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Population
9,611 people. (177th in Massachusetts.)
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The Town of Winchendon is an industrial and residential highland community on the upper Millers River.
The town is in northern Worcester County on the border of New Hampshire. It was a six-mile square grant
allocated in 1735 to 60 veterans and descendants of veterans of the Colonial army's expedition to
Canada. The first permanent settlement in town was not until 1752, colonization was slowed by frontier
warfare. Originally Winchendon was heavily agricultural but in the early 19th century there was
industrial development along the Millers River. Textile manufacturing with spinning machinery was
set up in 1816 on the river and the town became so large a producer of shingles that it inherited the
nickname of "shingletown". Cotton and wool fabric was manufactured and significant amounts of
woodworking were done. The railroad from Ashburnham to Keene, New Hampshire went through Winchendon,
providing easy transportation of goods and bringing in immigrants, primarily from Ireland, to work the
mill jobs. A family library was begun in town in 1835, a scientific library was started in 1851, and
an agricultural library was established in 1865. The entire group of libraries was turned over to the
community in 1867. The early decades of the 19th century showed tremendous growth in the town,
accelerated by the railroad connections and the development and production of a continuing stream of
innovative machinery to cut and shape wood, such as the cylinder saw. By 1875, almost a half million
dollars of clothespins, tubs, pails, chairs and barrels was being produced in Winchendon, which had also
become a center for the production of woodworking machinery. The creation of the rotary-head cylinder
planer, which contributed to the advancement of all woodworking processes, is one of the proud
achievements, which took place in Winchendon. In 1852, a flood washed away every bridge and dam on the
Millers, River in Winchendon, destroying businesses of all kinds, but by 1855 the town had recovered
sufficiently so that 1.6 million yards of cotton sheeting was produced in its mills. Agricultural
production included mixed grains, hay and cattle raising. French Canadians joined the Irish immigrants
moving into town to take mill jobs and help the B.D. Whitney Machine Company to become a pioneer in the
field of direct motor-driven woodworking machinery. In 1911, the firm built the first single planer
operated by direct motor drive. Other industries in town in the early 20th century included tanneries,
the textile firms and a substantial dairying industry
North central Massachusetts, bordered by Royalston on the west; Fitzwilliam and Rindge, New Hampshire, on the north; Ashburnham on the east; and Gardner and
Templeton on the south. Winchendon is 16 miles west of Fitchburg, 40 miles east
of Greenfield, 63 miles northwest of Boston, and 199 miles from New York City.
Narrative compiled by the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD).
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