Sudbury is a town in

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, United States. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 18,934. The town, located in

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's MetroWest region, has a rich colonial history.

History

Incorporated in 1639, the boundaries of Sudbury included (by 1653) what is now Wayland (which split off in 1780, initially as East Sudbury), and parts of present day

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and Maynard (the latter town splitting off in 1871).

Nipmuc The Nipmuc or Nipmuck people are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who historically spoke an Eastern Algonquian language. Their historic territory Nippenet, "the freshwater pond place," is in central Massachusetts and nearby part ...

Indians lived in what is now Sudbury, including

Tantamous Tantamous (also known as Old Jethro or John Jethro) (c. 1580–1676) was a well-known Native American Nipmuc leader in seventeenth century Massachusetts. Tantamous was a powwow ( healer and spiritual leader) who lived near the Assabet River,Barr ...

, a medicine man, and his son

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, who deeded a large parcel of land to Sudbury for settlement in 1684.Gutteridge, William H. (1921)
''A Brief History of the Town of Maynard, Massachusetts''
Maynard, MA: Town of Maynard, p. 13-16 The original town center and meetinghouse were located near the

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at what is now known as Wayland's North Cemetery. For the residents on the west side of the river, it was a treacherous passage in the winter and attendance at both worship services and Town Meetings was compulsory. In 1723 the West Parish meetinghouse was built west of the river at an area known as Rocky Plains (presently the Town Center). It served as a place for both worship and Town Meetings, After the split with Wayland, the new location grew to have houses, a school, and in 1846, a new Town House. Since then, the

Sudbury Center Historic District The Sudbury Center Historic District is a historic district on Concord and Old Sudbury Roads in Sudbury, Massachusetts. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. In 1976, it included 80 buildings over . The Town of ...

has changed little. Sudbury also contributed the most militia during

King Philip's War King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed conflict in 1675–1676 between indigenous inhabitants of New England and New England coloni ...

and was the site of the well-known attack on Sudbury.

Ephraim Curtis Ephraim Curtis (March 31, 1642 – c. 1684) was an American colonial military figure from Sudbury, Massachusetts, during King Philip's War. Biography Ephraim Curtis was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, the son of Henry Curtis, a carpenter who had mi ...

was a successful leader of the militia of West Sudbury and would lend his name to the town's junior high school. Sudbury militia participated in the

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, in 1775, where Sudbury members sniped on British Red Coats returning to

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. One of Sudbury's historic landmarks, the

Wayside Inn The Wayside Inn Historic District is a historic district on Old Boston Post Road in Sudbury, Massachusetts. The district contains the Wayside Inn, a historic landmark that is one of the oldest inns in the country, operating as Howe's Tavern ...

, claims to be the country's oldest operating inn, built and run by the Howe family for many generations.

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wrote ''

Tales of a Wayside Inn ''Tales of a Wayside Inn'' is a collection of poems by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The book, published in 1863, depicts a group of people at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts as each tells a story in the form of a poem. Th ...

'', a book of poems published in 1863. In the book, the poem ''The Landlord's Tale'' was the source of the immortal phrase "listen my children and you shall hear, of the midnight ride of Paul Revere."

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bought the inn in 1923, restored it and donated it to a charitable foundation which continues to run it as an operating inn to this day. Ford also built a boys' school on the property, as well as a grist mill, and the Martha-Mary Chapel. He brought in the Redstone Schoolhouse from Sterling, which was reputed to be the school in

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''. However, Giuseppi Cavicchio's refusal to sell his water rights scuttled

's plans to build an auto parts factory at the site of Charles O. Parmenter's mill in South Sudbury. In August 1925, a Sudbury farm was the scene of a riot between local members of the

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and

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youths from the area. Five people were wounded by gunshots, and the

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arrested over 100 Klansmen.

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officials cracked down on the group's meetings thereafter, and the Klan died out in the area. In the period after World War II, Sudbury experienced rapid growth in population and industry. Defense contractor

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was a significant employer, operating a large research facility in Sudbury from 1958 until 2016. Another major employer in that period was

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. In the 1970s, the town was home to many of the engineers working in the

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revolution at

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in nearby Maynard. Sudbury was also one of the largest carnation-growing towns, with many greenhouse operations. From 1960–1969, Sudbury challenged and prevailed against a proposal by

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that would have installed overhead transmission lines through what is now

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. Ultimately, the line was instead buried under streets to Maynard. Residentially, Sudbury's zoning bylaws helped the town maintain a more rural character through the 1970s and 1980s when developments of single-family Colonials and large Capes established it as an affluent location. Economic growth was restricted to the town's main thoroughfare,

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. Significant tracts of open space—including much wetland—were preserved in the northern half of town and along the Hop Brook corridor flowing from the

Wayside Inn Historic District The Wayside Inn Historic District is a historic district on Old Boston Post Road in Sudbury, Massachusetts. The district contains the Wayside Inn, a historic landmark that is one of the oldest inns in the country, operating as Howe's Tavern ...

in the southwest part of town through the King Philip Historic District (the site of a conflict in

) and into the

at the southeast border with Wayland. A significant portion of the

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(opened in 2005) is located in Sudbury. The town's ZIP code of 01776 was specially assigned in recognition of the town's historical connections to the Revolutionary War, according to the Sudbury Historical Society. Residents of the town at the time disagree. The code was assigned without regard to historic significance.

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.06%, is water. The highest point in Sudbury is on the north slope of

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, and the highest summit is Tippling Rock, which commands a great view of the west of Boston and the tops of the Hancock and Prudential buildings in downtown. Sudbury is bordered by Wayland (the

) on the east;

on the south;

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, Maynard,

, and

on the west;

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on the northeast; and

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on the north. A larger town, Sudbury also shares a common corner with Lincoln, with which it shares a regional high school, Lincoln-Sudbury High School. Sudbury is west of

, east of

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, and from New York City. In 1650 the town included Sudbury as well as most of Wayland and Maynard.

Adjacent towns

Sudbury is located in

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, bordered by several towns:

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 16,841 people, 5,504 households, and 4,749 families residing in the town. The

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was 691.1 people per square mile (266.8/km). There were 5,590 housing units at an average density of 229.4 per square mile (88.6/km). The racial makeup of the town was 94.23%

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, 0.80%

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, 0.03% Native American, 3.72%

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, 0.03%

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, 0.23% from

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, and 0.96% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.24% of the population. An update in the town's census recorded the population at 18,192 as of 6/10/2015. There were 5,504 households, out of which 51.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.5% were

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living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.7% were non-families. 11.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.02 and the average family size was 3.28. In the town, the population was spread out, with 32.5% under the age of 18, 3.2% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 27.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.3 males. The median income for a household in the town was $151,041, and the median income for a family was $222,008. Males had a median income of $148,593 versus $47,500 for females. The

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for the town was $75,865. About 2.1% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the

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, including 3.9% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over.

Government

State and federal government

On the federal level, Precincts 1A, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of Sudbury are part of

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, represented by

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. Precinct 1 is part of

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, represented by

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. The state's senior ( Class I) member of the

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. The junior ( Class II) senator is

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Education

Sudbury students in kindergarten through eighth grade attend

Sudbury Public Schools Sudbury Public Schools is a public elementary school district in Sudbury, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County, serving students in grades PK–8. Schools * Ephraim Curtis Middle School * Josiah Haynes Elementary School * Israel Loring Elementar ...

, with high school students attending schools in the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional School District, which was established in 1954, integrating the former Sudbury High School with that of the nearby town of

Lincoln, Massachusetts Lincoln is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The population was 7,014 according to the 2020 United States Census, including residents of Hanscom Air Force Base that live within town limits. The town, located in the MetroWest region o ...

. In 2011, ''

'' magazine ranked Sudbury's school system 4th in the state, in both of its categories(classroom/academics & Testing/Achievement scores). In subsequent (as well as many prior) years, Sudbury is perennially ranked as a 'Top 20' Massachusetts school system

In June 2002, the towns of Lincoln and Sudbury began a $74 million project to build a new high school near the site of the original building. The shared

Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School (LSRHS or L-S) is a public regional high school in Sudbury, Massachusetts, with a 99% graduation-rate. The school was founded in 1954, and the building was replaced prior to the 2004–2005 academic year, wi ...

(LSRHS) is in Sudbury. The high school's science program student team won the 2006

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championship and came in second in 2005. LSRHS has a nationally recognized school newspaper and school yearbook, ''The Forum'' and ''DYAD'', respectively. There are four elementary schools in Sudbury and one middle school. The four elementary schools are: * Josiah Haynes Elementary School * Israel Loring Elementary School * General John Nixon Elementary School * Peter Noyes Elementary School The middle school is: * Ephraim Curtis Middle School Sudbury has two former elementary schools that were converted to other uses: * Fairbank Elementary School is now a community center, and the central office for the school district. * Horse Pond Elementary School is now a Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory.

Places of worship

* First Parish of Sudbury. Gathered in 1640 east of the Sudbury River (present day Wayland). "East parish" (now First Parish of Wayland) remained and "West parish" moved to the present site, called Rocky Plains (now Sudbury town center), upon Rev. Israel Loring first preaching there May 6, 1722. The historic meeting house was built in 1797, replacing the original 1723 structure. First Parish became Unitarian in the local schism of 1837 and is now

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. * First Baptist Church of Sudbury,

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* Congregation B'nai Torah,

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* Congregation Beth El of the Sudbury River Valley,

* Chabad Center of Sudbury,

* Memorial Congregational Church, member of the

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. An Open and Affirming Congregation. Formed in the 1837 local schism at First Parish. * Our Lady of Fatima Parish,

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* Presbyterian Church in Sudbury * Saint Elizabeth's Episcopal Church * St. Anselm Rectorate, Roman Catholic * St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church * Sudbury United Methodist Church

Notable people

Horace Abbott Horace Abbott (July 29, 1806 – August 8, 1887) was an American iron manufacturer and banker. His work included the armor plating for , , , and . He was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts to Alpheus Abbott and Lydia Fay, who were both farmers. Aft ...

, iron manufacturer * George Hunt Barton, geologist, arctic explorer, and college professor. Founding president of the Boston Children's Museum * Edith Nason Buckingham, zoologist, dog breeder, chicken farmer *

Sarah Cloyce Sarah Cloyce (alt. Cloyes; Towne; c. 1641 – 1703) was among the many accused during Salem Witch Trials including two of her older sisters, Rebecca Nurse and Mary Eastey, who were both executed. Cloyce was about 50-years-old at the time and was ...

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s survivor; relocated to Sudbury after permanently leaving Salem * Ralph Adams Cram, architect, resided in Sudbury on Concord Road and built his family a private chapel which is now owned and operated by Saint Elizabeth's Episcopal Church *

Coco Crisp Covelli Loyce "Coco" Crisp (born November 1, 1979) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and MiLB team manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, and Oaklan ...

, lived here during some of his time with the

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* Matthew B. J. Delaney, author *

Dennis Eckersley Dennis Lee Eckersley (born October 3, 1954), nicknamed "Eck", is an American professional baseball pitcher and former color commentator. Between 1975 and 1998, he pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, ...

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, lived on Morse Road before his years with the Boston Red Sox and on Plympton Road during and after his years with the Red Sox * Chris Evans, actor * Scott Evans, actor *

, founder of the

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, lived in Sudbury during parts of the 1920s and 1930s *

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, bassist for

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* Robert L. Gordon III, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense * Michelle Gorgone, Olympic snowboarder * Edward Hallowell, psychiatrist, author, and specialist on ADD/ADHD *

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champion with the

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, artist and writer * Tyler Jewell, Olympic snowboarder *

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, documentary filmmaker and technology entrepreneur * William K. Lietzau Director of the US

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, sports reporter for

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* John Nixon, General in the

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during the

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, four-time

champion, 2000

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, fifteen-time

All-Star, rapper, actor, and current

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analyst lived in Sudbury for a brief time *

Samuel Parris Samuel Parris (1653February 27, 1720) was the Puritan minister in Salem Village, Massachusetts, during the Salem witch trials. He was also the father of one of the afflicted girls, and the uncle of another. Life and career Samuel Parris, son of T ...

, Salem Witch Trials judge and Puritan minister, later preached in Wayland, which was then a part of Sudbury *

Paula Poundstone Paula Poundstone (born December 29, 1959) is an American stand-up comedian, author, actor, interviewer, and commentator. Beginning in the late 1980s, she performed a series of one-hour HBO comedy specials. She provided backstage commentary durin ...

, comedian, grew up in Sudbury *

Edmund Rice Edmund is a masculine given name or surname in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "protector". Persons named Edmund include: People Kings an ...

, co-founder and early resident of the town from 1638–1656 *

Ashley Richardson Ashley C. Richardson (born June 27, 1965), sometimes credited as Ashley Montana, is an American former model. She appeared on the cover of ''Elle'' a total of seven times and on the cover of ''Cosmopolitan'' twice. She also appeared six times in t ...

(also known as Ashley Montana), model *

Babe Ruth George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Su ...

, baseball Hall of Famer. While with the Red Sox, he and his wife rented a small house next to Willis Pond, Sudbury, for the 1917–1918 off-season * Matt Savage, musician *

Simon Shnapir Simon Shnapir (born August 20, 1987) is an American former competitive pair skater. With Marissa Castelli, he is the 2013 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2009 World Junior bronze medalist, and a two-time U.S. national champion (2013 & 2014 ...

, Olympic medalist pair skater * Fred Smerlas, five-time NFL Pro Bowler * Jarrod Shoemaker, Olympian and Triathlete * Jeremy Strong, actor and

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winner for his role on '' Succession'' *

Callie Thorne Calliope "Callie" Thorne is an American actress known for her role as Dr. Dani Santino on the USA Network series '' Necessary Roughness''. She is also known for past work such as her roles on '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' as Detective Laura ...

, actress ('' Rescue Me'')

Notes

References

''1871 Atlas of Massachusetts''.
by Wall & Gra
Map of Massachusetts.Map of Middlesex County.

''History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts'', Volume 1 (A–H) Volume 2 (L–W)
compiled by Samuel Adams Drake, published 1879 and 1880. 572 and 505 pages
Sudbury article
by Rev. George A. Oviatt in volume 2 pages 357–381.

External links

*
Sudbury Chamber of Commerce

Sudbury Historical Society
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