Editing Tyngsborough, Massachusetts (section)

== History ==
[[File:Map of old Dunstable 1846.png|thumb|left|Map of the region of "Old Dunstable" Township, which was later subdivided to form many of the current towns along the [[Northern boundary of Massachusetts|Massachusetts-New Hampshire border]], including Tyngsborough]]

Tyngsborough was settled in 1661, as part of the massive [[Dunstable, Massachusetts#History|Dunstable Township]].  The town of Dunstable, incorporated in 1673, was named after the hometown of pioneer Edward Tyng.  However, a relative of his, and the source of the town of Tyngsborough's name, was Colonel Jonathan Tyng, whose home, the [[Col. Jonathan Tyng House|Tyng Mansion House]], was one of the oldest north of Boston.  He settled near the Merrimack in what is now Tyngsborough in 1675.  The house stood until the 1970s, when it was destroyed by arson.  Early on Tyngsborough residents fought a series of small and bloody skirmishes with local Native American tribes.  Evidence of this can be found in several old colonial homes in town that still have emergency passages that were used during these attacks.  In 1789, Tyngsborough's parish split from the rest of Dunstable, making Tyngsborough a recognized district.  On February 23, 1809, Tyngsborough became a town.

After Tyngsborough was incorporated it became known for its ferries which traveled up and down the [[Merrimack River]], the quarries that produced [[granite]], and several box companies that started in town.  As the town developed, Tyngsborough became a vacation community and had a large seasonal resident population even up until the late 1960s.  A notable summer resident was actress [[Nance O'Neil]], whose estate became the campus of the [[Academy of Notre Dame (Tyngsboro, Massachusetts)|Academy of Notre Dame]].

Today, Tyngsborough primarily serves as a [[bedroom community]], part of [[Greater Lowell]] and the [[Nashua, New Hampshire]] region, in addition to having a relatively short commute to the Boston area.  The town is also known for the [[Tyngsborough Bridge]], a green painted, single-arched, steel bridge over the [[Merrimack River]].  Constructed in 1931 as a replacement for an earlier wooden planked structure,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tyngsboroughma.gov/bridge/|title=About The Tyngsborough Bridge|website=Tyngsborough.gov|access-date=December 29, 2014}}</ref> this bridge is a major river crossing for residents of [[Massachusetts]] and [[New Hampshire]] alike with 22,300 daily crossings as of 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Bridges Entry|url=http://nationalbridges.com/index.php?option=com_lqm&d5040cad4e1d7109e6a75831ceb950b5=1&task=showResults&query=8&lqm_id=271712&&format=raw&&Itemid=2|website=nationalbridges.com|publisher=National Bridges|access-date=June 22, 2015|archive-date=June 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622220632/http://nationalbridges.com/index.php?option=com_lqm&d5040cad4e1d7109e6a75831ceb950b5=1&task=showResults&query=8&lqm_id=271712&&format=raw&&Itemid=2|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{Historical populations|type=USA
| 1850|799
| 1860|626
| 1870|629
| 1880|631
| 1890|662
| 1930|1358
| 1940|1634
| 1950|2059
| 1960|3302
| 1970|4204
| 1980|5683
| 1990|8642
| 2000|11081
| 2010|11292
| 2020|12380
| 2023|12475
|footnote=Source: US Census data.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Tyngsborough town, Middlesex County, Massachusetts| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=April 9, 2012}}</ref><ref>1980 Census.  [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_maABC-01.pdf Characteristics of the Population: Number of Inhabitants: Massachusetts: Population of Towns: 1960 to 1980]. ''United States Census Bureau''. Volume 1, Chapter A, Part 23, Table 5a.</ref><ref>1950 Census. [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch06.pdf Characteristics of the Population: Number of Inhabitants: Massachusetts: Population of Counties by Minor Civil Divisions: 1930 to 1950]. ''United States Census Bureau''.  Volume 1, Chapter 6, Part 21-10, Table 6.</ref><ref>1920 Census. [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/41084484v1ch2.pdf Characteristics of the Population: Number and Distribution of Inhabitants: Detailed Tables-Population of Counties, Incorporated Places & Minor Civil Divisions: Massachusetts: Population of all Cities, and of Towns having, in 1920, 2,500 Inhabitants or More: 1920, 1910, and 1900]. ''United States Census Bureau''.  Volume 1, Chapter 2, Part 21-10, page 230, Table 51.</ref><ref>1890 Census. [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1890a_v1-09.pdf Population of States and Territories by Minor Civil Division: 1880 and 1890].  Part 1, p. 180, Table 5.</ref><ref>Compendium of the 1870 Census.  [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1870e-05.pdf Population, with Race - Part IV: Populations of Minor Civil Divisions, &c. - Massachusetts].  ''United States Census Bureau''.  p. 218, Table IX.</ref><ref>1860 Census. [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1860a-08.pdf Classified Population of the States and Territories, by County: Part V - Massachusetts: Population of Cities, Towns &c.] p. 223, Table No. 3.</ref><ref>1850 Census.  [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1850c-11.pdf Statistical View of the United States, Part VI]. p 346.</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020–2023| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] | access-date=June 4, 2024 | url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html}}</ref>
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