Established - October 20,1759
Incorporated - April 24, 1771
Population - 3645(as of January 1, 2011)
Form of Government:
- 3 Member Part-time Board of Selectmen
- Town Administrator
- Town Election - Second Monday in May
- Open Town Meeting - Second Tuesday in May
Tax Rate - $15.38 2010
Area - 35.85 sq. miles
Miles of road - 77.8 miles
Elevation:
- 1,175 feet (on the Common)
- 1,093 feet (Savage Hill)
- 1,312 feet (Brown Hill)
- 1,468 feet (Pine Hill)
- 1,559 feet (Little Wachusett)
- 2,006 feet (Wachusett Mountain)
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