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Wheelockville, Massachusetts

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Wheelockville is a village in the town (township) of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, United States. [1]

53 relations: American Civil War, American Woolen Company, Bernat Mill, Blackstone River, Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park, Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, Blackstone Valley, Central Woolen Mills District, Daniel Day (manufacturer), Eastern Time Zone, Federal Information Processing Standards, France, Geographic Names Information System, Industrialisation, Italy, Jerry Wheelock, John Capron, John Kerry, Kevin Kuros, List of counties in Massachusetts, List of mill towns in Massachusetts, List of sovereign states, List of villages in Massachusetts, Luke Taft, Massachusetts, Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district, Moses Taft, Mumford River, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, New England town, Oliver's Story (film), Richard Neal, Richard T. Moore, Ryan Fattman, Samuel Slater, Scott Brown, Shays' Rebellion, Simeon Wheelock, Slatersville, Rhode Island, Stanley Woolen Mill, Taft family, The Great Gatsby (1974 film), The Rhode Island System, U.S. state, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, Waucantuck Mill Complex, West River (Massachusetts), Wheelockville District, Worcester County, Massachusetts, ..., World War I, ZIP Code, 2000 United States Census. Expand index (3 more) »

American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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American Woolen Company

The American Woolen Company is a designer, manufacturer and distributor of men’s and women’s worsted and woolen fabrics.

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Bernat Mill

The Bernat Mill, also known as Capron Mill, and later Bachman Uxbridge Worsted Company, was a yarn mill in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA, that was for the most part destroyed by fire on July 21, 2007.

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Blackstone River

The Blackstone River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park

The Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park is a part of the state park system of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR).

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Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor

The John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor is a National Heritage Corridor dedicated to the history of the early American Industrial Revolution, including mill towns stretching across 24 cities and towns (400,000 acres (1,620 km²) in total) near the river's course in Worcester County, Massachusetts and Providence County, Rhode Island.

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Blackstone Valley

The Blackstone Valley or Blackstone River Valley is a region of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Central Woolen Mills District

The Central Woolen Mills District is a historic district in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.

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Daniel Day (manufacturer)

Daniel Day (1767 in Mendon Massachusetts – October 26, 1848 at Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts at age 81) was an American pioneer in woolen manufacturing.

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Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama in Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories.

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Industrialisation

Industrialisation or industrialization is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society, involving the extensive re-organisation of an economy for the purpose of manufacturing.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Jerry Wheelock

Jerry Wheelock (1784–1861) was an early industrial pioneer in the Blackstone Valley of Massachusetts, a region that incubated the early American industrial revolution.

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John Capron

John Willard Capron (February 14, 1797, at Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts – December 25, 1878, at Uxbridge) was an American military officer in the infantry, state legislator, and textile manufacturer.

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John Kerry

John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 68th United States Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017.

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Kevin Kuros

Kevin J. Kuros is an American state legislator serving in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and a member of the Republican Party.

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List of counties in Massachusetts

This is a list of the 14 counties in Massachusetts.

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List of mill towns in Massachusetts

* Adams.

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List of sovereign states

This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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List of villages in Massachusetts

This is a list of villages in Massachusetts, arranged alphabetically.

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Luke Taft

Luke Taft (3 June 1783 – 7 April 1863 at Uxbridge, Massachusetts) was an industrial pioneer in the manufacture of woolens in 19th century New England.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district

Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district is located in central Massachusetts.

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Moses Taft

Moses Taft 2nd (January 16, 1812 – April 2, 1893) was born at Uxbridge, Massachusetts.

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Mumford River

The Mumford River is an U.S. Geological Survey.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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New England town

The New England town (generally referred to simply as a town in New England) is the basic unit of local government and local division of state authority in each of the six New England states and without a direct counterpart in most other U.S. states.

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Oliver's Story (film)

Oliver's Story is a 1978 American romantic drama film and a sequel to Love Story (1970) based on a novel by Erich Segal published a year earlier.

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Richard Neal

Richard Edmund Neal (born February 14, 1949) is an American politician and the U.S. Representative for.

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Richard T. Moore

Richard T. Moore (born July 7, 1943) is a Democratic politician from Massachusetts and a former member of the Massachusetts State Senate.

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Ryan Fattman

Ryan C. Fattman (born July 1, 1984) is an American state legislator currently serving in the Massachusetts State Senate.

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Samuel Slater

Samuel Slater (June 9, 1768 – April 21, 1835) was an early English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution" (a phrase coined by Andrew Jackson) and the "Father of the American Factory System".

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Scott Brown

Scott Brown may refer to.

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Shays' Rebellion

Shays Rebellion (sometimes spelled "Shays's") was an armed uprising in Massachusetts (mostly in and around Springfield) during 1786 and 1787.

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Simeon Wheelock

Simeon Wheelock (March 29, 1741– September 30, 1786) was a blacksmith from Uxbridge, Massachusetts, who served as a minuteman in the Massachusetts militia during the battles of Lexington and Concord in the American Revolutionary War.

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Slatersville, Rhode Island

Slatersville is a village on the Branch River in the town of North Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States.

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Stanley Woolen Mill

Stanley Woolen Mill is the common historic name applied to a defunct company based in southeastern Massachusetts and to the company's buildings which stand at the southern entrance to the Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park.

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Taft family

The Taft family of the United States has historic origins in Massachusetts; its members have served Ohio, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Utah, and the United States in various positions such as Governor of Ohio, Governor of Rhode Island, U.S. Senator (two), U.S. Representative (two), Attorney General, Secretary of War (two), United States Secretary of Agriculture, President of the United States, and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

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The Great Gatsby (1974 film)

The Great Gatsby is a 1974 American romantic drama film based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel of the same name.

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The Rhode Island System

The Rhode Island System refers to a system of mills, complete with small villages and farms, ponds, dams, and spillways first developed by Samuel Slater and his brother John Slater (brother Samuel Slater, who had earlier built the first fully functional water-powered textile mill in America at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in 1790. The Blackstone River Valley of Massachusetts and Rhode Island consists of a series of historic mill villages that followed the Rhode Island system, and which gave birth to the American Industrial Revolution. Today the 45 mile stretch of river valley and the system of mills and villages is a national heritage corridor, The Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, that encompasses sections of two states. The Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor was the second heritage corridor of its type in the US national Park service, having been chartered first in 1986. See also, Waltham-Lowell system Category:History of the textile industry Category:Company towns in Rhode Island Category:History of Rhode Island.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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Uxbridge, Massachusetts

Uxbridge is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts first settled in 1662 and incorporated in 1727.

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Waucantuck Mill Complex

The Waucantuck Mill Complex was a mill complex in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.

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West River (Massachusetts)

The West River, in the US state of Massachusetts, is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Wheelockville District

The Wheelockville District is an historic district located at Mendon and Henry streets in the village of Wheelockville in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.

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Worcester County, Massachusetts

Worcester County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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ZIP Code

ZIP Codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963.

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2000 United States Census

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 Census.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelockville,_Massachusetts

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