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The Town of Burlington was
formed in 1799 and is sited on the watersheds of
the Ipswich, Mystic and Shawsheen Rivers. It is now a suburban
industrial town at the junction of the Boston-Merrimac corridor but for
most of its history it was almost entirely agricultural, selling hopes and
rye to Boston and supplementing that income with small shoe making shops.
Early railroad expansion passed the town by, limiting its early
development, and Burlington continued to cure hams for the Boston market
and produce milk, fruit and vegetables. This picture changed drastically,
however, as soon as Route 128 was built. The highway kicked off an
enormous expansion, and between 1955 and 1965 Burlington was the fastest
growing town in the state. In one five year period, its population
tripled as residential and commercial retail development exploded creating
the town's present character.
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