Upton, MA

Upton, for more than 100 years, farmers supplemented their incomes by making boots. By 1837 William Knowlton had established a flourishing straw hat business; hat making supplemented boot making and employed many citizens until 1969. The Knowlton factory has been converted into apartments and is on the National Register of History Places.

Upton is primarily a residential community and still retains much of its original New England flavor, with a population of approximately 4600.

Upton is 35 miles west of Boston and 13 miles south of Worcester, providing the Best of both worlds, i.e. / a quiet environment plus access to major cities, via routes #140 and #495.