First
settled in 1716 Millbury was not incorporated until
June 11, 1813. Millbury gets it's name from
it's long history as a "mill town".
Originally a part of the North parish of Sutton,
residents found traveling from one part of town to
the other difficult for town meetings. The residents
of North Parish petitioned the Massachusetts General
Court to split Sutton into two separate towns.
Around
1753, John Singletary built the S & D spinning mill
which is now the oldest continuously operating mill
in the United States.
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