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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Hubbardston, Massachusetts
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|area_code = [[Area code 351|351]] / [[Area code 978|978]]
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'''Hubbardston''' is a town in [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester County]], [[Massachusetts]], United States. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 U.S. census]], the town population was 4,328.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US2502731435|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2021-11-November 12, 2021|title=Census - Geography Profile: Hubbardston town, Worcester County, Massachusetts}}</ref> It is situated 18 miles north of [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]] and 53 miles west of [[Boston]]; it is distinguished in Massachusetts by being unusually high, at 1015 feet above sea level.
<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Bureau of Census|url=http://www.sec.state.ma.us/census/worcester.htm|access-date=13 June 13, 2011}}</ref>
 
== History ==
 
Hubbardston, the "Northeast Quarter" of [[Rutland, Massachusetts|Rutland]], was incorporated as a separate district in 1767 and named for Thomas Hubbard (1702–1773), Commissary General of the Province of Massachusetts and Treasurer of Harvard College.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hubbard, Thomas|url=http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/deepLink?_collection=oasis&uniqueId=hua24010|access-date= 7 February 7, 2014}}</ref> It is reported in local history that in view of the honor of giving his name to the town, Hubbard promised to provide the glass for the windows of the first [[meeting house]] built in town. To make his liberality more conspicuous, the people planned for extra windows, but when Hubbard died in 1773, his estate was so complicated that the town of Hubbardston received nothing and was obliged to glaze the windows at its own expense.<ref name=Stowe>
{{cite book|last=Stowe|first=John|title=History of the town of Hubbardston|url=https://archive.org/details/historytownhubb00benngoog|year=1881|page=27|publisher=The Committee }}</ref>
 
In 1737 Eleazer Brown located on a farm of 60 acres given him by the proprietors of Rutland on the condition that he operate a public house or [[inn]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Reed|first=Jonas|title=A history of Rutland|year=1836}}</ref> Until 1746, Brown and his wife were the only inhabitants of Hubbardston. After Eleazer's death (reportedly killed by a deer), Mrs. Brown was then the only occupant of town for several years, and she kept the public house for prominent travelers. In 1749, Israel Green moved into Hubbardston. His daughter, Molly Green, is reported to be the first child born in Hubbardston. Mr. Green was the first chairman of the board of selectmen.<ref>Stowe, p.21</ref>
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|author = Hubbardston Business Association
|url = http://ehubbardston.com/
|access-date = 2008-08-August 20, 2008}}</ref> In 1786, eighty men from the town marched to [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]] under Wheeler's command and, joining hundreds of other farmers, took control of the courthouse to protest the widespread foreclosures and seizures of property by creditors that occurred during the cash-poor 18th century.<ref name="Hubb"/><ref name="histcom">{{cite web
|title=Shays Rebellion
|author=History.com Encyclopedia
|url=http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?vendorId=FWNE.fw..sh098200.a#FWNE.fw..sh098200.a
|access-date=2008-08-August 20, 2008
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423191709/http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?vendorId=FWNE.fw..sh098200.a#FWNE.fw..sh098200.a
|archive-date=2008-04-April 23, 2008
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
 
Hubbardston furnished 164 men during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. 44Forty-four were killed or died of illness.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stowe |first1=John |title=History of the Town of Hubbardston, Worcester County, Mass: From the Time Its Territory was Purchased of the Indiana in 1686, to the Present |date=1881 |publisher=The Committee |location=Worcester County, Massachusetts |page=144 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fKQQwG8zEzMC&q=hubbardston+furnished+%22civil+war%22&pg=PR16 |access-date=20 June 20, 2020}}</ref>
 
Hubbardston is home to the invention of the first backhoe swing frame, developed in July 1947 by Vaino J. Holopainen (pronounced "Waino") and Roy E. Handy, Jr., (thus the company name "Wain-Roy") and assigned to Wain-Roy Corporation of Hubbardston, MA. In July 1948, patent # 2,698,697 was filed by Vaino J. Holopainen.
 
==Geography==
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| 2010|4382
| 2020|4328
| 2022*|4335
| footnote=* = population estimate. {{Historical populations/Massachusetts municipalities references}}
| footnote=* = population estimate. {{Historical populations/Massachusetts municipalities references}}<ref>{{cite web | title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] | access-date=November 4, 2023 | url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html}}</ref>
}}
 
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 3,909 people, 1,308 households, and 1,071 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|95.3 people per square mile (36.8|PD/km<sup>2<sqmi|PD/sup>)km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,360 housing units at an average density of {{convert|33.1 per square mile (12.8|/km<sup>2<sqmi|/sup>)km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 98.39% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.15% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.08% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.49% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.28% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.61% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.33% of the population.
 
There were 1,308 households, out of which 43.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.1% were non-families. 13.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.28.
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==Education==
Hubbardson is part of the Quabbin Regional School District along with [[Barre, Massachusetts|Barre]], [[Hardwick, Massachusetts|Hardwick]], [[New Braintree, Massachusetts|New Braintree]], and [[Oakham, Massachusetts|Oakham]]. Elementary Schoolschool Studentsstudents attend Hubbardston Center School, from grades K–6K to 5, while middle school students attend Quabbin Regional Middle School from grades 7–86 to 8, and high school students attend [[Quabbin Regional High School]] from grades 9–129 to 12. Starting the 2020–2021 School year, grade 6 was moved up to the Quabbin Regional Middle School.▼
 
==Notable people==
▲Hubbardson is part of the Quabbin Regional School District along with [[Barre, Massachusetts|Barre]], [[Hardwick, Massachusetts|Hardwick]], [[New Braintree, Massachusetts|New Braintree]], and [[Oakham, Massachusetts|Oakham]]. Elementary School Students attend Hubbardston Center School, from grades K–6 middle school students attend Quabbin Regional Middle School from grades 7–8, and high school students attend [[Quabbin Regional High School]] from grades 9–12.
 
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* [[Joseph Goodhue Chandler]]
* [[Jonas Gilman Clark]]
* [[DeLorean time machine#Cars_used_in_filming|DeLorean Time Machine]]; currently being displayed in Hubbardston
*[[Ethan Allen Greenwood]]
* [[Ethan Allen Greenwood]]
* [[Eliphalet Stone (Massachusetts)|Eliphalet Stone]]
 
==Government==
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==References==
 
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