Wheelwright is a

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in the town of Hardwick, Worcester County,

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, United States, approximately northwest of the city of

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. It is named after George W. Wheelwright, who owned the village's paper mill around the turn of the 20th century. The village is mostly residential now. There is a small plastics manufacturing shop on the mill site. The village's zip code is 01094.

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Town of Hardwick
Villages in Worcester County, Massachusetts Villages in Massachusetts {{WorcesterCountyMA-geo-stub