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The
Town of Medway Mass is a beautiful residential town in the southwestern
suburbs of Boston with easy access to Route 495. It is predominantly a
single-family home community with a handful of apartments and condos. Henry
Gamsey was the first settler in town. Beginning in 1700 with the first
modest home built by Henry for his wife Sarah, settlers filtered in and
by 1713 residents had petitioned for a new town charter, and the town,
to be known as Medway, was incorporated. By 1800, there had been many saw
and grist mills and several textile mills established and Medway continued
to grow over the years as an industrial center because of its location
along the river.
Campbell Brothers ran a paper mill
from 1854 to 1890 and the Sanford Mill was in operation in 1885. The establishment
of a railroad through Medway did much to attract new mills to town. The
charter for the railroad was granted by the state legislature in 1847 and
served all the towns in the area, extending as far as Blackstone.
The first post office was established
in 1803, at which time there were just eight homes, a grist mill, two sawmills
and a store. Because of its proximity to Route 495 and other highways,
Medway residents are confident the town will continue to grow residentially,
industrially and commercially.
Medway Mass is located in Eastern
Massachusetts, bordered by Holliston on the north; Millis on the east;
Norfolk, Franklin, and Bellingham on the south; and Milford on the west.
Medway is 25 miles southwest of Boston; 24 miles southeast of Worcester;
30 miles north of Providence, Rhode Island; and 194 miles from New York
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