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Mendon is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,228 at the 2020 census . [ 1 ] Mendon is part of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor , an early center of the industrial revolution in the United States .
The district has residential buildings dating from the 18th to the mid-20th centuries, in a wide variety of styles. The focal point of the town center is the Second Unitarian Church, an 1820 building designed by Worcester architect Elias Carter. [2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [1]
It includes an area roughly surrounding Butler, Canal, Church, County, Ives, Main, Mendon, Old Mendon, and School Streets. The district includes a wide variety of worker housing, as well as a granite storehouse, the only surviving company structure. [2] The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. [1]
Work is underway at 49 Milford St. in Mendon to build a 4,806-square-foot strip club, to be run by Showtime Entertainment, Aug. 2, 2023.
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The town of Uxbridge and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts both led the United States in establishing public education. The Town of Dedham, Massachusetts had the first American taxpayer funded school in 1643, and the Wheelock family's ancestor, Rev. Ralph Wheelock was its first teacher. Uxbridge's first library was established in 1775, and its ...
On May 26, 1812, the Town of Mendon separated from the Bloomfield holding its first town meeting and elections on April 6, 1813. [8] In 1821, Mendon was annexed by Monroe County when the county was created. According to a local historian, Mendon most likely got its name from Caleb Taft, an early settler, who came from Mendon, Massachusetts. [9]
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 ...