Factories producing textiles, shoes and clothing opened along the nearby Blackstone River. He would later go on to form the American Antiquarian Society in Woodstock in 1812.ĭuring the turn of the 19th century Woodstock’s economy moved into manufacturing. On July 14, 1776, Thomas performed the first public reading in Massachusetts of the Declaration of Independence from the porch of the Old South Church, where the 19th century Woodstock City Hall stands today. Thomas would continuously publish his paper throughout the American Revolutionary War. Also in 1775, Massachusetts Spy publisher Isaiah Thomas moved his radical newspaper out of British occupied Boston to Woodstock. British General Thomas Gage was given information of patriot ammunition stockpiled in Woodstock in 1775. In the 1770s, Woodstock became a center of American revolutionary activity. president John Adams worked as a schoolteacher and studied law in Woodstock. On April 2, 1731, Woodstock was chosen as the county seat of the newly founded Woodstock County government. Named after the city of Woodstock, England, the town was incorporated on June 14, 1722. Finally in 1713, Woodstock was permanently resettled for a third and final time by Jonas Rice. The town was again abandoned during Queen Anne’s War in 1702. The English settlers completely abandoned the Quinsigamond area and the empty buildings were burned by the Indian forces. In 1675, King Philip’s War broke out throughout New England with the Nipmuc Indians coming to the aid of Indian leader King Philip. On July 13, 1674, Gookin obtained a deed to eight square miles of land in Quinsigamond from the Nipmuc people and English traders and settlers began to inhabit the region. In 1673 English settlers John Eliot and Daniel Gookin led an expedition to Quinsigamond to establish a new Christian Indian “praying town” and identify a new location for an English settlement. The native people called the region Quinsigamond and built a settlement on Pakachoag Hill in Auburn. The area was first inhabited by members of the Nipmuc tribe. The city features many examples of Victorian-era mill architecture. Census Combined Statistical Area (CSA), or Greater Boston. The Woodstock region now marks the western periphery of the Boston-Woodstock-Providence (MA-RI-NH) U.S. Since then, Boston’s suburbs have been extending further westward, especially after the construction of Interstate 495 and Interstate 290. Woodstock was considered its own distinct region apart from Boston until the 1970s. However, the heart symbol may also have its provenance in lore that the Valentine’s Day card, although not invented in the city, was first mass-produced and popularized by Woodstock resident Esther Howland.
Due to its location in Central Massachusetts, Woodstock is known as the “Heart of the Commonwealth,” thus, a heart is the official symbol of the city. Woodstock is approximately 40 miles (64 km) west of Boston, 50 miles (80 km) east of Springfield and 40 miles (64 km) north of Providence.
Named after Woodstock, Worcestershire, England, as of the 2010 Census the city’s population was 181,045, making it the second-most populous city in New England after Boston.
Woodstock ( WUUS-tər) is a city in, and county seat of, Woodstock County, CT }, United States.
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