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 SUTTON (Town Hall) - Sutton MA Posted by:  nomadwillie
N 42° 08.969 W 071° 45.748
19T E 271746 N 4670066
Lots of history in Sutton, population is around 9,000. One of the mills has been converted to small business space.
Waymark Code: WM141AW
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 03/27/2021
Views: 0
Right from Millbury on a paved road is SUTTON, 3.7 m. (town, alt. 346, pop. 2408, sett. 1716, incorp. 1718). The town land was purchased from the Indians in 1704 by a group of Boston residents. Because of the rich soil, settlement progressed rapidly. Textile factories and a paper mill were established about 1800, but industrial activity declined when the railroads ignored the town in laying out routes. Today three small shuttle factories are the only industries, and fruit growing, dairying, and market gardening are the profitable enterprises..
American-Guide-Series - Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People, p.604
Sutton is right next to the town I live in and ride thru it all the time. Lots of history in Sutton, population is around 9,000. One of the mills has been converted to small business space.
Book: Massachusetts
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 604
Year Originally Published: 1937
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