Date of Award
1957
Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Geography
Department
Geography
Chief Instructor
Edward C. Higbee
Keywords
Holden, Massachusetts, population, Worcester, birth rates, death rates, Worcester county, settlement, history, Northwood Village, Drumlin, Muschapague Pond
Abstract
Holden, Massachusetts is a town located adjacent to and north of Worcester. It is 36.0 square miles in area, and recorded 8500 inhabitants in 1955. Its close location to Worcester has greatly influences the developments in the town by having a constant contact with the urban influences. These influences operated very clearly and obviously in the last two decades when the town grew tremendously in comparison with the past. This growth embraces two elements which are complementary to each other; the population and the settlements in which the people live. The nature and effects of the growth in the last two decades, in both population and settlements, came to the foreground by analyzing the changes in these two aspects in the earlier periods before the last two decades.
Recommended Citation
Al-Khashab, Wafiq H., "Population and settlements of Holden, Massachusetts" (1957). Historical Dissertations & Theses. 3.
https://commons.clarku.edu/hist_disstheses/3
Worcester
Yes