- Wayland, Massachusetts
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Wayland, Massachusetts
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map_caption = Location in Middlesex County in Massachusetts
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 =Massachusetts
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Middlesex
established_title = Settled
established_date = 1638
established_title2 = Incorporated
established_date2 = 1780
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government_type =Open town meeting
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area_total_km2 = 41.2
area_total_sq_mi = 15.9
area_land_km2 = 39.4
area_land_sq_mi = 15.2
area_water_km2 = 1.7
area_water_sq_mi = 0.7
population_as_of = 2007
settlement_type = Town
population_total = 13,017
population_density_km2 = 330.4
population_density_sq_mi = 856.3
elevation_m = 39
elevation_ft = 127
timezone = Eastern
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = Eastern
utc_offset_DST = -4
latd = 42 |latm = 21 |lats = 45 |latNS = N
longd = 71 |longm = 21 |longs = 43 |longEW = W
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 25-73790
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blank1_info = 0618243
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website = http://www.wayland.ma.us/
postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 01778
area_code = 508Wayland is a town in Middlesex County,
Massachusetts ,United States . The population was 13,100 at the 2000 census.For geographic and demographic information on Cochituate, which is part of Wayland, please see the article Cochituate,
Massachusetts .History
The Town of East Sudbury was incorporated on April 10, 1780. On March 11, 1835, East Sudbury became Wayland, a farming community, presumably in honor of Dr. Francis Wayland, who was President of Brown University and a friend of East Sudbury’s Judge Edward Mellen. Both Wayland and Mellen became benefactors of the town’s library, the first free public library in the State. [ [http://www.wayland.ma.us/waytow/community.htm Town of Wayland website] ]
The town hosted a Nike missile site during the
Cold War . The area is now being turned into sustainable, low income housing. [http://www.wickedlocal.com/wayland/news/x555999744/Work-at-Nike-site-picking-up-speed]Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 15.9square mile s (41.2km² ), of which, 15.2 square miles (39.4 km²) of it is land and 0.7 square miles (1.7 km²) of it (4.21%) is water.Demographics
As of the
census GR|2 of 2000, there were 13,100 people, 4,625 households, and 3,723 families residing in the town. Thepopulation density was 859.9 people per square mile (332.1/km²). There were 4,735 housing units at an average density of 310.8/sq mi (120.0/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 92.21% White, 0.75% African American, 0.10% Native American, 5.34% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.27% from other races, and 1.31% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.15% of the population.There were 4,625 households out of which 41.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.5% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.5% were non-families. 16.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.15.
In the town the population was spread out with 28.7% under the age of 18, 3.4% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 29.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.6 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $101,036, and the median income for a family was $113,671. Males had a median income of $86,344 versus $50,875 for females. The
per capita income for the town was $52,717. About 2.1% of families and 2.5% of the population were below thepoverty line , including 1.9% of those under age 18 and 2.7% of those age 65 or over.Education
*
Happy Hollow School
*Loker School
*Claypit Hill School
*Wayland Middle School
*Wayland High School Notable residents
*
Robert Anastas , former hockey coach and teacher who foundedSADD chapter atWayland High School following the 1981 deaths of two students in drunk driving accidents
*Joshua Bekenstein , one of the founders and Managing Director of the private-equity groupBain Capital
*Amar Bose , founder ofBose Corporation , a company that specializes in high-quality sound systems
*Lydia Maria Child , 1800s American abolitionist, novelist, journalist, author of "Over the River and Through the Woods "
*Archibald Cox , legal scholar, Special Prosecutor of theWatergate Scandal involving President Nixon's Administration
*David Hackett Fischer , Brandeis Professor of History and author.
*Tom Hamilton, bass player forAerosmith
*Beatrice Herford , actress
*Joyce Kulhawik , arts and entertainment anchor for WBZ-TV News inBoston
*Allen Morgan , founder and first executive director ofSudbury Valley Trustees
*Jonathan Papelbon , closing pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
*Alvaro Pascual-Leone , notedneuroscientist
*Theo Ratliff ,Detroit Pistons basketball player
*Peter Rowan , bluegrass musician
*Alberto Salazar , marathon runner
*Tom Scholz , guitarist for 70's rock group 'Boston'; their debut album was recorded in his basement in Wayland
*Edmund Sears , 1800s Unitarian parish minister, author who wrote a number of theological works influential to his contemporary liberal Protestants
*Steven Tyler , band member ofAerosmith , who held the first and only rockconcert in the history of the WaylandHigh School field house before the band became known worldwide
*Ted Williams , Hall of Fame baseball player for theBoston Red Sox and avid fisherman owned a fishing camp on Dudley Pondee also
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Greater Boston
*MetroWest
*Open town meeting formatReferences
Further reading
* [http://www.salemdeeds.com/atlases_results.asp?ImageType=index&atlastype=MassWorld&atlastown=&atlas=MASSACHUSETTS+1871&atlas_desc=MASSACHUSETTS+1871 "1871 Atlas of Massachusetts".] by Wall & Gray. [http://www.salemdeeds.com/atlases_pages.asp?ImageName=PAGE_0010_0011.jpg&atlastype=MassWorld&atlastown=&atlas=MASSACHUSETTS+1871&atlas_desc=MASSACHUSETTS+1871&pageprefix= Map of Massachusetts.] [http://www.salemdeeds.com/atlases_pages.asp?ImageName=PAGE_0044_0045.jpg&atlastype=MassWorld&atlastown=&atlas=MASSACHUSETTS+1871&atlas_desc=MASSACHUSETTS+1871&pageprefix= Map of Middlesex County.]
* "History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts", [http://books.google.com/books?id=QGolOAyd9RMC&dq=intitle:History+intitle:of+intitle:Middlesex+intitle:County+intitle:Massachusetts&lr=&num=50&as_brr=0&source=gbs_other_versions_sidebar_s&cad=5 Volume 1 (A-H)] , [http://books.google.com/books?id=hNaAnwRMedUC&pg=PA506&dq=intitle:History+intitle:of+intitle:Middlesex+intitle:County+intitle:Massachusetts&lr=&num=50&as_brr=0#PPA3,M1 Volume 2 (L-W)] compiled by Samuel Adams Drake, published 1879-1880. 572 and 505 pages. [http://books.google.com/books?id=hNaAnwRMedUC&pg=PA506&dq=History+of+Middlesex+County,+Massachusetts#PPA460,M1 Wayland article] by Rev. Josiah H. Temple in volume 2 pages 506-511.External links
* [http://www.wayland.ma.us/ Wayland official website]
* [http://www.waylandenews.com WaylandeNews website]
* [http://www.wayland.k12.ma.us Wayland Public Schools]
* [http://www.townonline.com/wayland Wayland Town Crier]
* [http://www.thechildrensway.org The Children's Way]
* [http://www.waylandbsa.com Wayland Baseball And Softball]
* [http://www.waylandbusinessassociation.org/index.html Wayland Business Association]
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