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Hardwick, MA
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Population
2,622 people. (280th in Massachusetts.)
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The Town of Hardwick, a rural industrial hill town in the highlands
northwest of the Ware River corridor, lies on the western border of
Worcester County. The town is part of a tract of land purchased from the
Indians in 1686 by a group of settlers from Roxbury. The first European
settlement occurred around 1730, and Hardwick became an agricultural
community with grazing and orchards on well-watered lands. Seasonal work
for residents came from lumbering, potash and charcoal making and mining of
bog iron.
As industry grew and changed in Hardwick, the community developed into four
distinct villages: Furnace, with saw, grist and fulling mills and furnaces;
Gilbertville, with its textile company that built company housing and mill
buildings; Wheelwright, which was essentially built to house and employ
paper mill employees; and Hardwick Village. In 1832, the iron foundry at
Furnace Village used 180 tons of ore and 36,000 bushels of charcoal from
Hardwick's forests to produce hollow ware castings. Those not employed in
agriculture or iron works staffed a tannery and made palm leaf hats. Jobs
and prosperity brought growth to the town and over 2,200 people were
recorded in the community by the 1870's, many of them Irish and French
Canadian immigrants. By the beginning of the 20th century, there was a
large Polish immigration and the total foreign born population reached 44%
of the residents.
In the early 20th century, the Quabbin Reservoir depopulated the western
upland areas of Hardwick and flooded some valleys. With a decline in
industrial activity, Hardwick was left with a robust agricultural business
involved in poultry raising, market gardening and dairying. Hardwick
Center remains an unusually intact example of early 19th century highland
meetinghouse village.
Central Massachusetts,bordered by Ware on the south, Quabbin Reservoir on the
west, Petersham on the north, barre on the northeast, and New Braintree on the
east. Hardwick is about 30 miles north of Springfield, 34 miles west of
Worcester, 69 miles west of Boston, and 160 miles from New York City.
Narrative compiled by the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD).
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Today's newest MLS listings
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SingleFamily, Attached
$325,000
5
bedrooms,
3
baths
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Land, Residential
$35,000
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bedrooms,
0
baths
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Land, Residential
$60,000
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bedrooms,
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baths
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Rental
$650
2
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baths
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Land, Residential
$65,900
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