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Natick, a town resting within the Middlesex County of Massachusetts had a population of 32,170 according to the 2000 census.

The city is warmly recognized by its residents as the Home of Champions, recalling the presentation of the cities firefighting squad at the 1891 National Hook and Ladder competition.

The town name Natick created from the speech of the Indian family identified as the Massachusett, meaning “place of hills.” The first community, which lays on the southern face of Natick, is an undulating region. That part of the community is labeled “South Natick,” but is not a divided public body.

Natick was initially established in 1651 by a man named John Eliot, who developed a unit of “Praying Indians” on opposite parts of the Charles River and was formally incorporated in 1781.
Natick Area Links

•     About Natick
•     Golf Courses
•     Natick City Guide
•     Natick Newspaper
•     Schools
•     Town of Natick

Natick Area Attractions

•     U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center
•     BJ’s Wholesale Club (Corporate Headquarters)
•     Cognex Corporation (Corporate Headquarters)
•     MathWorks (Corporate Headquarters)
•     Walnut Hill School
•     Dug Pond

Notable Natick NA Residents (Past and Present)

•     Harriet Beecher Stowe – Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
•     Harold Kushner – Author of When Bad Things Happen To Good People
•     Eric Van – Renowned statistician
•     Doug Flutie – NFL and CFL veteran
•     Paul Dellegatto – Chief meteorologist of FOX 13 in Tampa
•     Henry Wilson – the eighteenth Vice President of the United States, lived and worked in Natick (as a cobbler) for much of his life.
•     Thomas S. Allen – American composer

Local Links

•     Town of Natick
•     Natick Retail
•     Natick Historical Society
•     A Brief History of Natick
•     Historic Natick at the Jackson Homestead

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