Gardner
a town in Worcester co., Mass., including the villages of Gardner Center, South Gardner, and West Gardner; on the Fitchburg railroad; 25 miles N. of Worcester. It is the trade center for an extensive agricultural region, and has manufactories of rattan goods, gas and oil stoves, chairs, foundry, and machine-shop products, electric lights, street railroads, waterworks, the Levi Haywood Memorial Library, high school, 2 National banks, and an assessed valuation of $5,500,000. Pop. (1910) 14,699; (1920) 16,971.