain, by Michael Potaski |publisher=Blackstone Valley Tribune |url=http://www.blackstonevalleytribune.com/pdf/BLA.2008.12.05.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724220824/http://www.blackstonevalleytribune.com/pdf/BLA.2008.12.05.pdf |archive-date=2012-07-24 |url-status=live |access-date=December 12, 2008 |page=5}}</ref> [[Deborah Sampson]] enlisted as "Robert Shurtlieff of Uxbridge".<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |work=New York Times |date=October 8, 1898 |title=DEBORAH SAMPSON.; How She Served as a Soldier in the Revolution − Her Sex Unknown to the Army.* |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1898/10/08/102078478.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207111306/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1898/10/08/102078478.pdf |archive-date=2020-02-07 |url-status=live |access-date=October 31, 2007 }}</ref> [[Shays' Rebellion]] also began here, and Governor [[John Hancock]] quelled Uxbridge riots.<ref name="revolution">{{cite web |title=Quelling the opening salvos of Shay's rebellion |url=http://www.alexautographs.com/l-colrev.htm |publisher=alexautographs.com |access-date=November 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812185125/http://www.alexautographs.com/l-colrev.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=August 12, 2007}}</ref><ref name="hancock">{{cite book |title=Supplement to the Acts and resolves of Massachusetts:Vo1.1, p. 148 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sjiAzbmkX14C&q=Sherrif+sent+to+Uxbridge,+by+John+Hancock,+1783&pg=PA148 |access-date=August 26, 2009 |year=1896}}</ref> [[Simeon Wheelock]] died protecting the [[Springfield Armory]].<ref name="walking">{{cite web |title=walking tours-Uxbridge |publisher=Blackstone Daily |url=http://www.blackstonedaily.com/Outdoors&Nature/WTuxbridge.htm |access-date=September 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928130800/http://www.blackstonedaily.com/Outdoors%26Nature/WTuxbridge.htm |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> [[Seth Read|Seth Reed]] was instrumental in adding "[[E pluribus unum]]" to [[Coins of the United States dollar|U.S. coins]].<ref name="e pluribus" /><ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite book |last=Buford |first=Mary Hunter |title=Seth Read, Lieut.-Col.Continental Army; Pioneer at Geneva, New York, 1787, and at Erie, Penn., June, 1795. His Ancestors and Descendants. |year=1895 |location=Boston, Mass. |pages=167 pages on CD in PDF Format}}</ref><ref name="Origin">{{cite book |last=Preble |first=George Henry |title=Origin and History of the American Flag and of the Naval and Yacht Club Signals, Seals and Arms, and of the Principal National Songs of the United States; Volume II |publisher=Brown|location=Philadelphia |pages=695–696|year=1879}}</ref> [[George Washington|Washington]] slept here on his [[Inaugural]] tour while traveling the [[Middle Post Road]].<ref name="halifax">{{cite web |title=Stanton River Tour |publisher=oldhalifax.com |url=http://www.oldhalifax.com/county/GeoWashington.htm |access-date=May 1, 2008}}</ref><ref name="navigator">{{cite web|title=Did George Washington Really Stay in Uxbridge |publisher=blackstone riever valley.com |url=http://www.blackstonerivervalley.com/navigator/towns/uxbridgearticle.php |access-date=December 25, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119155729/http://www.blackstonerivervalley.com/navigator/towns/uxbridgearticle.php |archive-date=November 19, 2008 }}</ref> |
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[[File:Jacob Aldrich House, National Historic Site, Uxbridge, MA.jpg|thumb|Jacob Aldrich House; Quaker style house]] |
[[File:Jacob Aldrich House, National Historic Site, Uxbridge, MA.jpg|thumb|Jacob Aldrich House; Quaker style house]] |
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A 1732 vote "set up a school for ye town of Uxbridge".<ref name="hist" /> A grammar school was followed by 13 one-room district school houses, built for $2000 in 1797. [[Uxbridge Academy]] (1818) became a prestigious New England prep school. |
A 1732 vote "set up a school for ye town of Uxbridge".<ref name="hist" /> A grammar school was followed by 13 one-room district school houses, built for $2000 in 1797. [[Uxbridge Academy]] (1818) became a prestigious New England prep school. |
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Uxbridge voted against the smallpox [[variolation|vaccine]].<ref name="Washington" /> [[Samuel Willard (physician)|Samuel Willard]] treated smallpox victims,<ref name="elias">{{cite book |last=Backofen |first=Walter A |title=Elias Frost, M.D., and His Strategy for Being Remembered |year=2001 |page=6 |id=OCLC: 58438763}}</ref> was a forerunner of modern psychiatry, and ran the first hospital for mental illness in America.<ref name="worcester" /><ref name="cwmars1" /> Vital records recorded many infant deaths,<ref name="vitals" /> the smallpox death of Selectman [[Joseph Richardson House (Uxbridge, Massachusetts)|Joseph Richardson]], "Quincy", "dysentary", and tuberculosis deaths.<ref name="vitals" /><ref name="walking" /> [[Leonard White (physician)|Leonard White]] recorded a [[malaria]] outbreak here in 1896 that led to<ref name="malaria" /> firsts in the control of malaria as a mosquito-borne infection.<ref name="malaria">{{cite web |title=A History of Mosquitoes in Massachusetts, by Curtis R. Best |publisher=Northeast Mosquito Control Association |url=http://www.nmca.org/Nmca93-4.htm |access-date=March 31, 2008}}</ref> Uxbridge led Massachusetts in robberies for a quarter of the year in 1922, and the town voted to hire its first nighttime police patrolman.<ref>{{cite web |
Uxbridge voted against the smallpox [[variolation|vaccine]].<ref name="Washington" /> [[Samuel Willard (physician)|Samuel Willard]] treated smallpox victims,<ref name="elias">{{cite book |last=Backofen |first=Walter A |title=Elias Frost, M.D., and His Strategy for Being Remembered |year=2001 |page=6 |id=OCLC: 58438763}}</ref> was a forerunner of modern psychiatry, and ran the first hospital for mental illness in America.<ref name="worcester" /><ref name="cwmars1" /> Vital records recorded many infant deaths,<ref name="vitals" /> the smallpox death of Selectman [[Joseph Richardson House (Uxbridge, Massachusetts)|Joseph Richardson]], "Quincy", "dysentary", and tuberculosis deaths.<ref name="vitals" /><ref name="walking" /> [[Leonard White (physician)|Leonard White]] recorded a [[malaria]] outbreak here in 1896 that led to<ref name="malaria" /> firsts in the control of malaria as a mosquito-borne infection.<ref name="malaria">{{cite web |title=A History of Mosquitoes in Massachusetts, by Curtis R. Best |publisher=Northeast Mosquito Control Association |url=http://www.nmca.org/Nmca93-4.htm |access-date=March 31, 2008}}</ref> Uxbridge led Massachusetts in robberies for a quarter of the year in 1922, and the town voted to hire its first nighttime police patrolman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uxbridge-ma.gov/Pages/UxbridgeMA_Police/police%20history|title=History of Policing in Uxbridge|website=/www.uxbridge-ma.gov|access-date=February 14, 2014|archive-date=February 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222131655/http://www.uxbridge-ma.gov/Pages/UxbridgeMA_Police/police%20history|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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=== Industrial era: 19th century to late 20th century === |
=== Industrial era: 19th century to late 20th century === |
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[[File:Uxbridge, Massachusetts fire station.jpg|thumb|Uxbridge fire station]] |
[[File:Uxbridge, Massachusetts fire station.jpg|thumb|Uxbridge fire station]] |
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State and national parks developed around mills and rivers were restored.<ref name="cleaning">{{cite web |title=Cleaning up the Blackstone |publisher=National Park Service|url=http://www.nps.gov/blac/naturescience/restoring-the-river.htm |access-date=November 16, 2007}}</ref> ''[[The Great Gatsby (1974 film)|The Great Gatsby]]'' (1974) and ''[[Oliver's Story]]'' (1978) were filmed locally including at [[Stanley Woolen Mill]]. The [[Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor|Blackstone Valley National Historic Park]]<ref name="nps">{{cite web |title=John H. Chaffee Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor; Massachusetts/Rhode Island; Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution|publisher=National Park Service; US Department of the Interior |url=http://www.nps.gov/blac/ |access-date=September 23, 2007}}</ref> contains the {{convert|1000|acre|km2|adj=on}}[[Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park|Blackstone Canal Heritage State Park]],<ref name="park">{{cite web|title=Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park|publisher=Mass.gov; Department of Conservation and Recreation|url=http://mass.gov/dcr/parks/central/blst.htm|access-date=September 23, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929125328/http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/central/blst.htm|archive-date=September 29, 2007}}</ref> {{convert|9|mi|km}} of the [[Blackstone River Greenway]],<ref name="bikeway">{{cite web |title=About the Bikeway |publisher=Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce |url=http://www.blackstoneriverbikeway.com/ |access-date=September 23, 2007 |archive-date=October 2, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002091640/http://www.blackstoneriverbikeway.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[Southern New England Trunkline Trail]] (which has the interesting SNETT stone chamber south of Lee pond),<ref>{{cite web|title=Southern New England Trunkline Trail|url |
State and national parks developed around mills and rivers were restored.<ref name="cleaning">{{cite web |title=Cleaning up the Blackstone |publisher=National Park Service|url=http://www.nps.gov/blac/naturescience/restoring-the-river.htm |access-date=November 16, 2007}}</ref> ''[[The Great Gatsby (1974 film)|The Great Gatsby]]'' (1974) and ''[[Oliver's Story]]'' (1978) were filmed locally including at [[Stanley Woolen Mill]]. The [[Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor|Blackstone Valley National Historic Park]]<ref name="nps">{{cite web |title=John H. Chaffee Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor; Massachusetts/Rhode Island; Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution|publisher=National Park Service; US Department of the Interior |url=http://www.nps.gov/blac/ |access-date=September 23, 2007}}</ref> contains the {{convert|1000|acre|km2|adj=on}}[[Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park|Blackstone Canal Heritage State Park]],<ref name="park">{{cite web|title=Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park|publisher=Mass.gov; Department of Conservation and Recreation|url=http://mass.gov/dcr/parks/central/blst.htm|access-date=September 23, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929125328/http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/central/blst.htm|archive-date=September 29, 2007}}</ref> {{convert|9|mi|km}} of the [[Blackstone River Greenway]],<ref name="bikeway">{{cite web |title=About the Bikeway |publisher=Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce |url=http://www.blackstoneriverbikeway.com/ |access-date=September 23, 2007 |archive-date=October 2, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002091640/http://www.blackstoneriverbikeway.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[Southern New England Trunkline Trail]] (which has the interesting SNETT stone chamber south of Lee pond),<ref>{{cite web|title=Southern New England Trunkline Trail|url=https://www.arrtinc.org/map/SNETT.cfm|publisher=arrtinc.org|access-date=January 14, 2023|archive-date=January 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115005957/https://www.arrtinc.org/map/SNETT.cfm|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[West Hill Dam]], a 567-acre [[wildlife refuge]],<ref name="dam">{{cite web |title=West Hill Dam, Uxbridge Massachusetts |publisher=US Army Corps of Engineers |url=http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/recreati/whd/whdhome.htm |access-date=September 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001062140/http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/recreati/whd/whdhome.htm |archive-date=October 1, 2007 }}</ref> parcels of the Metacomet Land Trust,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacometlandtrust.org/Protected.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012211647/http://metacometlandtrust.org/Protected.html|url-status=dead|title=Metacomet Land Trust|archivedate=October 12, 2013|accessdate=August 8, 2022}}</ref> and [[Cormier Woods]]. 60 [[Federal architecture|Federalist]] homes<ref name="walking" /> were added to 54 [[List of Registered Historic Places in Uxbridge, Massachusetts|national]] and 375 state-listed historic sites, including [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] [[Bazaleel Taft Jr. House and Law Office|Elmshade]] (where [[Secretary of War|War Secretary]] [[Alphonso Taft]] had recounted local family history at a famous reunion).<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web |title=Uxbridge-A walking tour |publisher=Blackstone Daily.com |url=http://www.blackstonedaily.com/Outdoors&Nature/WTuxbridge.htm |access-date=November 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928130800/http://www.blackstonedaily.com/Outdoors%26Nature/WTuxbridge.htm |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref name="Alphonso">{{cite book |last=Leonard |first=Lewis recounted Alexander |title=The Life of Alphonso Taft }}{{cite book |last=Leonard |first=Lewis Alexander |title=The Life of Alphonso Taft }}{{cite book |title=Life of Alphonso Taft |publisher=Hawke publishing Company (incorporated) |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_LCVCAAAAIAAJ |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_LCVCAAAAIAAJ/page/n193 308] |access-date=November 25, 2007 |year=1920|last1=Leonard |first1=Lewis Alexander }}</ref> [[John Capron|Capron]]'s wooden mill survived a 2007 fire at the [[Bernat Mill]].<ref name="fire">{{cite news|title=Fire ravages old Uxbridge mill |author=John Guilfoil |date=July 22, 2007 |url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/07/22/fire_ravages_old_uxbridge_mill/ |work=The Boston Globe |access-date=September 24, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907024040/http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/07/22/fire_ravages_old_uxbridge_mill/ |archive-date=September 7, 2008 }}</ref> [[Stanley Woolen Mill|Stanley mill]] is being restored while [[Waucantuck Mill Complex|Waucantuck Mill]] was mostly razed. In 2013 multiple fires again affected the town, including a historic bank building and a Quaker home from the early 1800s. See [[List of Registered Historic Places in Uxbridge, Massachusetts|National historic sites]]. |
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Five bands of the original indigenous Nipmuck people live in the Worcester County region. |
Five bands of the original indigenous Nipmuck people live in the Worcester County region today. |
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In 2017, a new $9.25 million fire station was completed on Main Street next to Town Hall.<ref name="FireStation">{{cite news |last1=Dwyer |first1=Constance Reddy |title=Fire station on budget and completed by fall |url=https://issuu.com/kmussulli/docs/nut-march2017 |access-date=July 27, 2020 |publisher=Uxbridge Times |date=March 2017}}</ref> Voters approved the 14,365 square-foot station in 2015.<ref name="Fitzerald2017">{{cite news |last1=Fitzgerald |first1=Joseph |title=Uxbridge set to open new fire station |url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/woonsocket-call/20171212/281496456628192 |access-date=July 27, 2020 |publisher=Woonsocket Call |date=December 12, 2017}}</ref> The station has five bays to accommodate modern fire trucks, a radio and server room for computer and phone servers.<ref name="Fitzerald2017" /> The second floor includes a fitness room, kitchen, and showers for staff.<ref name="FireStation" /> The station is located in the historic district, and was built in consultation with the Uxbridge Historic District Commission.<ref name="FireStation" /> The old post office and fire station were demolished to make room for the new station.<ref name="Fitzerald2017" /> Context Architecture was the designer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Uxbridge Fire Headquarters |url=https://www.contextarc.com/uxbridge-fire-headquarters_portfolio |website=Context Architecture |access-date=July 27, 2020}}</ref> |
In 2017, a new $9.25 million fire station was completed on Main Street next to Town Hall.<ref name="FireStation">{{cite news |last1=Dwyer |first1=Constance Reddy |title=Fire station on budget and completed by fall |url=https://issuu.com/kmussulli/docs/nut-march2017 |access-date=July 27, 2020 |publisher=Uxbridge Times |date=March 2017}}</ref> Voters approved the 14,365 square-foot station in 2015.<ref name="Fitzerald2017">{{cite news |last1=Fitzgerald |first1=Joseph |title=Uxbridge set to open new fire station |url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/woonsocket-call/20171212/281496456628192 |access-date=July 27, 2020 |publisher=Woonsocket Call |date=December 12, 2017}}</ref> The station has five bays to accommodate modern fire trucks, a radio and server room for computer and phone servers.<ref name="Fitzerald2017" /> The second floor includes a fitness room, kitchen, and showers for staff.<ref name="FireStation" /> The station is located in the historic district, and was built in consultation with the Uxbridge Historic District Commission.<ref name="FireStation" /> The old post office and fire station were demolished to make room for the new station.<ref name="Fitzerald2017" /> Context Architecture was the designer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Uxbridge Fire Headquarters |url=https://www.contextarc.com/uxbridge-fire-headquarters_portfolio |website=Context Architecture |access-date=July 27, 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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The McCluskey School parking lot and former Bernat Mill site were used for Netflix film crews setup in 2021. <ref>{{cite web|title=Uxbridge Movie Crew Set up, McCluskey School parking lot/Bernat Mill site |url=https://www.milforddailynews.com/story/news/2021/07/07/uxbridge-movie-set-mccloskey-building/7894813002/#|publisher=Milford Daily News|website= www.milforddailynews.com |date= July 7, 2021 |access-date= September 2, 2024}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | The Uxbridge High Spartans won the 2023 Division 7 Superbowl at Gillette Stadium with an undefeated record <ref>{{Cite web |title=LaChapelle brothers lead way as Uxbridge rolls past Amesbury to win Division 7 Super Bowl |url=https://www.telegram.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2023/12/01/uxbridge-routs-amesbury-to-win-division-7-state-football-championship/71726700007/ |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=The Worcester Telegram & Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref> The Uxbridge High Spartans Field Hockey Team clinched its third consecutive state championship in the 2023 Season. |
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| ⚫ | The Uxbridge High Spartans won the 2023 Division 7 Superbowl at Gillette Stadium with an undefeated record <ref>{{Cite web |title=LaChapelle brothers lead way as Uxbridge rolls past Amesbury to win Division 7 Super Bowl |url=https://www.telegram.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2023/12/01/uxbridge-routs-amesbury-to-win-division-7-state-football-championship/71726700007/ |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=The Worcester Telegram & Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref> The Uxbridge High Spartans Field Hockey Team clinched its third consecutive state championship in the 2023 Season.<ref>{{cite web|title= press release:Town salutes Double championships |url=https://www.uxbridge-ma.gov/home/news/press-release-double-uhs-victory-double-uhs-victory-field-hockey-and-football|access-date= December 31, 2023}}</ref> |
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== Geography == |
== Geography == |
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The town is {{convert|30.4|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|0.8|sqmi}}, or 2.74%, is water. It is situated {{convert|39.77|mi}} southwest of [[Boston]], {{convert|16|mi}} southeast of [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]], and {{convert|20|mi}} northwest of [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]]. Elevations range from {{convert|200|ft|m}} to {{convert|577|ft|m}} above sea level. It borders [[Douglas, Massachusetts|Douglas]], [[Mendon, Massachusetts|Mendon]], [[Millville, Massachusetts|Millville]], [[Northbridge, Massachusetts|Northbridge]], and [[Sutton, Massachusetts]], plus the [[Rhode Island]] towns of [[Burrillville, Rhode Island|Burrillville]] and [[North Smithfield, Rhode Island|North Smithfield]]. |
The town is {{convert|30.4|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|0.8|sqmi}}, or 2.74%, is water. It is situated {{convert|39.77|mi}} southwest of [[Boston]], {{convert|16|mi}} southeast of [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]], and {{convert|20|mi}} northwest of [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]]. Elevations range from {{convert|200|ft|m}} to {{convert|577|ft|m}} above sea level. It borders [[Douglas, Massachusetts|Douglas]], [[Mendon, Massachusetts|Mendon]], [[Millville, Massachusetts|Millville]], [[Northbridge, Massachusetts|Northbridge]], and [[Sutton, Massachusetts]], plus the [[Rhode Island]] towns of [[Burrillville, Rhode Island|Burrillville]] and [[North Smithfield, Rhode Island|North Smithfield]]. |
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| Southwest = [[Burrillville, Rhode Island]] |
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=== Climate === |
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The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> population was 13,457, representing a growth rate of 20.6%, with 5,056 households, a density rate of 166.31 units per square mile. 95.7% were [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.7% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.90% [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]], 0.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], and 1.4% other. [[Population density]] was 442.66 people/ mile<sup>2</sup> (170.77/km{{sup|2}}). [[Per capita income]] was $24,540, and 4.7% fell below the [[poverty line]]. There were 9,959 registered voters in 2010. |
The [[2010 United States Census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> population was 13,457, representing a growth rate of 20.6%, with 5,056 households, a density rate of 166.31 units per square mile. 95.7% were [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.7% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.90% [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]], 0.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], and 1.4% other. [[Population density]] was 442.66 people/ mile<sup>2</sup> (170.77/km{{sup|2}}). [[Per capita income]] was $24,540, and 4.7% fell below the [[poverty line]]. There were 9,959 registered voters in 2010. |
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== Government == |
== Government == |
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Uxbridge has a [[Board of Selectmen]] and [[town meeting]] government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uxbridge-ma.gov/HTML/Selectmen.shtml|title=Uxbridge Massachusetts Website – Board of Selectmen (1.00.00)<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=/www.uxbridge-ma.gov|accessdate=August 8, 2022}}</ref> |
Uxbridge has a [[Board of Selectmen]] and [[town meeting]] government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uxbridge-ma.gov/HTML/Selectmen.shtml|title=Uxbridge Massachusetts Website – Board of Selectmen (1.00.00)<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=/www.uxbridge-ma.gov|accessdate=August 8, 2022|archive-date=May 29, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529144159/http://www.uxbridge-ma.gov/HTML/Selectmen.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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Local government granted the [[Lydia Taft|first woman]] in America the [[right to vote]],<ref name="Washington">{{cite book |last=Chapin |first=Judge Henry |title=Address Delivered at the Unitarian Church in Uxbridge, 1864 |publisher=Press of C. Hamilton |page=[https://archive.org/details/addressdelivere00socigoog/page/n19 172] |year=1881 |location=Worcester, MA |url=https://archive.org/details/addressdelivere00socigoog|quote=address delivered at unitarian church . }}</ref> nixed a smallpox vaccine in 1775,<ref name="Washington" /> and defied the Massachusetts [[Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth|Secretary of State]] by approving women jurors.<ref name="juries">{{cite news |title=Selectman affirm right of Women to Serve on Juries |work=New York Times |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/07/02/107064791.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024121839/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/07/02/107064791.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-24 |url-status=live |date=July 2, 1922}}</ref> The 2009 Board of Health made Uxbridge the third community in the US to ban tobacco sales in pharmacies, but later reversed this.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tobaccofreerx.org/|title=TobaccoFreeRx - Our goal is tobacco-free pharmacies|website=tobaccofreerx|accessdate=August 8, 2022}}</ref> |
Local government granted the [[Lydia Taft|first woman]] in America the [[right to vote]],<ref name="Washington">{{cite book |last=Chapin |first=Judge Henry |title=Address Delivered at the Unitarian Church in Uxbridge, 1864 |publisher=Press of C. Hamilton |page=[https://archive.org/details/addressdelivere00socigoog/page/n19 172] |year=1881 |location=Worcester, MA |url=https://archive.org/details/addressdelivere00socigoog|quote=address delivered at unitarian church . }}</ref> nixed a smallpox vaccine in 1775,<ref name="Washington" /> and defied the Massachusetts [[Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth|Secretary of State]] by approving women jurors.<ref name="juries">{{cite news |title=Selectman affirm right of Women to Serve on Juries |work=New York Times |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/07/02/107064791.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024121839/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/07/02/107064791.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-24 |url-status=live |date=July 2, 1922}}</ref> The 2009 Board of Health made Uxbridge the third community in the US to ban tobacco sales in pharmacies, but later reversed this.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tobaccofreerx.org/|title=TobaccoFreeRx - Our goal is tobacco-free pharmacies|website=tobaccofreerx|accessdate=August 8, 2022}}</ref> |
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The ''[[New York Times]]'' called Uxbridge education reforms a "little revolution" to meet family needs.<ref name="times">{{cite news |title=The ramparts of a little revolution in education |work=New York Times |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02E0DA1039F930A25752C0A960958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 |access-date=April 4, 2008 |first=Tamar |last=Lewin |date=January 13, 1996}}</ref> |
The ''[[New York Times]]'' called Uxbridge education reforms a "little revolution" to meet family needs.<ref name="times">{{cite news |title=The ramparts of a little revolution in education |work=New York Times |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02E0DA1039F930A25752C0A960958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 |access-date=April 4, 2008 |first=Tamar |last=Lewin |date=January 13, 1996}}</ref> |
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Highways in Uxbridge include [[Massachusetts Route 146|Route 146]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gribblenation.net/nepics/ma/146/ma146a-on146s.jpg|title=Gribble Nationwide Movers | Top National Moving Company Services in the Nation|access-date=October 12, 2008|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023747/http://www.gribblenation.net/nepics/ma/146/ma146a-on146s.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Massachusetts Route 16|Route 16]], [[Massachusetts Route 122|Route 122]], [[Massachusetts Route 98|Route 98]] and [[Massachusetts Route 146A|Route 146A]]. |
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* [[Arthur MacArthur Sr.]], was a Lt. Governor, Chief Justice and [[Douglas MacArthur]]'s grandfather |
* [[Arthur MacArthur Sr.]], was a Lt. Governor, Chief Justice and [[Douglas MacArthur]]'s grandfather |
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* [[Joshua Mason Macomber|Joshua Macomber]], Educator |
* [[Joshua Mason Macomber|Joshua Macomber]], Educator |
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* [[Richard T. Moore|Richard Moore]], recent Senate [[President Pro Tempore|President Pro Tem]] (MA), was a [[Federal Emergency Management Agency|FEMA]] executive, a past President of the [[National Conference of State Legislatures|Conference of State Legislatures]], and a principal architect of Massachusetts's landmark health care law<ref name="rock">{{cite news |title=The rock stars of universal coverage |work=The Boston Globe |url=http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2006/12/05/the_rock_stars_of_universal_coverage/ |access-date=September 23, 2007 |date=December 5, 2006 |first=Jeffrey |last=Krasner}}</ref><ref name="Richard">{{cite web |title=NCSL Executive Committee: Officers' Biographical Information |publisher=National Conference of State Legislatures |url=http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=18082#Moore |access-date=August 11, 2009}}</ref> |
* [[Richard T. Moore|Richard Moore]], recent Senate [[President Pro Tempore|President Pro Tem]] (MA), was a [[Federal Emergency Management Agency|FEMA]] executive, a past President of the [[National Conference of State Legislatures|Conference of State Legislatures]], and a principal architect of Massachusetts's landmark health care law<ref name="rock">{{cite news |title=The rock stars of universal coverage |work=The Boston Globe |url=http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2006/12/05/the_rock_stars_of_universal_coverage/ |access-date=September 23, 2007 |date=December 5, 2006 |first=Jeffrey |last=Krasner}}</ref><ref name="Richard">{{cite web |title=NCSL Executive Committee: Officers' Biographical Information |publisher=National Conference of State Legislatures |url=http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=18082#Moore |access-date=August 11, 2009 |archive-date=August 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808031233/http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=18082#Moore |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* [[William Augustus Mowry]], Educator |
* [[William Augustus Mowry]], Educator |
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* [[Jeannine Oppewall]], has four [[Academy Award]] nominations for best art direction |
* [[Jeannine Oppewall]], has four [[Academy Award]] nominations for best art direction |
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Uxbridge | |
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 Congregational Church and Civil War Memorial | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname: "Cradle of the Industrial Revolution" "Heart of The Blackstone Valley" "A Crossroads Village" | |
| Motto: "Weaving a Tapestry of Early America" “President George Washington really did sleep here” | |
 Location in Worcester County and the state of Massachusetts. | |
| Coordinates: 42°04′38″N 71°37′48″W / 42.07722°N 71.63000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Massachusetts |
| County | Worcester |
| Colonized | 1662 |
| Incorporated | 1727 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Open town meeting |
| • Chair, Board of Selectmen | Brian Butler |
| • Vice Chair-Clerk, Board of Selectmen | Jeff Shaw |
| • Selectmen | Stephen Mandile, John Wise, Peter Demers |
| Area | |
| • Total | 30.4 sq mi (78.7 km2) |
| • Land | 29.5 sq mi (76.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.8 sq mi (2.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 270 ft (82 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 14,162 |
| • Density | 480.1/sq mi (185.1/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastern) |
| ZIP code | 01569 |
| Area code | 508 / 774 |
| FIPS code | 25-71620 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0618387 |
| Website | http://www.uxbridge-ma.gov/ |
Uxbridge is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States, first colonized in 1662 and incorporated in 1727. It was originally part of the town of Mendon, and named for the Earl of Uxbridge. The town is located 36 mi (58 km) southwest of Boston[1] and 15 mi (24 km) south-southeast of Worcester, at the midpoint of the Blackstone Valley National Historic Park. The historical society notes that Uxbridge is the "Heart of The Blackstone Valley" and is also known as "the Cradle of the Industrial Revolution".[2] Uxbridge was a prominent Textile center in the American Industrial Revolution. Two Quakers served as national leaders in the American anti-slavery movement. Uxbridge "weaves a tapestry of early America".[3]
Indigenous Nipmuc people near "Wacentug" or “Waentug” (river bend), deeded land to 17th-century settlers. Uxbridge reportedly granted rights to America's first colonial woman voter, Lydia Taft, and approved Massachusetts first women jurors. The first hospital for mental illness in America was reportedly established here.[4][5] Deborah Sampson posed as an Uxbridge soldier, and fought in the American Revolution. A 140-year legacy of manufacturing military uniforms and clothing began with 1820 power looms. Uxbridge became famous for woolen cashmeres. "Uxbridge Blue", was the first US Air Force Dress Uniform.[6] BJ's Wholesale Club distribution warehouse is a major employer today.
Uxbridge had a population of 14,162 at the 2020 United States Census.[7]
History
[edit]Colonial era, Revolution, Quakers, and abolition
[edit]John Eliot started Nipmuc Praying Indian villages.[8][9][10] Several praying Indian towns included Waentug (or Wacentug) and “Rice City” (later settled as Mendon.) “Great John”, sold Squimshepauk plantation to settlers in September of 1663,[11] "for 24 pound Ster".[11][12][13] Mendon began in 1667, and burned in King Phillips War. Nipmuck joined the native uprising, and many died. Western Mendon became Uxbridge in 1727, and Farnum House held the first town meeting.[14] John Adams’ uncle, Nathan Webb, was the first called minister of the colony's first new Congregational church in the Great Awakening.[15] The American Taft family origins are intertwined with Uxbridge and Mendon. Lydia Taft reportedly voted in the 1756 town meeting, considered as a first for colonial women.[16]
Seth and Joseph Read and Simeon Wheelock joined Committees of Correspondence.[17] Baxter Hall was a Minuteman drummer.[18] Seth Read fought at Bunker Hill. Washington stopped at Reed's tavern, en route to command the Continental Army.[19][20] Samuel Spring was one of the first chaplains of the American Revolution.[21] Deborah Sampson enlisted as "Robert Shurtlieff of Uxbridge".[22] Shays' Rebellion also began here, and Governor John Hancock quelled Uxbridge riots.[23][24] Simeon Wheelock died protecting the Springfield Armory.[25] Seth Reed was instrumental in adding "E pluribus unum" to U.S. coins.[26][27][28] Washington slept here on his Inaugural tour while traveling the Middle Post Road.[29][30]
Quakers including Richard Mowry migrated here from Smithfield, Rhode Island, and built mills, railroads, houses, tools and Conestoga wagon wheels.[25][31][32] Southwick's store housed the Social and Instructive Library. Friends Meetinghouse, next to Moses Farnum's farm, had prominent abolitionists Abby Kelley Foster and Effingham Capron as members.[33][34][35][36] Capron led the 450 member local anti-slavery society. Brister Pierce, formerly a slave in Uxbridge, was a signer of an 1835 petition to Congress demanding abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia.[37] Local influences from the First and Second Great Awakenings can be seen with the early Congregational and Quaker traditions.
Early transportation, education, public health and safety
[edit]The Tafts built the Middle Post Road's Blackstone River bridge in 1709.[38] "Teamsters" drove horse "team" freight wagons on the Worcester-Providence stage route. The Blackstone Canal brought horse-drawn barges to Providence through Uxbridge for overnight stops.[11][39][40] The "crossroads village" was a junction on the Underground Railroad.[41] The P&W Railroad ended canal traffic in 1848.
A 1732 vote "set up a school for ye town of Uxbridge".[11] A grammar school was followed by 13 one-room district school houses, built for $2000 in 1797. Uxbridge Academy (1818) became a prestigious New England prep school.
Uxbridge voted against the smallpox vaccine.[16] Samuel Willard treated smallpox victims,[42] was a forerunner of modern psychiatry, and ran the first hospital for mental illness in America.[4][5] Vital records recorded many infant deaths,[19] the smallpox death of Selectman Joseph Richardson, "Quincy", "dysentary", and tuberculosis deaths.[19][25] Leonard White recorded a malaria outbreak here in 1896 that led to[43] firsts in the control of malaria as a mosquito-borne infection.[43] Uxbridge led Massachusetts in robberies for a quarter of the year in 1922, and the town voted to hire its first nighttime police patrolman.[44]
Industrial era: 19th century to late 20th century
[edit]Bog iron and three iron forges marked the colonial era, with the inception of large-scale industries beginning around 1775.[45] Examples of this development can be seen in the work of Richard Mowry, who built and marketed equipment to manufacture woolen, linen, or cotton cloth,[3][46] and gristmills, sawmills, distilleries, and large industries.[8] Daniel Day built the first woolen mill in 1809.[11][16] By 1855, 560 local workers made 2,500,000 yards (2,300,000 m) of cloth (14,204 miles (22,859 km)).[45][8] Uxbridge reached a peak of over twenty different industrial mills.[8][25] A small silver vein at Scadden, in southwest Uxbridge, led to unsuccessful commercial mining in the 1830s.[47]
Innovations included power looms, vertical integration of wool to clothing, cashmere wool-synthetic blends, "wash and wear", yarn spinning techniques, and latch hook kits. Villages included mills, shops, worker housing, and farms. Wm. Arnold's Ironstone cotton mill, later made Kentucky Blue Jeans,[25] and Seth Read's gristmill, later housed Bay State Arms. Hecla and Wheelockville housed American Woolen, Waucantuck Mill, Hilena Lowell's shoe factory, and Draper Corporation. Daniel Day, Jerry Wheelock, and Luke Taft used water-powered mills. Moses Taft's (Central Woolen) operated continuously making Civil War cloth.[25][48]
North Uxbridge housed Clapp's 1810 cotton mill, Chandler Taft's and Richard Sayles' Rivulet Mill, the granite quarry, and Rogerson's village. Crown and Eagle Mill was "a masterpiece of early industrial architecture".[49] Blanchard's granite quarry provided curb stones to New York City, the Statue of Liberty and regional public works projects.[8][25][50] Peter Rawson Taft's grandson, William Howard Taft, visited Samuel Taft House.[51]
John Sr., Effingham and John W. Capron's mill pioneered US satinets and woolen power looms.[8][11][45][52] Charles A. Root, Edward Bachman, and Harold Walter expanded Bachman-Uxbridge, and exhibited leadership in women's fashion.[53] The company manufactured US Army uniforms for the Civil War, World War I, World War II, the nurse corps, and the first Air Force dress uniforms, dubbed "Uxbridge Blue".[25][54] Time magazine covered Uxbridge Worsted's proposed buyout to be the top US woolen company.[6] The largest plant of one of the largest US yarn companies, Bernat Yarn, was located here from the 1960s to the 1980s. A historic company called Information Services operated from Uxbridge, and managed subscription services for The New Republic, among other publications, in the later 20th century.
Late 20th century to present
[edit]
State and national parks developed around mills and rivers were restored.[55] The Great Gatsby (1974) and Oliver's Story (1978) were filmed locally including at Stanley Woolen Mill. The Blackstone Valley National Historic Park[56] contains the 1,000-acre (4.0 km2)Blackstone Canal Heritage State Park,[57] 9 miles (14 km) of the Blackstone River Greenway,[58] the Southern New England Trunkline Trail (which has the interesting SNETT stone chamber south of Lee pond),[59] West Hill Dam, a 567-acre wildlife refuge,[60] parcels of the Metacomet Land Trust,[61] and Cormier Woods. 60 Federalist homes[25] were added to 54 national and 375 state-listed historic sites, including Georgian Elmshade (where War Secretary Alphonso Taft had recounted local family history at a famous reunion).[62][63] Capron's wooden mill survived a 2007 fire at the Bernat Mill.[64] Stanley mill is being restored while Waucantuck Mill was mostly razed. In 2013 multiple fires again affected the town, including a historic bank building and a Quaker home from the early 1800s. See National historic sites.
Five bands of the original indigenous Nipmuck people live in the Worcester County region today.
In 2017, a new $9.25 million fire station was completed on Main Street next to Town Hall.[65] Voters approved the 14,365 square-foot station in 2015.[66] The station has five bays to accommodate modern fire trucks, a radio and server room for computer and phone servers.[66] The second floor includes a fitness room, kitchen, and showers for staff.[65] The station is located in the historic district, and was built in consultation with the Uxbridge Historic District Commission.[65] The old post office and fire station were demolished to make room for the new station.[66] Context Architecture was the designer.[67]
The McCluskey School parking lot and former Bernat Mill site were used for Netflix film crews setup in 2021. [68]
The Uxbridge High Spartans won the 2023 Division 7 Superbowl at Gillette Stadium with an undefeated record [69] The Uxbridge High Spartans Field Hockey Team clinched its third consecutive state championship in the 2023 Season.[70]
Geography
[edit]The town is 30.4 square miles (79 km2), of which 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), or 2.74%, is water. It is situated 39.77 miles (64.00 km) southwest of Boston, 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Worcester, and 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Providence. Elevations range from 200 feet (61 m) to 577 feet (176 m) above sea level. It borders Douglas, Mendon, Millville, Northbridge, and Sutton, Massachusetts, plus the Rhode Island towns of Burrillville and North Smithfield.
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Climate
[edit]A USDA hardiness zone 5 continental climate prevails with snowfall extremes from November to April. The highest recorded temperature was 104 F, in July 1975, and the lowest, −25 F in January 1957.[71]
| Climate data for Uxbridge, Massachusetts | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 37 (3) |
40 (4) |
49 (9) |
59 (15) |
70 (21) |
79 (26) |
84 (29) |
82 (28) |
75 (24) |
64 (18) |
53 (12) |
42 (6) |
61 (16) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 13 (−11) |
16 (−9) |
27 (−3) |
37 (3) |
47 (8) |
55 (13) |
60 (16) |
59 (15) |
49 (9) |
37 (3) |
30 (−1) |
20 (−7) |
38 (3) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 3.6 (91) |
3.3 (84) |
4.1 (100) |
3.9 (99) |
4.3 (110) |
3.6 (91) |
3.7 (94) |
4.1 (100) |
4.1 (100) |
4.1 (100) |
4.5 (110) |
4.0 (100) |
47.3 (1,200) |
| Source: Weather.com[71] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1790 | 1,308 | — |
| 1800 | 1,404 | +7.3% |
| 1810 | 1,404 | +0.0% |
| 1820 | 1,551 | +10.5% |
| 1830 | 2,086 | +34.5% |
| 1840 | 2,004 | −3.9% |
| 1850 | 2,457 | +22.6% |
| 1860 | 3,133 | +27.5% |
| 1870 | 3,058 | −2.4% |
| 1880 | 3,111 | +1.7% |
| 1890 | 3,408 | +9.5% |
| 1900 | 3,599 | +5.6% |
| 1910 | 4,671 | +29.8% |
| 1920 | 5,384 | +15.3% |
| 1930 | 6,285 | +16.7% |
| 1940 | 6,417 | +2.1% |
| 1950 | 7,007 | +9.2% |
| 1960 | 7,789 | +11.2% |
| 1970 | 8,253 | +6.0% |
| 1980 | 8,374 | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 10,415 | +24.4% |
| 2000 | 11,156 | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 13,457 | +20.6% |
| 2020 | 14,162 | +5.2% |
| 2023* | 14,526 | +2.6% |
| * = population estimate. Source: United States census records and Population Estimates Program data.[72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82] | ||
The 2010 United States Census[83] population was 13,457, representing a growth rate of 20.6%, with 5,056 households, a density rate of 166.31 units per square mile. 95.7% were White, 1.7% Asian, 0.90% Hispanic, 0.3% African American, and 1.4% other. Population density was 442.66 people/ mile2 (170.77/km2). Per capita income was $24,540, and 4.7% fell below the poverty line. There were 9,959 registered voters in 2010.
Economy
[edit]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 Fortune 500 BJ's Wholesale Club's, northern division. Unemployment was 3.9%, lower than the state average .[84]
Arts and culture
[edit]Points of interest
[edit]- "Uxbridge", A film by Chris Bilodeau Photography[85] (2017)[86]
- National historic sites
- Lt. Simeon Wheelock House, Uxbridge common district, 1768[87]
- Friends meetinghouse, c. 1770[88]
- Taft House, 1789 inaugural tour visit of George Washington and 1910 visit of Uxbridge grandson, William Howard Taft[89]
- Crown and Eagle Cotton Mill, c. 1826[90]
- Elmshade, site of historic Taft family reunion of 1874
- Bernat Mill, formerly Capron Mill, c. 1820, and Uxbridge Worsted Company
- Stanley Woolen Mill, also once known as Central Woolen, Calumet, and Moses Taft Mill[91]
- Stanley Woolen Mill
- Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
- National Park Service, valley sites: Millville & Uxbridge[92]
- Blackstone Canal at River Bend Farm[93]
- Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park[94]
- River Bend Farm and Canal[92]
- West Hill Dam and recreation area[95]
- Blissful Meadows Golf Club[96]
Government
[edit]Uxbridge has a Board of Selectmen and town meeting government.[97]
Local government granted the first woman in America the right to vote,[16] nixed a smallpox vaccine in 1775,[16] and defied the Massachusetts Secretary of State by approving women jurors.[98] The 2009 Board of Health made Uxbridge the third community in the US to ban tobacco sales in pharmacies, but later reversed this.[99]
State agencies control county elected offices, and Uxbridge has a District Courthouse but no gaol.
State and federal elected officials
[edit]- Massachusetts House of Representatives - Kevin Kuros
- Massachusetts Senate - Ryan Fattman
- Massachusetts Governor's Council - Paul DePalo
- United States House of Representatives - Jim McGovern
- United States Senate - Elizabeth Warren, Ed Markey
Education
[edit]Local schools include the Earl D. Taft Early Learning Center (Pre-K–3), Whitin Intermediate School (4–7), Uxbridge High School (8–12), and Our Lady of the Valley Regional.
Uxbridge is also a member of one of the thirteen towns of the Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational School District. Uxbridge students in eighth grade have the opportunity to apply to Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School, serving grades 9–12.
The New York Times called Uxbridge education reforms a "little revolution" to meet family needs.[100]
Infrastructure
[edit]Transportation
[edit]Rail
[edit]The nearest MBTA Commuter Rail stops are Forge Park/495 on the Franklin/Foxboro Line and Grafton and Worcester on the Framingham/Worcester Line, 15 miles away. The Providence and Worcester Railroad freight line passes through Uxbridge.
Highways
[edit]Highways in Uxbridge include Route 146,[101] Route 16, Route 122, Route 98 and Route 146A.
Airports
[edit]TF Green State Airport Warwick-Providence, RI, Worcester Regional Airport, and Boston Logan International Airport have commercial flights. Hopedale Airport, 7.2 miles (11.6 km) away, and Worcester Regional Airport have general aviation. A private air strip, Sky Glen Airport on Quaker Highway, is still listed on FAA sites, though the map location shows it within a dense industrial park, and at its peak of operations, it saw very low traffic.[102]
Healthcare
[edit]Tri-River Family Health Center (University of Massachusetts Medical School) offers primary care. Milford Regional, Landmark Medical Center, hospices and long term care are nearby or local.
Notable people
[edit]- Benjamin Adams, Congressman
- Willard Bartlett, New York Chief Justice
- Franklin Bartlett, Congressman
- Nicholas Baylies was born and raised in Uxbridge, and served as a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.[103]
- Ezra ("T".) Taft Benson, was an LDS Church Apostle, Hawaii missionary, and Utah legislator. Chandler Taft built the 1814 Rivulet Mill
- Alice Bridges, won an Olympic bronze in Berlin[104]
- Phineas Bruce, Congressman
- Edward P. Bullard, started Bullard Machine tools, whose designs enabled auto manufacturing and industry
- Effingham Capron,[41] led Uxbridge as a center for pre-Civil War anti-slavery activities, and was a state and national anti-slavery leader, and an industrialist[41]
- Daniel Day, a Taft, started the third US woolen mill
- Tim Fortugno, played for the California Angels and Chicago White Sox
- Albert Harkness, Uxbridge High; academic latin scholar; published multiple works
- Jacqueline Liebergott, was president of Emerson College
- Arthur MacArthur Sr., was a Lt. Governor, Chief Justice and Douglas MacArthur's grandfather
- Joshua Macomber, Educator
- Richard Moore, recent Senate President Pro Tem (MA), was a FEMA executive, a past President of the Conference of State Legislatures, and a principal architect of Massachusetts's landmark health care law[105][106]
- William Augustus Mowry, Educator
- Jeannine Oppewall, has four Academy Award nominations for best art direction
- Willard Preston, the 4th University of Vermont President, published famous sermons while later serving the Independent Presbyterian Church of Savannah, Georgia[107]
- Seth Reed, fought at Bunker Hill, was instrumental in adding "E pluribus unum" to U.S. coins,[26][108] and was a founder of Erie, Pennsylvania and Geneva, New York[17][26]
- Joseph Read was a Colonel in the American Revolutionary War.
- Brian Skerry, is a National Geographic photojournalist, protecting global sea life[109]
- Edward Sullivan, won a Congressional Medal of Honor in the Spanish–American War
- Robert Taft I, was patriarch to the Taft family political dynasty
- Robert Taft, 2nd, was a Selectman[16]
- Josiah Taft, wealthy landowner, husband of Lydia Taft
- Lydia (Chapin) Taft, first woman to vote in America[16]
- Bezaleel Taft Sr., served as an American Revolution Captain, state representative and state senator
- Bezaleel Taft Jr., state representative and state Senator. Owned historic Elmshade Taft Family homestead
- Samuel Taft, hosted George Washington on his post-inaugural tour[16]
- Luke Taft, built two water powered textile mills
- Moses Taft, built Stanley Woolen Mill and implicated in the Boston Molasses Disaster
- Peter Rawson Taft I, was the grandfather of William Howard Taft
- Nathan Webb, First called minister at new Congregational Church, first mentioned in Great Awakening period, was John Adams‘ uncle
- Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., was curator of Northern Baroque Art at the National Gallery of Art from 1975 to his retirement in 2018[110]
- Paul C. Whitin, founded the Whitin Machine Works; transformed cotton machine manufacturing
- Charles Vacanti, Anasthesiologist; Tissue engineering; Stem Cells; Known for the Vacanti Mouse
See also
[edit]- List of notable Uxbridge people by century
- Linwood, Massachusetts
- List of mill towns in Massachusetts
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