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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 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.
Hopedale: Town $40,422 $98,220 $104,398 5,909 2,275 Barre: CDP $39,556 ... Map of cities and towns of Massachusetts; Video guide to Worcester County (Worcester Love)
The town of Hopedale's first proper library was established in 1840, and was located in a variety of places, including private residences, churches, and town hall, where it occupied the first floor in 1886. [2] This building was built for the town by Joseph Bubier Bancroft, in memory of his wife Sylvia.
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.
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Towns have an open town meeting or representative town meeting form of government; cities, on the other hand, use a mayor-council or council-manager form. Based on the form of government, as of 2023, [1] there are 292 towns and 59 cities in Massachusetts. Over time, many towns have voted to become cities; 14 municipalities still refer to ...