11 Facts About Spencer Massachusetts

Spencer Massachusetts was first settled in 1717 by Nathaniel Wood, and first permanently settled by Samuel Bemis in 1721.

Spencer Massachusetts was the home of the Howe family of inventors, including Elias Howe, who perfected the lockstitch sewing machine.

In 1784, Spencer Massachusetts was a major stopping place on the Old Boston Post Road's stage route between Boston and Hartford, and on to New York.

Travelers often stopped for the night at Jenk's Tavern in Spencer Massachusetts, as did General Henry Knox, pushing his cannons through the streets of the town on his way to Boston from Ticonderoga, and George Washington in 1789.

Spencer Massachusetts still has colonial-era milestone markers showing the route of the old post road.

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Spencer Massachusetts's business flourished in his family until 1916, when it merged with Wickwire Steel Co.

At one time, Spencer Massachusetts had 11 factories and 26 buildings for wire drawing.

The Howe family of Spencer Massachusetts did much to make the town famous in the annals of ingenious Americans.

William Howe of Spencer Massachusetts developed a wooden truss bridge named for him, and his brother, Tyler Howe, patented a spring bed.

Spencer Massachusetts is home to Saint Joseph's Abbey, a cloistered Roman Catholic monastery of monks of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance, popularly known as Trappists.

Spencer Massachusetts students attend Wire Village School for grades kindergarten through fourth.