Milford
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town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Worcester
- Type
- Representative town meeting
- Total
- 14.9 sq mi (38.5 km )
- Land
- 14.6 sq mi (37.8 km )
- Water
- 0.27 sq mi (0.7 km )
- Elevation
- 308 ft (94 m)
- Density
- 2,080/sq mi (804/km )
- Demonym
- Milfordian
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip code
- 01757
- Area code
- 508 / 774
- Fips code
- 25-41165
- Gnis feature id
- 0618372
- Website
- www .milfordma .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Milford
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Worcester County
- Population
- 30379
- Area
- 14.9
- Elevation
- 94
- Shares border with
- Hopedale
- Official website
- www.milfordma.gov
- Image
- Milford Mass Town Hall.jpg
- Households
- 11064
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- Commons category
- Milford, Massachusetts
- topic's main category
- Category:Milford, Massachusetts
- postal code
- 01757
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Milford, Massachusetts
- inception
- 1662-00-00
- per capita income
- 39003
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Milford is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 30,379 according to the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name. First settled in 1662 and incorporated in 1780, Milford became a booming industrial and quarrying community in the 19th century due to its unique location which includes the nearby source of the Charles River, the Mill River, the Blackstone River watershed, and large quantities of Milford pink granite.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Milford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.