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Douglas is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 8,471 at the 2010 census. It includes the sizable Douglas State Forest, managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR).\n<\/p>
The name of Douglas was first given to the territory of the town in the year 1746. New Sherburn or \"New Sherburn Grant\" had previously been its designation, since its first occupancy by the English settlers which was as early as 1715. The original settlers came primarily from Sherburn, although many hailed from Natick as well. New Sherburn was removed from Suffolk County (or Middlesex county?) to Worcester County at its formation on April 2, 1731. The name Douglas was given in 1746, when Dr. William Douglas,[1] an eminent physician of Boston, in consideration of the privilege of naming the township offered the inhabitants the sum of $500.00 as a fund for the establishment of free schools together with a tract of 30 acres (12\u00a0ha) of land with a dwelling house and barn thereon. It is said that there were subsequent pledges made by Dr. Douglas in the form of a bell for the Center School and 50 sterling pounds for seven years to support the ministry but quite a portion of these pledges were not received by the Town. \n<\/p>
Douglas's forests gave rise to a woodcutting industry and the Douglas axe company.[2] A woolen manufacturing company, on the Mumford River in East Douglas, in recent times held by the Schuster family, has been prominent in the history of this community. General Lafayette, of France, stopped here during the Revolutionary War, to change horses, on his way to Boston to join General Washington. Lafayette was a hero of the American Revolution and the French Revolution.\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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College of the Holy Cross<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t 8<\/span> Reviews <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\tColleges & UniversitiesPhone: <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t1 College St, Worcester, MA 01610\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Assabet Valley Vocational School Dist<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t 1<\/span> Reviews <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\tSpecialty SchoolsPhone: <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t215 Fitchburg St, Marlborough, MA 01752\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Skribbles Learning Center<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t 5<\/span> Reviews <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\tPreschools, Child Care & Day CarePhone: <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t325 W Main St, Northborough, MA 01532\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t 1<\/span> Reviews <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\tVocational & Technical SchoolPhone: <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t215 Fitchburg St, Marlborough, MA 01752\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Bryant University<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t 7<\/span> Reviews <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\tColleges & UniversitiesPhone: <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t 1<\/span> Reviews <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\tColleges & UniversitiesPhone: <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t222 Richmond St, Providence, RI 02903\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Johnson & Wales University<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t 2<\/span> Reviews <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\tColleges & UniversitiesPhone: <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t1144 Narragansett Blvd, Cranston, RI 02905\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>