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Millbury is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,784 at the 2000 census.
History Millbury was first settled in 1716 and was officially incorporated in 1813. The town is famous for its mills and armory, which supplied troops during the revolutionary and civil wars. President William Howard Taft spent many summer vacations in Millbury as a young boy, attending the public schools for a season *. When he grew older, he still visited his grandparents most summers. He visited his aunt, Delia C. Torrey in during his presidency in 1910 for the occasion Millbury's 100th birthday. The Torrey House *, where President Taft stayed during his visit is commonly called The Taft House today, which has a restaurant on the ground floor. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 42.1 km² (16.3 mi²). 40.7 km² (15.7 mi²) of it is land and 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²) of it (3.20%) is water. Millbury is bordered by Worcester to the north, Grafton to the east, Sutton to the south, Oxford to the southwest and Auburn to the West. West Millbury, also known as Grass Hill, was formerly part of the town of Sutton. Millbury was known as the Second Parish in Sutton. The town of Sutton was so large it made travel from one part of town to the other a hardship. It was decided that Sutton would split into two towns. One of those towns became Millbury. The valued farm land of Sutton shared a little bit of its richness with Millbury. What a magnificent place the Stowe Farm is! The home has been here for 225 years. It has been an orchard for the last 55 years. Before that, the orchard area was used as a dairy farm, and the family grew vegetables that they sold to the nearby markets. Seven generations of Stowes have worked here. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 12,784 people, 4,927 households, and 3,443 families residing in the town. The population density was 313.8/km² (812.5/mi²). There were 5,109 housing units at an average density of 125.4/km² (324.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.19% White, 0.53% African American, 0.15% Native American, 1.02% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.23% from other races, and 0.84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.02% of the population. There were 4,927 households out of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.7% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.1% were non-families. 24.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.03. In the town the population was spread out with 23.1% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 31.2% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 93.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.4 males. The median income for a household in the town was $51,415, and the median income for a family was $62,564. Males had a median income of $41,912 versus $28,973 for females. The per capita income for the town was $23,531. About 4.1% of families and 6.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.2% of those under age 18 and 8.4% of those age 65 or over. Government | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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