Hudson, Massachusetts
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| Hudson, Massachusetts | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Massachusetts |
| County | Middlesex County |
| Settled | 1699 |
| Incorporated | 1866 |
| Government | |
| - Type | Open town meeting |
| - Executive Assistant | Paul Blazar |
| - Board of Selectmen | Joseph Durant Carl Leeber Antonio Loura Fred Lucy II Santino Parente |
| Area | |
| - Town | 11.8 sq mi (30.7 km²) |
| - Land | 11.5 sq mi (29.8 km²) |
| - Water | 0.3 sq mi (0.9 km²) |
| Elevation | 263 ft (80 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Town | 18,113 |
| - Density | 1,574.4/sq mi (607.9/km²) |
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | Eastern (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 01749 |
| Area code(s) | 351 / 978 |
| Website: http://www.townofhudson.org/Home/ | |
Hudson is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 18,113 at the 2000 census.
For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Hudson, please see the article Hudson (CDP), Massachusetts.
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[edit] History
In 1650, the area that would become Hudson was part of the Indian Plantation for the Praying Indians.
In 1660, it was incorporated as part of Marlborough, and was known as Feltonville for part of the time between 1660 and its incorporation in 1866.
The Praying Indians were evicted from their plantation during King Philip's War, and most did not return even after the war ended.
[edit] Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 30.7 km² (11.8 mi²). 29.8 km² (11.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.9 km² (0.3 mi²) of it (2.87%) is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there were 18,113 people, 6,990 households, and 4,844 families residing in the town. The population density was 608.1/km² (1,574.4/mi²). There were 7,168 housing units at an average density of 240.7/km² (623.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 94.12% White, 0.91% Black or African American, 0.13% Native American, 1.40% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 1.40% from other races, and 1.98% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.06% of the population.
There were 6,990 households out of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.7% were married couples living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families. 25.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.11.
In the town the population was spread out with 24.0% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 33.5% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.6 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $58,549, and the median income for a family was $70,145. Males had a median income of $45,504 versus $35,207 for females. The per capita income for the town was $26,679. About 2.7% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.8% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Education
[edit] Public schools
- John F. Kennedy Middle School
- Carmela A. Farley Elementary School
- Joseph L. Mulready Elementary School (formerly Cox Street School)
- Forest Avenue Elementary School
- Hudson High School
- Cora Hubert Kindergarten Center
- NOTE: Some Hudson Students attend Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School
[edit] Private schools
- Saint Michael's School (Catholic)
- Hudson Catholic High School
[edit] Religion
[edit] Houses of Worship
- Saint Michael's Roman Catholic Church
- Saint Luke's Episcopal Church
- First United Methodist Church of Hudson
- Hudson/Marlborough Unitarian-Universalist Church
- Grace the Baptist Southern Baptist Church
- First Federated Church (Baptist/Congregational)
- Hudson Seventh-day Adventist Church
[edit] Churches no longer in use
- Christ the King Roman Catholic Church (merged with Saint Michael's Church in 1994 to form one parish) This Church was closed due to financial hardship of the local parish. This church closed at the same time as the Archbishop of Boston was closing churches to help pay the sex abuse lawsuits. However, Christ the King was not closed by the Archdiocese, it was closed locally. (http:www.rcab.org/Parish_Reconfiguration/closures.html)
- Union Church of All Faiths, possibly the smallest church in the US, built by Rev. Louis W. West
A very small fraction of the town's population is Jewish and Orthodox, but there is not yet a synagogue or an Orthodox church in Hudson.
[edit] Youth sports
- Baseball
- Football
- Track
- Field Hockey
- Deck Hockey (Form of Street Hockey)
- Ice Hockey
- Wrestling
- Swim
- Boxing
- Soccer
- Golf
- Lacrosse
[edit] Notable residents
- Former Massachusetts governor and United States Ambassador to Canada Argeo "Paul" Cellucci was born and raised here.
Paul Cellucci
- Businessman and father of Gov. Paul Cellucci, Argeo E. Cellucci, Jr. was a native of Hudson.
- Former New England Revolution player Tony Frias.
- Retired astronaut Charles Precourt
- Musician and former Extreme (band) guitarist Nuno Bettencourt grew up here.
- Musician Hugo Ferreira, lead singer of the band Tantric (band).
- Former US senator Burton Kendall Wheeler was born here.
- Former assistant head of FBI intelligence, who served for 30 years under J. Edgar Hoover, William C. Sullivan was also born here.
- William D. Coolidge, American engineer and physical chemist whose improvement of tungsten filaments was essential in the development of the modern incandescent lamp bulb and the X-ray tube was born in Hudson.
- Baseball hall-of-famer Wilbert Robinson, who played for the Baltimore Orioles and was manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1914 to 1931, grew up (or lived later on) in Hudson.
- Founder of the Apsley Rubber Company and US congressman Lewis Dewart Apsley was from Hudson.
- Founder of the first wool combing plant in the US Henry T. G. Dyson immigrated from Barnsley, England to Hudson.
- Former Vermont governor Thomas P. Salmon attended Hudson High School while living in Stow.
- Personal dance instructor to Henry Ford and dance instructor at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury (once owned by Henry Ford) Benjamin B. Lovett lived in Hudson in the 1920s.
