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Randloph
Mass. Located fifteen miles south of Boston, at the intersection of Routes
128 and 24, Randolph's location has been an important factor in its economic
and social history. At the time of Randolph's incorporation in 1793, local
farmers were making shoes and boots to augment household incomes from subsistence
farming. In the next half century, this sideline had become the town's
major industry, attracting workers from across New England, Canada and
Ireland and later from Italy and Eastern Europe, each adding to the quality
of life in the town.
By 1850 Randolph had become one of
the nation's leading boot producers, shipping boots and shoes as far away
as California and Australia. The decline of the shoe industry at the beginning
of the twentieth century led to Randolph's evolution as a suburban residential
community. Boot and shoe making has been supplanted by light manufacturing
and service industries. The town's proximity to major transportation networks
has resulted in an influx of families from Boston and other localities
who live in Randolph but work throughout the metropolitan area.
Today, as Randolph celebrates two
full centuries as a town, the community feels itself to be one of the most
culturally diverse municipalities on the South Shore. Working together
to meet the challenges of a changing society and economy, town residents
celebrate their unique heritage and strive to build for a future in which
all can take pride.
Randolph Massachusetts is located
in Eastern Massachusetts, bordered by Milton and Quincy on the north, Braintree
and Holbrook on the east, Canton on the west, and Avon and Stoughton on
the south and southwest. Randolph is 15 miles south of Boston and 211 miles
from New York City. |