Acton
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town in Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Middlesex
- Type
- Open town meeting
- Town manager
- John S. Mangiaratti
- Select board
- Francesca Arsenault, Chair Dean A. Charter, Vice-Chair Alissa Nicol, Clerk David D. Martin, Member Jim Snyder-Grant, Member
- Total
- 20.3 sq mi (52.5 km )
- Land
- 20.0 sq mi (51.7 km )
- Water
- 0.31 sq mi (0.8 km )
- Elevation
- 259 ft (79 m)
- Density
- 1,203/sq mi (464.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip codes
- 01720 and 01718
- Area codes
- 978, 351
- Fips code
- 25-00380
- Gnis feature id
- 0618213
- Website
- www .actonma .gov
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Encyclopedic overview
Acton is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, approximately 21 miles (34 km) west-northwest of Boston along Massachusetts Route 2 west of Concord and about ten miles (16 km) southwest of Lowell. The population was 24,021 in April 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau. It is bordered by Westford and Littleton to the north, Concord and Carlisle to the east, Stow, Maynard, and Sudbury to the south and Boxborough to the west. Acton became an incorporated town in 1735. The town employs the Open Town Meeting form of government with a town manager and an elected, five-member select board.
Acton was named the 11th Best Place To Live among small towns in the country by Money Magazine in 2015, and the 16th best in 2009 and in 2011. The local high school, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, was named a Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education in 2009. The town is also a member of Minuteman Technical Vocational Regional School District. Minuteman was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School by the Department of Education in 2018. Minuteman was recognized as a National Green Ribbon School by Department of Education in 2024
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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