Middleboro
a town in Plymouth co., Mass.; on the Nemasket river, and on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford railroad; 35 miles S. of Boston. It is one of the oldest towns in Plymouth county, having been incorporated June 1, 1669, and has many points of historic interest. The town includes the villages of North Middleboro, Four Corners, Nemasket, Puddingshire, Tack Factory, Thomastown, Waterville, the Green, South Middleboro, Rock, and Eddyville.
There are gas and electric light plants, owned by the town, a high school, National and savings banks, and weekly newspapers. It has manufactories of shoes, straw goods, open grates, and woolen goods, besides sawmills, iron foundry, marble works, etc. Pop. (1910) 8,214; (1920) 8,453.