13 Facts About Framingham Massachusetts

Framingham Massachusetts, sited on the ancient trail known as the Old Connecticut Path, was first settled by a European when John Stone settled on the west bank of the Sudbury River in 1647.

Framingham Massachusetts strenuously resisted petitions for incorporation of the town, which was officially incorporated in 1700, following his death the previous year.

Framingham Massachusetts sent two militia companies totaling about 130 men into the Battles of Lexington and Concord that followed; one of those men was wounded.

Framingham Massachusetts is known for the Framingham Massachusetts Heart Study, as well as for the Dennison Manufacturing Company, which was founded in 1844 as a jewelry and watch box manufacturing company by Aaron Lufkin Dennison, who became the pioneer of the American System of Watch Manufacturing at the nearby Waltham Watch Company.

The first high school, the Framingham Massachusetts Academy, opened its doors in 1792; however, this school was eventually closed due to financing issues and the legality of the town providing funds for a private school.

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Framingham Massachusetts has 14 public schools which are part of the Framingham Massachusetts Public School District.

Framingham Massachusetts is home to several private schools, including Summit Montessori School, the Sudbury Valley School, one parochial school, one Jewish day school, and several specialty schools.

Since 1998, when Framingham Massachusetts began upgrading its schools, it has performed major renovations to Cameron, Wilson, McCarthy, and Framingham Massachusetts High School.

Framingham Massachusetts is served by one Interstate and four state highways:.

Framingham Massachusetts's economy is predominantly derived from retail and office complexes.

South Framingham Massachusetts became the commercial center of the town with the advent of the railroad in the 1880s.

Framingham Massachusetts has a public, educational, and government access cable TV channel and local origination television station called Access Framingham Massachusetts, that airs on Channel 9 Comcast, Channel 3 RCN and Channel 43 Verizon.

In spring 2009, Framingham Massachusetts was used for the film The Company Men, starring Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Kevin Costner, and Tommy Lee Jones.