Auburn, Massachusetts

The Auburn area was first settled in 1714. On April 10, 1778, parts of Worcester, Sutton, Leicester and Oxford, Massachusetts were incorporated as the Town of Ward, in honor of American Revolution General Artemas Ward (second in command to George Washington). In 1837, the town changed its name to Auburn after the Post Office complained that the name was too similar to the nearby town of Ware. ==Demographics==

The 2010 Auburn, MA, population was 16,188. There are 1,053 people per square mile. The median age is 40.8. The US median is 37.6. 61.86% of people in Auburn, MA, are married. 8.00% are divorced. The average household size is 2.41 people. 22.71% of people are married, with children. 5.08% have children, but are single. According to the 2000 census, 97.21% of people are white, 0.81% are black or African American, 1.19% are Asian, 0.10% are Native American, and 1.00% are "other". 1.24% of the people in Auburn, MA, are of Hispanic ethnicity. ==Arts and culture==

Points of interest include: • Auburn Mall • Goddard Rocket Launching Site • Worcester Flood Diversion Channel ==Government==

The form of government is representative town meeting. There are 24 town-meeting members from each of the five precincts of the town, for a total of 120 who represent the people at the annual town meeting each May. The town also has a Board of Selectmen which consists of five elected members, each serving for a term of three years. As of 2009, the town adopted a new charter which allowed for the creation of a Town Manager. ==Education==

Schools in Auburn include: • Bryn Mawr School (grades K–2) • Pakachoag School (grades K–2) • Swanson Road Intermediate School (grades 3–5) • Auburn Middle School (grades 6–8) • Auburn High School (grades 9–12) ==Infrastructure==

Highways • I-90 • I-290 • I-395 • Route 12 • US 20 ==Notable people==

• Paul Allaire (1938–2019), CEO of Xerox Corp. from 1990 to 2001 • Jacob Whitman Bailey (1811–1857), biologist, educator • Tyler Beede (born 1993), baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates • Zedekiah Belknap, portraitist • Elias Carter, architect • John Curdo (1931–2022), chess master, winner of numerous titles, including the US Senior Championship, who lived here in later life • Jon F. Danilowicz, diplomat • Paul Frost, state legislator • Guy Glodis, politician • Robert Goddard (1881–1945), rocket scientist • Patrick Allen Joslyn (born 1986), drag performer known onstage as Joslyn Fox • John Krikorian, basketball coach • Dick Lamby, professional ice hockey defenseman • Jeffrey Lynn (1909–1995), stage-screen actor and film producer • Barbara Marois, field hockey player • Javier Mojica, professional basketball player • Pat Murphy, professional catcher • Elizabeth Noyce, philanthropist • Margaret Colby Getchell Parsons, journalist • Gina Marie Rzucidlo, mountaineer • Henry Waterman Warren, teacher and plantation owner ==References==