Sherborn is a town in

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, United States. Located in

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's MetroWest region, the community is within area code 508 and has the ZIP Code 01770. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the town population was 4,401. Sherborn shares its highly ranked public school system with the town of

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. In addition to Dover, Sherborn is bordered by the towns of Natick, Framingham, Ashland, Millis, Holliston, and Medfield.

Geography

The town is located southwest of

. According to the

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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.36%, is water, with much of that located in Farm Pond.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 4,200 people, 1,423 households, and 1,222 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 1,451 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 96.50%

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, 0.38%

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, 0.05% Native American, 2.40% Asian, 0.26% from other races, and 0.40% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.12% of the population. There were 1,423 households, out of which 46.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 77.5% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.1% were non-families. 12.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.95 and the average family size was 3.22. In the town, the population was spread out, with 31.9% under the age of 18, 3.2% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 30.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.6 males. According to the 2007 U.S. census, the median income for a household in the town was $223,444, and the median income for a family was $164,063. Males had a median income of $181,291 versus $85,909 for females. The

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for the town was about $73,420. About 0.7% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the

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, including 2.4% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.

Education

There is a public elementary school called Pine Hill School. The majority of middle school and high school students in Sherborn attend the Dover-Sherborn Middle School and the Dover-Sherborn High School, respectively, which are both located in Dover, Massachusetts. There are also 2 preschools in Sherborn center, ECDC and Pine Hill preschool.

Notable people

* Cattle Annie, female bandit of the

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, worked for a time as a domestic in Sherborn after her release from the corrections facility in Framingham * Eli Dershwitz, 2023 World Saber Champion, 2015 Under-20 World Saber Champion, and US Olympic saber fencer * Stephanie Deshpande, contemporary American painter, best known for her portraits and narrative paintings; grew up in Sherborn, graduated from Dover-Sherborn High School in 1993 * John Halamka, physician, technology leader, blogger * George Anthony Hill, assistant professor at Harvard and author of textbooks, primarily about physics and mathematics * Dan Itse, engineer and inventor who serves in the

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, was reared in Sherborn, and graduated in 1976 from Dover-Sherborn High School * Stan McDonald, jazz clarinetist and recording artist, lived in Sherborn * Mel Robbins, on-air CNN commentator, television host, life coach, author, motivational speaker, and contributing editor for ''Success'' (magazine). Robbins is best known for her coverage of the George Zimmerman trial and as host of A&E's ''Monster In-Laws'' * Jedediah Sanger, born in Sherborn in 1751, and lived there until after the Revolutionary War * Chad Urmston, lead singer of the band Dispatch and former frontman for

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, attended Dover-Sherborn High School

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