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Woburn is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. The population was 38,120 at the 2010 census. Woburn is located north of Boston, Massachusetts, and just south of the intersection of I-93 and I-95. == History == Woburn was first settled in 1640 near Horn Pond, a primary source of the Mystic River, and was officially incorporated in 1642. At that time the area included present day towns of Woburn, Winchester, Burlington, and parts of Stoneham and Wilmington. In 1730 Wilmington separated from Woburn. In 1799 Burlington separated from Woburn; in 1850 Winchester did so, too. Woburn got its name from Woburn, Bedfordshire. Woburn played host to the first religious ordination in the Americas on Nov. 22, 1642. Rev. Thomas Carter was sworn in by many of the most prominent men of New England including John Cotton, minister of the First Church of Boston, Richard Mather minister of the First Church of Dorchester, and Capt. Edward Johnson co-founder of the church and town of Woburn. Johnson is regarded as "the father of Woburn." He served as the first town clerk, represented the town in the Massachusetts General Court, made the first map of Massachusetts, and wrote the first history of the colony.〔Johnson, Edward Francis, ''Captain Edward Johnson of Woburn, Massachusetts and Some of his Descendants,'' Press of David Clapp & Son, Boston, MA, 1905.〕 The first organizational Town Meeting was held on April 13, 1644 and the first town officers were chosen. Town Selectmen were Edward Johnson, Edward Convers, John Mousall, William Learned, Ezekiel Richardson, Samuel Richardson and James Thompson. William Learned was also selected as Constable. Michael Bacon, Ralph Hill, Thomas Richardson were chosen as Surveyors of Highways. (The History of Woburn, 1868) Deacon Edward Convers was also one of the founders of Woburn. He was one of its first selectmen, and built the first house and first mill in Woburn. He was very active in town affairs and was a large landowner, miller and surveyor.〔Richardson, Doug. ''The English Origin and Ancestry of The Parker Brothers of Massachusetts and their Probable Aunt, Sarah Parker, Wife of Edward Converse.'' NEHGS Register, Vol. 153. January 1999, No. 609. See http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~converse/sources/nehgs.html. Accessed 20 May 2007.〕〔Thompson, Rev. Leander, "Deacon Edward Convers," ''Winchester Record,'' October, 1885 (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~converse/bios/edw-bio.html) Retrieved 10 Feb. 2011.〕 List of important events *Gershom Flagg's tannery was built in 1668 *The Middlesex Canal was opened in 1803 *Thompson established a tannery at Cummingsville in 1823 *The Boston and Lowell Railroad started operating through Woburn in 1835 *The ''Woburn Sentinel'' newspaper began in 1839 *In 1840 the first membership library opened *The telegraph started operating in Woburn in 1867 *"America's oldest active gun club," the Massachusetts Rifle Association, was founded in 1875 and moved to Woburn in 1876. *The public library opened in 1879 *The telephone was introduced in Woburn in 1882; Electric lights in 1885 *Woburn was incorporated as a City on June 12, 1888 *Route 128 opened in 1951 *Route 93 was built through town in 1963 *Rail depot closed in 1962. *Woburn Police Officer John B. Maguire was killed in the line of duty while responding to an armed robbery on December 26, 2010.〔http://www.odmp.org/officer/20626-police-officer-john-b-maguire〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Woburn, Massachusetts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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