๐บ๐ธ Auburn is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.
History The Auburn area was first settled in 1714 as of today outer parts of Worcester, Sutton, Leicester and Oxford, Massachusetts, and the town was officially incorporated on April 10, 1778, as the town of Ward, in honor of American Revolution General Artemas Ward (2nd in command to George Washington). 59 years later, in 1837, the town changed its name to Auburn after the Post Office complained that the name was too similar to the nearby town of Ware.
Before incorporation, most of Auburn was known as the South Parish of Worcester; other portions fell within the town limits of Leicester and Millbury.
Today, Auburn is bordered by Worcester to the north, Leicester to the west, Millbury to the east, and Oxford to the south.
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 Polaris missile (Type A-1). A second replica of Goddard's prototype stands at 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.
Transport: Road I-90: The 138 mile Massachusetts Turnpike was commissioned in 1957 and is a part of the 3,099 mile long I-90, the longest Interstate in the country. Almost 5 miles of I-90 runs from the west-southwest to east-northeast through Auburn and is six lanes wide (three each direction) through the town. The right of way is nominally about 300 feet wide. Auburn also contains Exit 10. The total land utilized in Auburn for the interstate is about 200 acres.
I-290: The first three miles of the 20 mile long eastbound (heads north in Auburn) Interstate 290 is in Auburn along with exits 7 (I-90), 8 (Rt. 12), and 9 (Swanson Rd EB, Auburn St. WB).
I-395: Two miles of Interstate 395 are in Auburn which becomes I-290 after Exit 6 (US 20).
Route 12: Five miles of Rt. 12 (Southbridge St.) traverses generally north/south through Auburn and its intersection with Auburn St. is named Drury Square.
US 20: Five miles of US 20 runs through Auburn. At 3,365 miles, US 20 is the longest road in the United States. In Auburn it is also known as Southbridge St. (concurrent section with RT 12), Washington St. and the SW Cutoff.
Education Auburn has two elementary schools, Bryn Mawr School (grades Kโ2) and Pakachoag School (grades Kโ2). All Auburn public school students attend Swanson Road Intermediate School (grades 3โ5) and Auburn Middle School (grades 6โ8). Some students attend Auburn High School (grades 9โ12), while others are given the option to attend Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School in nearby Charlton.
A new Auburn High School opened on Drury Square in the centre of town directly next to the old high school in the fall of 2006, equipped with turfed fields, to include (Memorial Field) all-purpose field for soccer, football, track & field, lacrosse, a turf baseball field, and a grass softball field (Rebecca J. Colokaithis Field), as well three new tennis courts and a basketball court (Holstrom Corner). Auburn High School participates in the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System.
In 2006 a group called "Save the '35" protested demolition of the oldest (1935) wing of the former high school. The old high school has now been completely demolished, except the dome on top of the high school, which is now located as a monument outside of right centre field of the baseball field. A few of the bricks of the old building were sold within the town, and there are some located at the Auburn Historical Museum. In 1997, the Eastern Nazarene College started a learning annex in Auburn.
Points of interest โข Auburn Mall โข Goddard Rocket Launching Site โข Horgan Skating Rink โข Worcester Flood Diversion Channel.
Auburn has a population of over 16,889 people. Auburn also forms part of the wider Worcester County which has a population of over 862,111 people. Auburn is situated 8 km south-west of Worcester.
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๐บ๐ธ Crystal Lake 42.217
๐บ๐ธ East Weymouth 42.217
๐บ๐ธ South Weymouth 42.155
๐บ๐ธ Buffalo Grove 42.15
๐บ๐ธ Arlington Heights 42.112
๐จ๐ฆ Saint-Raymond -71.833
๐บ๐ธ Leominster -71.75
๐ฉ๐ด Monte Cristi -71.65
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๐จ๐ฑ San Antonio -71.613
๐จ๐ฆ Sherbrooke -71.889
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๐ญ๐น Trou-du-Nord -72.017
๐บ๐ธ New London -72.1
๐ญ๐น Cap-Haรฏtien -72.199
Locations Near: Auburn -71.844,42.195
๐บ๐ธ Worcester -71.802,42.263 d: 8.3
๐บ๐ธ Leominster -71.75,42.517 d: 36.6
๐บ๐ธ Framingham -71.417,42.267 d: 36.1
๐บ๐ธ Norfolk -71.317,42.117 d: 44.3
๐บ๐ธ Providence -71.417,41.817 d: 54.9
๐บ๐ธ Windham -72.167,41.717 d: 59.5
๐บ๐ธ Pawtucket -71.367,41.867 d: 53.7
๐บ๐ธ Cranston -71.45,41.767 d: 57.7
๐บ๐ธ East Greenwich -71.483,41.65 d: 67.6
Antipodal to: Auburn 108.156,-42.195
๐ฆ๐บ Bunbury 115.637,-33.327 d: 18831
๐ฆ๐บ Albany 117.867,-35.017 d: 18855
๐ฆ๐บ Mandurah 115.721,-32.529 d: 18750.5
๐ฆ๐บ Rockingham 115.717,-32.267 d: 18725.3
๐ฆ๐บ City of Cockburn 115.833,-32.167 d: 18710.3
๐ฆ๐บ Vincent 115.834,-31.936 d: 18687.8
๐ฆ๐บ Perth 115.857,-31.953 d: 18688.3
๐ฆ๐บ Guildford 115.973,-31.9 d: 18677.9