History of Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA

Foxborough, Massachusetts
Norfolk county. This town was taken from Dorchester in 1778. It is watered by Rumford and Cocasset rivers, branches of the Taunton, on which are mills of various kinds. The manufactures of Foxborough the year ending April 1, 1837, amounted to $231,136:—they consisted of cotton and woolen goods, boots, shoes, leather, iron castings, straw bonnets, shovels, spades, hoes, and forks. Foxborough lies 24 miles S.S.W. from Boston, 15 S. from Dedham, and 18 E.N.E. from Providence, R.I. Population, 1830, 1,099; 1837, 1,416.

Foxborough was originally a part of Stoughton, and, with that, a part of Dorchester.

Its chief manufactures consist of straw bonnets, cotton and woollen goods, and iron.

Distance from Dedham, 15 miles; from Boston, 24.

This town was originally a part of Stoughton; it was incorporated in 1778. The Rev. Thomas Kendall, the first minister, was ordained here in 1786. The church was embodied in 1779. Mr. Kendall continued its pastor till. 1800. The Rev. Daniel Loring, his successor, was settled here in 1804, and resigned in 1806. Rev. Thomas Skelton, the third minister, continued here about four years; his successor, Rev. Thomas Williams, was installed in 1816. Rev. Willard Pierce, the next minister, was ordained in 1824.

In the center of the town there are two churches, 1 Congregational and 1 Baptist, and a village of about 25 well-built dwelling houses. Distance, 1.5 miles from Deciham, 15 to Taunton, 5 to Wrentham, 37 to Worcester, 20 to Providence. and 24 to Boston. Population, 1,416. The manufacture of straw bonnets is a very important branch of business in this place. In 1S37, there were 133,654 straw bonnets manufactured, valued at $121,571. There were 2 cotton mills; 17 hands were employed.,...

Foxborough, a post-township of Norfolk co., Mass., on the Boston and Providence rail road, 21 miles S.S W. from Boston. Pop. 1880.

Foxborough is a busy and prosperous town in the southwestern part of Norfolk County, about 20 miles southwest of Boston. The Providence Branch and the Northern Division of the Old Colony Railroad pass through it, having stations at Foxborough (centre), Foxvale, and East and North Foxborough. The other villages are West and South Foxborough, Foxvale, Foxborough Furnace, and Donkeyville. Walpole bounds it on the north and northwest, Sharon on the northeast, Mansfield on the southeast and south, and Wrentham and Norfolk on the west. The assessed area is 12,085 acres; and of this 3,387 acres are forest, consisting of oak, pine, chestnut and maple. It occupies the crest of the ridge between Narragansett and Dorchester bays. In the west, northwest and southeast it is quite hilly; but the most conspicuous elevation is Foolish Hill, a little southeast of the centre. Neponset River and Cocasset Brook have their sources in the central and western part, the former flowing northward to Boston...

Fox'borough, a post-village in Foxborough township, Norfolk co., Mass., on the Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg Railroad, 14 miles N.N.W. of Taunton, and 22 miles S.S.W. of Boston. It has 5 churches, a high school, a savings bank, a newspaper office, a public library, a granite quarry, iron-works, and manufactures of straw goods, soap, hats, and shoes. Pop. of the township, 2933.