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A town of 8,252 people in Worcester County, Massachusetts
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John Mantyharju, camp (Stony Bridge Pond), Templeton, Mass., Jun. 24, 1938 Not acquired, outside surveyed area, no parc…1938
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John Mantyharju, camp (Stony Bridge Pond), Templeton, Mass., Jun. 24, 1938 Not acquired, outside surveyed area, no parc…, 1938

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Town in Massachusetts, United States
1751Established
8,149Population
32.4 sq miArea
1,142 ftElevation

Templeton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 8,149 at the 2020 census. The town comprises four main villages: Templeton Center, East Templeton, Baldwinville, and Otter River.

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Housing in Templeton

$419K▲ 2.6% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Templeton home is worth about $419,000, up 2.6% in a year, 37% below the Massachusetts typical home.

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Safety Grade A-

Templeton reports less crime per resident than 82% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Templeton 1.9
Massachusetts 3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Templeton 1.8
Massachusetts 10.4
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade C-

The public schools Templeton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 77% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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