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Hopedale is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.It is located 25 miles southwest of Boston, in eastern Massachusetts.With origins as a Christian utopian community, the town was later home to Draper Corporation, a large loom manufacturer throughout the 20th century until its closure in 1980.
Hopedale is a census-designated place (CDP) comprising the main village in the town of Hopedale, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 3,753, out of 5,911 in the entire town of Hopedale. Hopedale is bordered to the northeast by the town of Milford and to the southwest by the town of Mendon.
The Hopedale Community was founded in Milford, Massachusetts, in 1843 by Adin Ballou.He and his followers purchased 600 acres (2.4 km 2) of land on which they built homes for the community members, chapels and the factories for which the company was initially formed.
The Hopedale Village Historic District encompasses much of the historic 19th century industrial village center of Hopedale, Massachusetts.Its main focus is the mill complex of the Draper Company at Hopedale and Freedom Streets; the district includes much of northern Hopedale, extending along Dutcher and Freedom Streets, and including the mill pond.
Ebenezer, a younger brother, bought the business in 1837, and later moved it from Wayland to Uxbridge, Massachusetts, the center of the growing textile mill area of the Blackstone Valley. In 1841, Ebenezer moved the company to nearby Hopedale, Massachusetts, where a new Christian settlement had been formed by Adin Ballou in 1841. Known as ...
Adin Ballou (April 23, 1803 – August 5, 1890) was an American proponent of Christian nonresistance, Christian anarchism, and Christian socialism.He was also an abolitionist and the founder of the Hopedale Community.
Worcester County (/ ˈ w ʊ s t ər / WUU-stər) is a county in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the population was 862,111, making it the second-most populous county in Massachusetts. It is also the largest county in Massachusetts by geographic area. The largest city and traditional shire town is Worcester. [1]
Hopedale Junior Senior High School is a public middle and high school located at 25 Adin Street in Hopedale, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Hopedale Public School District, which includes three other schools. [3]