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- Originally part of the North Parish of Dedham, Needham split from Dedham and was named after the town of Needham Market in Suffolk, England.
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Needham (/ ˈ n iː d ə m / NEED-əm) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. A suburb of Boston, its population was 32,091 in the 2020 U.S. Census. It is the home of Olin College.
Nov 3, 2022 · The word “Needham” comes from the Anglo-Saxon, and means “Lower Village” (Germanic nieder- meaning nether or lower, and -ham, signifying a village or hamlet). None of the early residents of Needham, MA, bore the surname “Needham,” though it is quite a common family name in southern England.
Needham was incorporated in 1711 and has experienced numerous changes over its history. Early settlers relied primarily on agriculture and grazing plus some winter lumbering with orchards and tanneries as supplements in the 1700s.
The Royal governor selected the name Needham because a town of that name was close to Dedham in England. The Revolution came to Needham very dramatically as 185 men from our three companies of militia responded to the battle of April 19, 1775, resulting in five militia men dead, and leaving four widows and 28 children.
The European settlement of Needham began in the 1630s as a part of the large Dedham Grant. Needham began as Dedham’s North Parish, the land north of the harles River. The land that later became Needham and Wellesley was purchased from tribal leader William Nehoiden in 1680 for 10 pounds in cash, 40 acres of land, and 40 shillings worth of corn.
Over 2000 volunteers, armed with shovels, picks, rakes, and wheelbarrows, marched to the site from two opposing directions – the center of town and the area known as the heights – to begin the actual labor of cutting into the hill that sloped to Highland Avenue.
Needham is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a suburb of Boston. Its population was 32,091 in 2020. [2] It is home to the Olin College, an engineering school. In 2005, Needham became the first city in the United States to raise the age to legally buy tobacco products to 21. [3]
