History of Sherborn, Massachusetts, USA

Sherburne, Massachusetts
Middlesex county. This town is watered by Charles and Sudbury rivers. It is 18 miles S.W. by W. from Boston and 15 S. from Concord. Population, 1837, 1,037. Incorporated, 1674. The soil of Sherburne is very good and productive. The village is on elevated land; it is pleasant, and commands good prospects. The manufactures of the town consist of straw bonnets, boots, shoes, leather, axes, forks, ploughs, muskets and whips: annual value, about $60,000.

Sherburne originally included Holliston within its limits. It lies on the western bank of Charles River, is somewhat elevated, and has a good soil.

Shoes, and straw bonnets, next to agriculture, employ the inhabitants.

Distance from Coneord, 15 miles; from Boston, 18.

This town was incorporated in 1674. It is separated from Dover and Medfield by Charles river. The township is on an elevated site, with a good soil. In the central part of the town there is a village, having two Congregational churches, one of which is Unitarian. Population, 1,037. Distance, 15 miles from Concord, 10 from Dedharn, and 18 from Boston. In 1837, there were 40 pairs of boots and 48,000 pairs of shoes manufactured, valued at $40,000; sixty males and thirty females were employed; 2,000 straw bonnets were manufactured, valued at $4,000. There was an axe, plough and fork manufactory. The value of whips manufactured was $5,325; capital invested, $1,325; twenty-one hands were employed, seven of whom were females. Value of muskets manufactured, $1,600.

Sherburne, a post-village in Middlesex co., Massachusetts, 22 miles S. W. by W. from Boston, contains several churches. Population of the township, 1043.

Sherborn is a fair old farming town in the southern extremity of Middlesex County, about 20 miles from Boston. It is but a few minutes' ride on the Milton Branch of the Old Colony Railroad, which also connects it with Framingham; whence also the Milford Branch of the Boston and Albany runs close to its western border. The post-offices are Sherborn (centre) and South Sherborn, — which are also railroad stations. The other village is West Sherborn. The carriage roads are good, and are bordered with many ornamental and shade trees.

Natick bounds this town on the northeast; Dover, Medfield and Millis on the southeast; Holliston on the southwest; Ashfield lies at the west; and Framingham on the northwest. The assessed area is 9,943 acres; there are upwards of 3,000 acres of forest, containing the usual varieties of trees. Nason Hill is a conspicuous eminence in the southern part. Peter's Hill, on the north is mainly a precipitous ledge of sienite some 50 feet in height, through which...

Sher’born, a post-village in Sherborn township, Middlesex co., Mass., on the railroad from Fitchburg to New Bedford, 41 miles S.E. of Fitchburg. It has a public library, an academy, a state prison for women, and 2 churches. Pop. of the township in 1890, 1381.