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Also known as Hopedale, Massachusetts, Hopedale, MA

town in Massachusetts

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Massachusetts
County
Worcester
Type
Open town meeting
Town administrator
Mitch Ruscitti
Board of selectmen
Scott Savage Bernard Stock Glenda Hazard
Total
5.3 sq mi (13.8 km )
Land
5.2 sq mi (13.4 km )
Water
0.15 sq mi (0.4 km )
Elevation
279 ft (85 m)
Density
1,170/sq mi (452/km )
Time zone
UTC-5 ( Eastern )
Summer dst
UTC-4 ( Eastern )
Zip code
01747
Area code
508 / 774
Fips code
25-30945
Gnis feature id
0618366
Website
www .hopedale-ma .gov

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Hopedale is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located 25 miles southwest of Boston, in eastern Massachusetts. With origins as a Christian utopian community, the town was later home to Draper Corporation, a large loom manufacturer throughout the 20th century until its closure in 1980. Today, Hopedale has become a bedroom community for professionals working in Greater Boston and is home to highly ranked public schools. The population was 6,017 as of the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hopedale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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