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The Town of Burlington
Masasachusetts was formed in 1799 and is sited on the watersheds of the
Ipswich, Mystic and Shawsheen Rivers. It is now a suburban industrial town
at the junction of the Boston-Merrimac corridor but for most of its history
it was almost entirely agricultural, selling hopes and rye to Boston and
supplementing that income with small shoe making shops.
Early railroad expansion passed the
town by, limiting its early development, and Burlington continued to cure
hams for the Boston market and produce milk, fruit and vegetables. This
picture changed drastically, however, as soon as Route 128 was built.
The highway kicked off an enormous
expansion, and between 1955 and 1965 Burlington was the fastest growing
town in the state. In one five year period, its population tripled as residential
and commercial retail development exploded creating the town's present
character.
Burlington Massachusetts is located
in Northeastern Massachusetts, bordered by Bedford on the west, Billerica
on the northwest, Wilmington on the northeast, Woburn on the southeast
and south, and Lexington on the south. Burlington is 12 miles south of
Lowell, 13 miles northwest of Boston. |