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Sutton, officially the Town of Sutton, is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 9,357 in the 2020 United States Census . [ 1 ] Located in the Blackstone Valley , the town was designated as a Preserve America community in 2004.
The Manchaug Village Historic District is a historic district encompassing the 19th century industrial village center of Manchaug in Sutton, Massachusetts. Developed in the 1820s around textile mills on the Mumford River, it was the largest industrial area in Sutton, with at least three mill complexes in operation. The district is centered on ...
There are only a few institutional buildings: the 1829 Congregational Church, the 1983 Town Hall, built on the site of the town's first purpose-built town hall (1885), and Rufus Putnam Hall, an 1824 school building and Masonic lodge that now houses the local history museum. Only one commercial structure the 1839 Brick Block, stands in the village.
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 ...
A Board of Health vote came amid opposition from families of school athletes.
Flagg was a jeweler from Massachusetts who came to Tallahassee in 1838 and opened a watch shop on Monroe Street. In 1847, Flagg won $2,000 in the Louisiana lottery.
In 2007, Vaillancourt Folk Art moved to a 10,000-square-foot location in a 19th-century mill. [11] [12] The US Postal Service modified its ZIP codes to ensure that Vaillancourt Folk Art could still be considered "made in Sutton" rather than the village of Manchaug's unique zip code. [13]
The main house was built in the mid- to late 18th century and was also donated to the town. Most outbuildings were donated or constructed on site after the town received the property, including a blacksmith shop, shingle mill, barn, wagon shed and sugar house. From 1871 to 1912, the businessman Charles Andrew Whitney resided at Waters Farms.