Attleboro
a town in Bristol co., Mass., on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad; 32 miles S. W. of Boston. It was incorporated in 1694; contains nearly a dozen villages; and is principally engaged in the manufacture of jewelry, watches and clocks, silverware, hats, buttons, and cotton and woolen goods. It has a National bank, high school, public library, and daily newspapers. Pop. (1910) 16,215; (1920) 19,731.