Editing Auburn, Massachusetts

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Auburn, Massachusetts
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    = 
|image_skyline            = Auburn Town Offices and Merriam Library, Auburn MA.jpg
|imagesize                = 250px
|image_caption            = Auburn Town Offices and Merriam Library
|image_seal               = Seal of Auburn, Massachusetts.png
|image_flag               = Flag of Auburn, Massachusetts.png
|image_map                = Worcester County Massachusetts incorporated and unincorporated areas Auburn highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 260px
|map_caption              = Location in [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester County]] and the state of [[Massachusetts]].
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Massachusetts]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Massachusetts|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester]]
|established_title        = Settled
|established_date         = 1714
|established_title2       = Incorporated
|established_date2        = April 10, 1778
|established_title3       = 
|established_date3        = 
|government_type          = [[Representative town meeting]]
|leader_title             = Town Manager
|leader_name              = Edward Kazanovicz
|leader_title1            = {{inline block|Board of<br>Selectmen|style=vertical-align:top}}
|leader_name1             = Chair Scott Wrenn  <br> Vice-Chair Sara Rufli <br> Dan Carpenter <br> Lionel Berthiaume
|leader_title2            = {{inline block|School<br>Committee|style=vertical-align:top}}
|leader_name2             = Chair Jessica Harrington <br> Vice-Chair Meghan McCrillis <br> Gail Halloway <br> Samantha Raphael <br> Brooke Wrenn
|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_km2           = 42.5
|area_total_sq_mi         = 16.4
|area_land_km2            = 39.8
|area_land_sq_mi          = 15.4
|area_water_km2           = 2.7
|area_water_sq_mi         = 1.0
|population_as_of         = 2020
|settlement_type          = [[New England town|Town]]
|population_total         = 16,889
|population_density_km2   = auto
|population_density_sq_mi = 
|elevation_m              = 184
|elevation_ft             = 603
|timezone                 = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]
|utc_offset               = -5
|timezone_DST             = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]
|utc_offset_DST           = -4
|coordinates              = {{coord|42|12|N|71|50|W|region:US-MA|display=inline,title}}
|website                  = {{URL|http://www.auburnguide.com}}
|postal_code_type         = ZIP code
|postal_code              = 01501
|area_code                = [[Area code 508|508]] / [[Area code 774|774]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 25-02760
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0619474
|footnotes                = 
}}
'''Auburn''' is a town in [[Worcester County, Massachusetts]], United States. The population was 16,889 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: Auburn town, Worcester County, Massachusetts|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US2502702760|access-date=November 12, 2021}}</ref>

== History ==
The Auburn area was first settled in 1714. On April 10, 1778, parts of [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]], [[Sutton, Massachusetts|Sutton]], [[Leicester, Massachusetts|Leicester]] and [[Oxford, Massachusetts]] were incorporated as the Town of Ward, in honor of [[American Revolution]] General [[Artemas Ward]] (second in command to George Washington). In 1837, the town changed its name to Auburn after the [[U.S. Postal Service|Post Office]] complained that the name was too similar to the nearby town of [[Ware, Massachusetts|Ware]].<ref name="hs_auburn" />

Before incorporation, most of Auburn was known as the South Parish of [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]]; other portions fell within the town limits of [[Leicester, Massachusetts|Leicester]] and [[Millbury, Massachusetts|Millbury]].

[[Robert H. Goddard]] launched the first liquid-fueled rocket from Pakachoag Hill, on his aunt Effe Ward's farm, in Auburn on March 16, 1926.  Goddard is commemorated in Goddard Memorial Park, located downtown next to the Auburn Fire Department Headquarters. The park features a model of Goddard's prototype liquid-fueled rocket and a [[UGM-27 Polaris|Polaris missile]] (Type A-1). A second replica of Goddard's prototype stands at [[Auburn High School (Massachusetts)|Auburn High School]]. Goddard's launch is also commemorated with a small monument, the [[Goddard Rocket Launching Site]], between the first and ninth holes of Pakachoag Golf Course.<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/nhl/designations/Lists/MA01.pdf National Historic Landmarks Survey, by State - Massachusetts], page 8, accessed October 19, 2007.</ref>

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|align=left
 | type=USA
 | 1850|879
 | 1860|914
 | 1870|1178
 | 1880|1317
 | 1890|1532
 | 1900|2446
 | 1910|2797
 | 1920|3052
 | 1930|6147
 | 1940|6629
 | 1950|8840
 | 1960|14047
 | 1970|15347
 | 1980|14845
 | 1990|15005
 | 2000|15901
 | 2010|16188
 | 2020|16889
 | 2023|16820
 | footnote={{Historical populations/Massachusetts municipalities references}}<ref>{{cite web | title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] | access-date=November 23, 2023 | url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html}}</ref>
}}
The 2010 Auburn, MA, population was 16,188. There are 1,053 people per square mile.

The median age is 40.8. The US median is 37.6. 61.86% of people in Auburn, MA, are married. 8.00% are divorced. The average household size is 2.41 people. 22.71% of people are married, with children. 5.08% have children, but are single.

According to the 2000 census, 97.21% of people are white, 0.81% are black or African American, 1.19% are Asian, 0.10% are Native American, and 1.00% are "other". 1.24% of the people in Auburn, MA, are of Hispanic ethnicity.

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==Arts and culture==
[[File:Dr. Robert H. Goddard Park, Auburn, Massachusetts - rocket.JPG|thumb|upright|Dr. Robert H. Goddard Park]]

Points of interest include:
* [[Auburn Mall (Massachusetts)|Auburn Mall]]
* [[Goddard Rocket Launching Site]]
* [[Worcester Flood Diversion Channel]]

==Government==
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The form of government is [[representative town meeting]]. There are 24 town-meeting members from each of the five precincts of the town, for a total of 120 who represent the people at the annual town meeting each May. The town also has a Board of Selectmen which consists of five elected members, each serving for a term of three years. As of 2009, the town adopted a new charter which allowed for the creation of a Town Manager.

{{Worcester County politicians
| county = Worcester
| state_rep = Paul K. Frost (R) 
| state_sen = Michael O. Moore (D) 
| gov_councilors = Paul DePaulo (D)
| fed_rep = [[United States House of Representatives, Massachusetts District 2|2nd District]]
}}

==Education==
[[File:Auburn High School, Auburn MA.jpg|thumb|[[Auburn High School (Massachusetts)|Auburn High School]]]]

Schools in Auburn include:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.auburn.k12.ma.us/site.php?page_id=830 |title=Auburn Public Schools |access-date=November 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304164119/https://www.auburn.k12.ma.us/site.php?page_id=830 |archive-date=March 4, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Bryn Mawr School (grades K–2)
* Pakachoag School (grades K–2)
* Swanson Road Intermediate School (grades 3–5)
* Auburn Middle School (grades 6–8)
* [[Auburn High School (Massachusetts)|Auburn High School]] (grades 9–12)

==Infrastructure==
===Highways===
* [[I-90]]
* [[Interstate 290 (Massachusetts)|I-290]]
* [[Interstate 395 (Connecticut–Massachusetts)|I-395]]
* [[Massachusetts Route 12|Route 12]]
* [[US 20]]

==Notable people==
*[[Paul Allaire]] (1938–2019), CEO of Xerox Corp. from 1990 to 2001
*[[Jacob Whitman Bailey]] (1811–1857), biologist, educator<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | location = Chicago | year = 1967}}</ref>
*[[Tyler Beede]] (born 1993), baseball pitcher for the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] 
*[[John Curdo]] (1931–2022), chess master, winner of numerous titles, including the US Senior Championship, who lived here in later life
*[[Patrick Allen Joslyn]] (born 1986), drag performer known onstage as Joslyn Fox
*[[Robert H. Goddard|Robert Goddard]] (1881–1945), rocket scientist 
*[[Jeffrey Lynn]] (1909–1995), stage-screen actor and film producer

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="hs_auburn">
{{cite book 
|year=1937 
|title=A Historical Sketch of Auburn Massachusetts: from the earliest period to the present day with brief accounts of early settlers and prominent citizens
|url=https://archive.org/details/historicalsketch00uswo
|publisher=Chas. D. Cady Printing Co.
|oclc=1427875743
|page=3}}
</ref>
}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Auburn, Massachusetts}}
*[http://www.auburnguide.com/ Town of Auburn]

{{Geographic location
| title = '''Adjacent cities and towns'''
 |width=auto
 | Centre = Auburn
 | Northeast = [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]]
 | East = [[Millbury, Massachusetts|Millbury]]
 | South = [[Oxford, Massachusetts|Oxford]]
 | Northwest = [[Leicester, Massachusetts|Leicester]]
}}
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[[Category:Auburn, Massachusetts| ]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1778]]
[[Category:1778 establishments in the Province of Massachusetts Bay]]
[[Category:Towns in Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Towns in Worcester County, Massachusetts]]