Editing Sudbury, Massachusetts

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'''Sudbury''' is a town in [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts]], United States. At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], it had a population of 18,934.<ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0600000US2501768260| title=Census - Geography Profile: Sudbury town, Middlesex County, Massachusetts| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=October 27, 2021}}</ref> The town, located in [[Greater Boston]]'s [[MetroWest]] region, has a colonial history.

==History==
Incorporated  in 1639, the boundaries of Sudbury included (by 1653) what is now  [[Wayland, Massachusetts|Wayland]] (which split off in 1780, initially as East Sudbury), and parts of present day [[Framingham, Massachusetts|Framingham]], [[Marlborough, Massachusetts|Marlborough]], [[Stow, Massachusetts|Stow]] and [[Maynard, Massachusetts|Maynard]] (the latter town splitting off in 1871).<ref name=1639mapsud>{{cite web|title=Historical Maps of Sudbury|url=http://www.jch.com/sudbury/index.html|work=Sudbury Massachusetts town website|publisher=Town of Sudbury, MA|access-date=July 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Mark |first=David A. |title =Hidden History of Maynard |publisher=The History Press |date=2014 |pages=11–18 |isbn=978-1-62619-541-7}}</ref> [[Nipmuc]] Indians lived in what is now Sudbury, including [[Tantamous]], a medicine man, and his son [[Peter Jethro]], who deeded a large parcel of land to Sudbury for settlement in 1684.<ref name="Gutteridge">Gutteridge, William H. (1921). [https://archive.org/details/abriefhistoryto00guttgoog ''A Brief History of the Town of Maynard, Massachusetts'']. Maynard, MA: Town of Maynard, p. 13-16</ref>

The original town center and meetinghouse were located near the [[Sudbury River]] at what is now known as Wayland's North Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sudbury Historical Society |title=A Brief History of the Town of Sudbury, Massachusetts |url=http://www.sudbury01776.org/saved_pages/SudburySeniorCenter_HistoryOfSudbury.html |website=Sudbury Historical Society |access-date=August 5, 2019}}</ref> For the residents on the west side of the river, it was a treacherous passage in the winter and attendance at both worship services and Town Meetings was compulsory.<ref name="Hudson">{{cite book |last1=Hudson |first1=Alfred Soreno |title=The History of Sudbury, Massachusetts. 1638-1889 |date=1889 |publisher=The Town of Sudbury |location=Sudbury, MA |page=288}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Zimmerman |first1=Joseph Francis |title=The New England Town Meeting |date=1999 |publisher=Praeger Publishers |location=Westport, CT |isbn=0275965236 |pages=18, 23}}</ref>  In 1723 the West Parish meetinghouse was built west of the river at an area known as Rocky Plains (presently the Town Center). It served as a place for both worship and Town Meetings.<ref>{{cite book |title=The History of Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1638-1889 |page=293 |ref=Hudson}}</ref> The church and town separated in 1836 and a new Town House was built in 1846.<ref>{{cite book |title=The History of Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1638-1889 |page=476 |ref=Hudson}}</ref> Since then, the [[Sudbury Center Historic District]] has changed little, with the exception of the Town Hall, built in 1932 to replace the Town House, which burnt down in 1930.

Sudbury also contributed the most militia during [[King Philip's War]] and was the site of the well-known [[attack on Sudbury]].<ref name="Gutteridge" /> [[Ephraim Curtis]] was a successful leader of the militia of West Sudbury and would lend his name to the town's junior high school.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sudbury.ma.us/services/seniorcenter/custom/hal/kpwar.htm |title=King Philip's War and The Sudbury Fight}}</ref><ref name=powers>{{cite book |first=John Christopher |last=Powers |title=We shall not tamely give it up |asin=B0006ESFZW |url=http://www.sudbury01776.org/store.html |publisher=Privately printed, available from Sudbury Historical Society |year=1988 |access-date=May 11, 2009 |archive-date=June 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630143328/http://www.sudbury01776.org/store.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{rp|24–75}} Sudbury militiamen participated in the [[battles of Lexington and Concord]] in 1775, where they sniped at [[British Army]] troops returning to [[Boston]].

One of Sudbury's historic landmarks, the [[Wayside Inn (Sudbury)|Wayside Inn]], claims to be the country's oldest operating inn, built and run by the Howe family for many generations. [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]] wrote ''[[Tales of a Wayside Inn]]'', a book of poems published in 1863. In the book, the poem ''The Landlord's Tale'' was the source of the immortal phrase "listen my children and you shall hear, of the midnight ride of Paul Revere." [[Henry Ford]] bought the inn in 1923, restored it and donated it to a charitable foundation which continues to run it as an operating inn to this day. Ford also built a boys' school on the property, as well as a grist mill, and the Martha-Mary Chapel. He brought in the Redstone Schoolhouse from [[Sterling, Massachusetts|Sterling]], which was reputed to be the school in [[Sarah Josepha Hale]]'s [[nursery rhyme]] ''[[Mary Had a Little Lamb]]''.<ref>{{ cite book |last=Roulstone |first=John |author2=Mary (Sawyer) |title=The Story of Mary's Little Lamb |publisher=Mr. & Mrs. Henry Ford |location=Dearborn |year=1928 |pages=8}}</ref><ref>"About America's Oldest Inn," Longfellow's Wayside Inn Web site (http://www.wayside.org/about), Retrieved July 25, 2014.</ref> However, Giuseppi Cavicchio's refusal to sell his water rights scuttled [[Henry Ford]]'s plans to build an auto parts factory at the site of Charles O. Parmenter's mill in South Sudbury.<ref name="Garfield" />

In August 1925, a Sudbury farm was the scene of a riot between local members of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] and [[Irish-American]] youths from the area. Five people were wounded by gunshots, and the [[Massachusetts State Police|State Police]] arrested over 100 Klansmen. [[Massachusetts]] officials cracked down on the group's meetings thereafter, and the Klan died out in the area.<ref name="Garfield">{{cite book|author=Garfield, Curtis F |title=Sudbury, 1890–1989 100 Years in the Life of a Town |publisher=Porcupine Enterprises |year=1999 |isbn=0-9621976-3-7}}</ref>

In the period after World War II, Sudbury experienced rapid growth in population and industry. Defense contractor [[Raytheon]] was a significant employer, operating a large research facility in Sudbury from 1958 until 2016. Another major employer in that period was [[Sperry Rand]]. In the 1970s, the town was home to many of the engineers working in the [[minicomputer]] revolution at [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] in nearby Maynard. Sudbury was also one of the largest carnation-growing towns, with many greenhouse operations.

From 1960–1969, Sudbury challenged and prevailed against a proposal by [[Boston Edison Company]] that would have installed overhead transmission lines through what is now [[Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge]]. Ultimately, the line was instead buried under streets to Maynard.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sudbury.ma.us/historicalinfoarticles/2001/04/09/sudbury-1890-1989-100-years-in-the-life-of-a-town-chapter-21/|title=Sudbury, 1890–1989, 100 years in the Life of a Town (Chapter 21) » Informational – Historic Articles|website=sudbury.ma.us|language=en-US|access-date=June 24, 2017}}</ref> From 2017–2023, Sudbury challenged a proposal by [[Eversource Energy|Eversource]] to install buried transmission lines under the former [[Central Massachusetts Railroad|Massachusetts Central Railroad]] right of way from Sudbury to Hudson now owned by the [[Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Piper |first=Gordon H. |date=2018-09-28 |title=Sudbury vs. Mass. Bay Transportation Authority, MISC 17-000562 |url=http://masscases.com/cases/land/2018/2018-17-000562-ORDER.html |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=Massachusetts Cases}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lehan |first=Richard |date=March 15, 2019 |title=Recommended Final Decision on Motions to Dismiss for Lack of Standing and Motion to Intervene by Ten Citizen Group, Docket No. 2018-01-RL |url=https://www.mass.gov/doc/sudbury-final-decision/download |access-date=2019-08-26 |website=Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gants |first=Ralph D. |author-link=Ralph Gants |last2=Lenk |first2=Barbara A. |author-link2=Barbara Lenk |last3=Gaziano |first3=Frank M. |author-link3=Frank_Gaziano |last4=Lowy |first4=David A. |author-link4=David A. Lowy |last5=Budd |first5=Kimberly S. |author-link5=Kimberly S. Budd |last6=Cypher |first6=Elspeth B. |author-link6=Elspeth B. Cypher |last7=Kafker |first7=Scott L. |author-link7=Scott L. Kafker |date=September 22, 2020 |title=Sudbury vs. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, 485 Mass. 774 |url=http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/485/485mass774.html |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=Massachusetts Cases}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Buckley |first=Elaine M. |date=July 27, 2021 |title=Memorandum of Decision and Order on Cross Motions for Judgement on the Pleadings, Docket No. 2084CV00151 |url=https://cdn.sudbury.ma.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/342/2022/08/Superior-Court-Decision-in-MEPA-Appeal_8.05.2021.pdf |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=Town of Sudbury, Massachusetts}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Budd |first=Kimberly S. |author-link=Kimberly_S._Budd |last2=Gaziano |first2=Frank M. |author-link2=Frank Gaziano |last3=Lowy |first3=David A. |author-link3=David A. Lowy |last4=Cypher |first4=Elspeth B. |author-link4=Elspeth B. Cypher |last5=Kafker |first5=Scott L. |author-link5=Scott L. Kafker |last6=Wendlandt |first6=Dalila Argaez |author-link6=Dalila Argaez Wendlandt |last7=Georges Jr. |first7=Serge |author-link7=Serge Georges Jr. |date=June 25, 2021 |title=Sudbury vs. Energy Facilities Siting Board, 487 Mass. 737 |url=http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/487/487mass737.html |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=Massachusetts Cases}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Fuchs |first1=Patrick J. |author-link=Patrick Fuchs |last2=Hedlund |first2=Karen J. |author-link2=Karen Hedlund |last3=Oberman |first3=Martin J. |author-link3=Martin J. Oberman |last4=Primus |first4=Robert E. |author-link4=Robert E. Primus |last5=Schultz |first5=Michelle A. |author-link5=Michelle A. Schultz |date=February 2, 2022 |title=Decision, Docket No. FD 36493, Protect Sudbury Inc. — Petition for Declaratory Order |url=https://dcms-external.s3.amazonaws.com/DCMS_External_PROD/1643815805751/50926.pdf |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=Surface Transportation Board}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fuchs |first=Patrick J. |author-link=Patrick Fuchs |last2=Hedlund |first2=Karen J. |author-link2=Karen Hedlund |last3=Oberman |first3=Martin J. |author-link3=Martin J. Oberman |last4=Primus |first4=Robert E. |author-link4=Robert E. Primus |last5=Schultz |first5=Michelle A. |author-link5=Michelle A. Schultz |date=December 12, 2022 |title=Decision, Docket No. FD 36623, Rail line Abutting Landowners—Verified Petition for Declaratory Order |url=https://dcms-external.s3.amazonaws.com/DCMS_External_PROD/1670863978570/51395.pdf |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=Surface Transportation Board}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=LaHaise |first=Kevin |date=2023-01-20 |title=Land Owners to Land Court: Mulligan, Please? |url=https://tinyletter.com/SudburyWeekly/letters/sudbury-weekly-a-puzzling-week |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003175504/https://tinyletter.com/SudburyWeekly/letters/sudbury-weekly-a-puzzling-week |archive-date=2023-10-03 |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=Sudbury Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=LaHaise |first=Kevin |date=2023-07-14 |title=Eversource Project: Land Court Case Voluntarily Dismissed |url=https://tinyletter.com/SudburyWeekly/letters/sudbury-weekly-fall-is-coming |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004221912/https://tinyletter.com/SudburyWeekly/letters/sudbury-weekly-fall-is-coming |archive-date=2023-10-04 |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=Sudbury Weekly}}</ref> None of these lawsuits were found to have merit, and the buried transmission lines were installed by 2024, which also subsidized the majority of the cost and construction of a {{Convert|7.6|mi|adj=on}} section of the [[Mass Central Rail Trail—Wayside]], which was paved in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sudbury to Hudson Project |url=https://www.eversource.com/content/residential/about/transmission-distribution/projects/massachusetts-projects/sudbury-to-hudson-project |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=Eversource |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Autler |first=Gerald |date=2024-09-01 |title=Mass Central Rail Trail - Wayside |url=https://www.mass.gov/info-details/mass-central-rail-trail-wayside |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation |language=en}}</ref>

Residentially, Sudbury's {{convert|1|acre|m2|adj=on}} zoning bylaws helped the town maintain a more rural character through the 1970s and 1980s when developments of single-family [[American colonial architecture|Colonial]]s and large [[Cape Cod (house)|Cape]]s established it as an affluent location. Economic growth was restricted to the town's main thoroughfare, [[U.S. Route 20|US Route 20]]. Significant tracts of open space—including much wetland—were preserved in the northern half of town and along the Hop Brook corridor flowing from the [[Wayside Inn Historic District]] in the southwest part of town through the King Philip Historic District (the site of a conflict in [[King Philip's War]]) and into the [[Sudbury River]] at the southeast border with Wayland. A significant portion of the [[Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge]] (opened in 2005) is located in Sudbury.

==Geography==
[[File:Sudbury in 1856 from Walling's.jpg|thumb|upright|Sudbury in 1856]]

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|24.6|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|24.4|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.3|sqmi|km2}}, or 1.06%, is water. The highest point in Sudbury is on the north slope of [[Nobscot Hill]], and the highest summit is Tippling Rock.<ref>{{cite web
 | url = http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:611588
 | title = USGS GeoNames Detail for: Tippling Rock
 | access-date = August 24, 2010
}}</ref>

In 1650, the town included Sudbury as well as most of Wayland and Maynard.<ref>{{cite web|title=Town of Sudbury|url=https://sudbury.ma.us}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{See also|List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income}}
{{Historical populations | type=USA
 | 1790|1290
 | 1800|1303
 | 1810|1287
 | 1820|1417
 | 1830|1423
 | 1840|1422
 | 1850|1578
 | 1860|1691
 | 1870|2091
 | 1880|1178
 | 1890|1197
 | 1900|1150
 | 1910|1120
 | 1920|1121
 | 1930|1182
 | 1940|1754
 | 1950|2596
 | 1960|7447
 | 1970|13506
 | 1980|14027
 | 1990|14358
 | 2000|16841
 | 2010|17659
 | 2020|18934
 | 2023*|19394
 | footnote=* population 1850–2010 {{Historical populations/Massachusetts municipalities references}}
 * population 1790–1840 Source: Map Of Massachusetts<ref>{{cite book|last1=Borden|first1=Simeon|title=Map Of Massachusetts|date=1844|publisher=S. Borden|location=Boston, MA|url=http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~200301~3000286:Map-Of-Massachusetts}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020−2023| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] | access-date=May 19, 2024 | 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=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 16,841 people, 5,504 households, and 4,749 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|691.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 5,590 housing units at an average density of {{convert|229.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 94.23% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.80% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.03% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 3.72% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.23% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.96% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.24% of the population. An update in the town's census<ref>{{Cite web|title = Sudbury Community Profile {{!}} Sudbury|url = https://sudbury.ma.us/glance/|website = sudbury.ma.us|access-date = November 23, 2015}}</ref> recorded the population at 18,192 as of October 6, 2015.

There were 5,504 households, out of which 51.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.7% were non-families. 11.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.02 and the average family size was 3.28.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 32.5% under the age of 18, 3.2% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 27.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $151,041, and the median income for a family was $222,008. Males had a median income of $148,593 versus $47,500 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $75,865. About 2.1% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.9% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Arts and culture==
[[Image:2004-08-14 - 01 - Sudbury.jpg|thumb|right|Sudbury's First Parish Church]]

The [[First Parish of Sudbury]] gathered in 1640 east of the Sudbury River (present day Wayland). "East parish" (now First Parish of Wayland) moved its present site and "West parish" moved to the present site, called Rocky Plains (now Sudbury town center), upon Rev. Israel Loring first preaching there May 6, 1722.<ref>Loring Journal</ref> The historic meeting house was built in 1797, replacing the original 1723 structure. First Parish became [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] in the local schism of 1837 and is now [[Unitarian Universalist]].<ref>{{cite web
 | url = https://fpsudbury.org/home/about-us/our-history/
 | title= First Parish of Sudbury: Our History
 | first = Jan
 | last = Hardenbergh
 | access-date = May 9, 2009
}}</ref><ref name="mcc">{{Cite web
| title = History Booklet - Memorial Congregational Church of Sudbury, MA
| author = Harold and Betsey Cutler
| date = 1980
| access-date = October 30, 2021
| url = https://www.mccsudbury.org/knowledge-base/mcc-history-booklet/
| quote = 
}}</ref>

==Government==
===State and federal government===
On the federal level, Precincts 1A, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of Sudbury are part of [[Massachusetts's 5th congressional district]], represented by [[Katherine Clark]]. Precinct 1 is part of [[Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district]], represented by [[Lori Trahan]]. The state's senior ([[Classes of United States Senators#Class I|Class I]]) member of the [[United States Senate]] is [[Elizabeth Warren]]. The junior ([[Classes of United States Senators#Class II|Class II]]) senator is [[Ed Markey]].

==Education==
Sudbury students in kindergarten through eighth grade attend [[Sudbury Public Schools]], with high school students attending schools in the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional School District,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st25_ma/schooldistrict_maps/c25017_middlesex/DC20SD_C25017.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Middlesex County, MA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2024-10-28|archive-date=July 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722170353/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st25_ma/schooldistrict_maps/c25017_middlesex/DC20SD_C25017.pdf|page=3 (PDF p. 4/4)|url-status=live}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st25_ma/schooldistrict_maps/c25017_middlesex/DC20SD_C25017_SD2MS.txt Text list] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722170353/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st25_ma/schooldistrict_maps/c25017_middlesex/DC20SD_C25017_SD2MS.txt |date=2022-07-22}}</ref> which was established in 1954, integrating the former Sudbury High School with that of the nearby town of [[Lincoln, Massachusetts|Lincoln]].

In June 2002, the towns of Lincoln and Sudbury began a $74 million project to build a new high school near the site of the original building. The shared [[Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School]] (LSRHS) is in Sudbury.

There are four elementary schools in Sudbury and one middle school.  The four elementary schools are: 
* Josiah Haynes Elementary School
* Israel Loring Elementary School
* General John Nixon Elementary School
* Peter Noyes Elementary School
The middle school is:
* Ephraim Curtis Middle School
Sudbury has two former elementary schools that were converted to other uses:
* Fairbank Elementary School is now a community center, and the central office for the school district.
* Horse Pond Elementary School is now a [[Massachusetts State Police#Crime Lab|Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory]].

==Notable people==

* [[Horace Abbott]],<ref name="Marquis 1607–1896">{{cite book|title=Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607–1896|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|year=1967}}</ref> iron manufacturer
* [[George Hunt Barton]], geologist, arctic explorer, and college professor. Founding president of the [[Boston Children's Museum]]
*[[Edith Nason Buckingham]], zoologist, dog breeder, chicken farmer
* [[Anthony W. Case]], astrophysicist
* [[Sarah Cloyce]], [[Salem witch trial]]s survivor; relocated to Sudbury after permanently leaving [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]]
* [[Ralph Adams Cram]], architect, resided in Sudbury on Concord Road and built his family a private chapel which is now owned and operated by Saint Elizabeth's Episcopal Church
* [[Coco Crisp]], lived here during some of his time with the [[Boston Red Sox]]
* [[Matthew B. J. Delaney]], author
* [[Dennis Eckersley]], [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|baseball Hall of Famer]], lived on Morse Road before his years with the Boston Red Sox and on Plympton Road during and after his years with the Red Sox
* [[Chris Evans (actor)|Chris Evans]], actor
* [[Scott Evans (actor)|Scott Evans]], actor
* [[Henry Ford]], founder of the [[Ford Motor Company]], lived in Sudbury during parts of the 1920s and 1930s
* [[Mike Gordon]], bassist for [[Phish]]
* [[Robert L. Gordon III]], Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
* [[Michelle Gorgone]], Olympic snowboarder<ref>http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=2442/index.html {{Dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>
* [[Edward Hallowell (psychiatrist)|Edward Hallowell]], psychiatrist, author, and specialist on ADHD
* [[Eddie House]], [[NBA]] champion with the [[Boston Celtics]]
* [[Stephen Huneck]], artist and writer
* [[Tyler Jewell]], Olympic snowboarder<ref>http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=2452/index.html {{Dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>
* [[Michael Kolowich]], documentary filmmaker and technology entrepreneur
* [[William K. Lietzau]] Director of the US [[Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency]]
* [[Tony Massarotti]], sports reporter for [[The Boston Globe]]
* [[John Nixon (Continental Army general)|John Nixon]], General in the [[Continental Army]] during the [[American Revolution]]
* [[Shaquille O'Neal]], four-time [[NBA]] champion, 2000 [[NBA MVP]], fifteen-time [[NBA]] All-Star, rapper, actor, and current [[Inside the NBA]] analyst lived in Sudbury for a brief time
* [[Samuel Parris]], Salem Witch Trials judge and Puritan minister, later preached in Wayland, which was then a part of Sudbury
* [[Paula Poundstone]], comedian who grew up in Sudbury
* [[Edmund Rice (colonist)|Edmund Rice]], co-founder and early resident of the town from 1638–1656
* [[Ashley Richardson]] (also known as Ashley Montana), model
* [[Babe Ruth]], baseball Hall of Famer. While with the Red Sox, he and his wife rented a small house next to Willis Pond, Sudbury, for the 1917–1918 off-season
* [[Matt Savage]], musician
* [[Simon Shnapir]], Olympic medalist pair skater
* [[Fred Smerlas]], five-time [[Pro Bowl|NFL Pro Bowler]]
* [[Jarrod Shoemaker]], Olympian and Triathlete
* [[Jeremy Strong (actor)|Jeremy Strong]], actor and [[Emmy Award|Emmy]] winner<ref>{{cite web |title=72nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners |url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2020 |website=Television Academy}}</ref> for his role on ''[[Succession (TV series)|Succession]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=For Succession's Jeremy Strong, Acting Isn't About Having Fun |url=https://www.gq.com/story/jeremy-strong-succession-profile |website=GQ|date=August 8, 2019 }}</ref>
* [[Callie Thorne]], actress (''[[Rescue Me (U.S. TV series)|Rescue Me]]'')

==Notes==
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==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080404033909/http://www.salemdeeds.com/atlases_results.asp?ImageType=index&atlastype=MassWorld&atlastown=&atlas=MASSACHUSETTS+1871&atlas_desc=MASSACHUSETTS+1871 ''1871 Atlas of Massachusetts''.] by Wall & Gray.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080404035120/http://www.salemdeeds.com/atlases_pages.asp?ImageName=PAGE_0010_0011.jpg&atlastype=MassWorld&atlastown=&atlas=MASSACHUSETTS+1871&atlas_desc=MASSACHUSETTS+1871&pageprefix= Map of Massachusetts.] [https://web.archive.org/web/20080404034546/http://www.salemdeeds.com/atlases_pages.asp?ImageName=PAGE_0044_0045.jpg&atlastype=MassWorld&atlastown=&atlas=MASSACHUSETTS+1871&atlas_desc=MASSACHUSETTS+1871&pageprefix= Map of Middlesex County.]
* [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_QGolOAyd9RMC <!-- quote=intitle:History intitle:of intitle:Middlesex intitle:County intitle:Massachusetts. --> ''History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts'', Volume 1 (A–H)], [https://archive.org/details/historymiddlese00drakgoog/page/n314 <!-- pg=506 quote=intitle:History intitle:of intitle:Middlesex intitle:County intitle:Massachusetts. --> Volume 2 (L–W)] compiled by Samuel Adams Drake, published 1879 and 1880. 572 and 505 pages. [https://archive.org/details/historymiddlese00drakgoog/page/n314 <!-- pg=506 quote=History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. --> Sudbury article] by Rev. George A. Oviatt in volume 2 pages 357–381.

==External links==
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* {{Official website|https://sudbury.ma.us/}}
* [http://sudbury.org Sudbury Chamber of Commerce]

{{Adjacent communities
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 | Centre = Sudbury
 | North = [[Acton, Massachusetts|Acton]]
 | Northeast = [[Concord, Massachusetts|Concord]] and [[Lincoln, Massachusetts|Lincoln]]
 | South = [[Framingham, Massachusetts|Framingham]]
 | East  = [[Wayland, Massachusetts|Wayland]]
 | Southeast = 
 | Southwest = [[Marlborough, Massachusetts|Marlborough]]
 | Northwest = [[Maynard, Massachusetts|Maynard]] & [[Stow, Massachusetts|Stow]]
 | West = [[Hudson, Massachusetts|Hudson]]
}}
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