33-534: Suffolk County may refer to: Suffolk County, Massachusetts , United States Suffolk County, New York , United States Suffolk , a county of England See also [ edit ] Suffolk County Community College , New York Suffolk, Virginia , an independent city in Virginia [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
66-434: A female householder with no husband present, 52.0% were non-families, and 36.3% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 3.11. The median age was 31.5 years. The median income for a household in the county was $ 50,597 and the median income for a family was $ 58,127. Males had a median income of $ 48,887 versus $ 43,658 for females. The per capita income for
99-432: A household in the town was $ 71,164, and the median income for a family was $ 79,337. Males had a median income of $ 55,230 versus $ 36,174 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 27,693. About 2.6% of families and 4.0% of the population were below the poverty line , including 3.4% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over. Mendon's Taft Public Library was established in 1881. In fiscal year 2008,
132-429: A land grant for 8 miles (13 km) square of land, 15 miles (24 km) west of Medfield . In September 1662, after the deed was signed with a Native American chief, "Great John" and another Sachem, Quashaamit , the pioneers entered this part of what is now southern Worcester County. Earlier, unofficial, settlement occurred here in the 1640s, by pioneers from Roxbury. This was the beginning of Mendon. The land for
165-555: Is home to two Boy Scout (BSA) troops, Troop 1 Mendon and Troop 44 Mendon. Mendon has teamed up with neighboring town Upton to make the Mendon Upton Regional School District (MURSD), this district features 4 schools. In elementary school the two towns are split and each have equally nice schools. However, in middle school the classes merge into one and attend Miscoe hill middle school. Finally, in high school they attend Nipmuc regional high school which
198-677: Is located in Mendon. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 18.3 square miles (47 km ), of which 18.1 square miles (47 km ) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km ), or 0.88%, is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 5,286 people, 1,815 households, and 1,450 families residing in the town. The population density was 292.1 inhabitants per square mile (112.8/km ). There were 1,886 housing units at an average density of 104.2 per square mile (40.2/km ). The racial makeup of
231-599: Is located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , in the United States. As of the 2020 census , the population was 797,936, making it the fourth-most populous county in Massachusetts. The county comprises the cities of Boston , Chelsea , and Revere , and the town of Winthrop . The traditional county seat is Boston , the state capital and the largest city in Massachusetts. The county government
264-400: Is water. It is the second-smallest county in Massachusetts by land area and smallest by total area. Suffolk County has no land border with Plymouth County to its southeast, but the two counties share a water boundary in the middle of Massachusetts Bay . Of the 292,767 households, 24.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 27.1% were married couples living together, 16.3% had
297-507: The industrial revolution in the United States . Mendon celebrated its 350th anniversary on May 15, 2017. Native Americans inhabited the Mendon area for thousands of years prior to European colonization of the Americas . At the time of contact, Nipmuc people inhabited the area that would become Mendon, and Nipmuc Pond is named for them. Nipmuc Regional High School was named after this lake. Nipmuc means "small pond place" or "people of
330-536: The Democratic Party overwhelmingly. No Republican presidential candidate has won there since Calvin Coolidge in 1924. In 2012 Barack Obama received 77.4% of the vote, compared to 20.8% for former governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney . In the 2014 gubernatorial election , Martha Coakley carried the county by a 32.4% margin, while losing the election statewide by 48.4 to 46.5%. In 2020, Joe Biden won
363-621: The county by the largest margin of any presidential candidate since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, and was the first candidate since then to win more than 80% of the vote in the county. The Suffolk County Sheriff's Department's primary responsibility is oversight of the Nashua Street Jail and the South Bay House of Correction . These were built in the 1990s to replace the historic Charles Street Jail and Deer Island Prison , respectively. The Suffolk County Sheriff's Department
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#1732764697427396-610: The county include: Public library systems in the county include: 42°21′32″N 71°03′28″W / 42.35892°N 71.05781°W / 42.35892; -71.05781 Mendon, Massachusetts Mendon is a town in Worcester County , Massachusetts , United States. The population was 6,228 at the 2020 census . Mendon is part of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor , an early center of
429-607: The county region, but there is no county council, executives or commissioners. Prior to the abolition of county government, the authority of the Suffolk County Commission had for many years been exercised by the Boston City Council, even though three communities in the county are not part of the city. However, communities are now granted the right to form their own regional compacts for sharing services. Politically speaking, Suffolk County supports
462-687: The county was $ 30,720. About 15.7% of families and 20.6% of the population were below the poverty line , including 28.1% of those under age 18 and 19.1% of those age 65 or over. According to the 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, the largest ancestry groups in Suffolk County, Massachusetts are: Data is from the 2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Each city has its own school district (including Boston Public Schools , Chelsea Public Schools , Revere Public Schools , and Winthrop Public Schools ), which all follow municipal boundaries. Tertiary institutions in
495-537: The early 1600s, Praying Indians (natives who converted to Christianity ) were settled into Praying Towns . Wacentug and Rice City held two of these villages in Mendon, in a section that later became Uxbridge . These were two of the 14 Praying Indian villages established by Reverend John Eliot , from Natick and Roxbury , who translated the Bible into the Nipmuc language. Pioneers from Braintree petitioned to receive
528-827: The early 20th century, County government functions were absorbed by the City of Boston , with Boston City Council becoming the de-facto County Commission, and the City Treasurer similarly becoming the County Treasurer, albeit said government was not formally abolished until 1999. Like an increasing number of Massachusetts counties, Suffolk County exists today only as a historical geographic region, and has no county government. All former county functions were assumed by state agencies in 1999. The sheriff, district attorney, and some other regional officials with specific duties are still elected locally to perform duties within
561-671: The first water-powered grist mill in the region. On July 14, 1675, early violence in King Philip's War took place in Mendon, with the deaths of multiple residents and the destruction of Albee's mill. These were the first settlers killed in this war in the Colony of Massachusetts. A man named Richard Post, of Post's lane, may have been the first settler killed. The town was largely burnt to the ground later that winter in early 1676. During King Philip's War, many Nipmuc from around Marlboro and Natick were interned Deer Island, and many died from
594-432: The fresh waters". The Nipmuc name does not refer to a specific village or tribe, but to natives that inhabited almost all of central Massachusetts. Over 500 Nipmuc live today in Massachusetts, and there are two nearby reservations at Grafton and Webster . The Nipmuc had a written language, tools, a graphite mine at Sturbridge , and well-developed agriculture, including maize (a variant of corn), beans and squash. In
627-531: The harsh winter in 1675. The town of Mendon was resettled and rebuilt in 1680. Robert Taft, Sr. , settled here, in the part that became Uxbridge, in 1680 and was the patriarch of the famous Taft family . He settled here in 1669 and was among those forced back to Braintree because of King Philip's War. In 1712, Mendon was the birthplace of Lydia Chapin, who became America's first legal woman voter, known later as Lydia Chapin Taft, or simply Lydia Taft . Ezra T. Benson
660-689: The immigrant George Aldrich. His descendants included a number of U.S. congressmen, including Senator Nelson Aldrich , who started the Federal Reserve Bank , and Vice President Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller . Other descendants were Ezra T. Benson and his grandson, Ezra Taft Benson , former Secretary of Agriculture under President Dwight D. Eisenhower , later 13th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . Mendon would eventually rebuild and find itself along Boston's Middle Post Road ( Route 16 today). Milestone 37 (from Boston )
693-452: The modern-day towns of Milford , Bellingham , Hopedale , Uxbridge , Upton , Blackstone , Northbridge and Millville . For this reason, the town of Mendon is sometimes referred to as "Mother Mendon". Benjamin Albee (1614–1695) erected a water-powered mill on Mill River in 1664 where it crosses modern-day Hartford Avenue. and was one of the town's important early residents. The mill was
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#1732764697427726-771: The original Suffolk County (including Milton ) except for Boston, Chelsea, Hingham, and Hull (which remained in Suffolk) split off and became Norfolk County . Hingham and Hull would leave Suffolk County and join Plymouth County in 1803. Revere was set off from Chelsea and incorporated in 1846 and Winthrop was set off from Revere and incorporated in 1852. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Boston annexed several adjacent cities and towns including Hyde Park, Roxbury, West Roxbury, and Dorchester from Norfolk County and Charlestown and Brighton from Middlesex County , resulting in an enlargement of Suffolk County. During
759-533: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Suffolk_County&oldid=888016177 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Suffolk County, Massachusetts Suffolk County ( / ˈ s ʌ f ə k / SUF -ək )
792-611: The settlement was 8 miles (13 km) square of Native American land in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and was purchased from the Nipmuc Indians, "for divers good and vallewable considerations them there unto Moovinge and especiall for an in consideration of the summe of twenty fower pound Ster." In 1662, "Squinshepauke Plantation was started at the Netmocke settlement and plantation", and was incorporated as
825-667: The town of Mendon in 1667. The settlers were ambitious and set about clearing the roads that would mark settlement patterns throughout the town's history. The early settlement at Mendon was first listed in Middlesex County in 1667, then in 1671 in Suffolk County , and in Worcester County from 1731 onward. Mendon was first settled in 1660 and was officially incorporated in 1667. The town was originally 64 square miles (170 km ), including at least part of
858-516: The town was 97.99% White , 0.40% African American , 0.59% Asian , 0.15% from other races , and 0.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.96% of the population. There were 1,815 households, out of which 42.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.5% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.1% were non-families. 16.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.2% had someone living alone who
891-450: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.28. In the town, the population was spread out, with 29.5% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 32.7% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 8.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males. The median income for
924-495: Was abolished in 1999, resulting in Suffolk County now functioning only as an administrative subdivision of state government and a set of communities grouped together for some statistical purposes. Suffolk County is located at the core of the Boston- Cambridge - Newton , MA- NH Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the greater Boston- Worcester -Providence, MA- RI - NH - CT Combined Statistical Area . The county
957-436: Was among those named in a 2020 WBUR report about the neglect of inmates with medical conditions in Massachusetts prisons leading to their deaths. Several notable figures in Massachusetts history were once the sheriff of Suffolk County: According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 120 square miles (310 km ), of which 58 square miles (150 km ) is land and 62 square miles (160 km ) (52%)
990-535: Was born here and became a famous Mormon Missionary and Utah Territory legislator. (See also the article of neighboring Uxbridge, Massachusetts .) The Taft family became an American political dynasty, especially in Ohio , but also in Iowa , Rhode Island , Vermont , and other states. President William Howard Taft was a descendant and also was a descendant of George Aldrich. Another American family began in Mendon with
1023-611: Was created by the Massachusetts General Court on May 10, 1643, when it was ordered "that the whole plantation within this jurisdiction be divided into four shires ". Suffolk initially contained Boston , Roxbury , Dorchester , Dedham , Braintree , Weymouth , and Hingham . The county was named after Suffolk , England, which means "southern folk." In 1731, the extreme western portions of Suffolk County, which included Mendon and Uxbridge , were split off to become part of Worcester County . In 1793, most of
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1056-640: Was erected in 1772 and still stands today. In 1719, Bellingham became the first community to break off from Mother Mendon and incorporate as a separate entity. In 1789, it is purported that President George Washington , during his inaugural journey, was denied a room in Mendon by an innkeeper's wife. Lake Nipmuc Park was a popular resort in the early 20th century, featuring leading musical and vaudeville talent. Vintage postcards from this resort are frequently for sale on eBay . The first Aerosmith gig took place at Nipmuc Regional High School (now Miscoe Hill Middle School) in this town on November 6, 1970. Mendon
1089-568: Was recently named one of the top 500 schools in the United States. In 1986 Congress created the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor , a national park. Mendon falls within this corridor. In modern times, Mendon serves primarily as a bedroom community but has seen some significant commercial development along Route 16 in recent years. Southwick's Zoo in Mendon is currently Massachusetts's largest zoo. The Mendon Twin Drive-In , one of only three drive-in theaters in Massachusetts,
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