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Townsend
A town of 9,100 people in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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Town in Massachusetts, United States1676Established
9,127Population
33.1 sq miArea
315 ftElevation
Townsend is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 9,127 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name.
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#136Best public schoolsof 282 in MA
DistrictNorth MiddlesexSchools4
Spaulding MemorialElementary · Grades K–4 · 413 students
Squannacook Early Childhood CenterElementary · Grades PK–4 · 89 students
Hawthorne BrookMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 449 students
North Middlesex RegionalHigh · Grades 9–12 · 711 students
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