Of all households 21.8% had a householder that lived alone and 8.4% had a householder that lived alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 2,409 households, out of which 31.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.2% were married couples living together, 3.8% had a male householder with no wife present, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.1% of the population.
The racial makeup of the town was 86.4% White, 7.7% African American, 0.1% Native American, 1.7% Asian, 2.5% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races. There were 2,614 housing units at an average density of 94.4 per square mile (36.4/km 2). The population density was 290.8 inhabitants per square mile (112.3/km 2). Īs of the census of 2010, there were 8,055 people, 2,409 households, and 1,758 families residing in the town. Source: United States census records and Population Estimates Program data. Lancaster is bordered by Lunenburg and Shirley to the north, Harvard to the northeast, Bolton to the southeast, Clinton to the south, Sterling to the southwest, and Leominster to the northwest. Geography Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 28.2 square miles (73 km 2), of which 27.7 square miles (72 km 2) is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km 2), or 1.84%, is water. In 2000, Lancaster Elementary School changed its name to Mary Rowlandson Elementary School. After her release from captivity, Rowlandson wrote a book called A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. The Native Americans non-fatally shot Mary Rowlandson in her side, but her youngest daughter, Sarah, sustained an injury during the attack that would later bring about her death. Mary, her son, and her two daughters were captured by the Native Americans and forced to join their travels across New England. The majority of her household was slaughtered, with the exception of her husband, Joseph Rowlandson Sr., who was not on the premises, their son, also called Joseph, their two daughters, Mary and Sarah, and herself.
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Upon crossing the doorstep, Rowlandson saw a scene full of carnage. The Native Americans then set fire to the house, forcing Rowlandson to exit the burning building. Coming to the defense of the house was Rowlandson's brother-in-law, who was immediately shot and killed by the attacking Native Americans. Their last stop was Mary Rowlandson's house. During Metacom's War, which was fought partially in Lancaster, a group of Native Americans pillaged the entire town of Lancaster. 1637–1711) attack ( Lancaster raid) in February 1676 (1675 old style calendar). Lancaster was the site of the Mary Rowlandson ( c. Towns such as Harvard, Bolton, Leominster, Clinton, Berlin, Sterling, and part of West Boylston were all formed from territory of the original boundaries of Lancaster. Lancaster boasts being the official "mothertown" to all of Eastern central Massachusetts. Until it was cut down in 1989 due to safety concerns, Lancaster boasted the largest oak tree in the state, called the Beaman Oak, named after settler Gamaliel Beaman (1623–1677). Instead, they decided to use Lancaster, the name of Prescott's home town in England. Supporters of Lancaster's founder, John Prescott, born in 1604 (great grandfather of Bunker Hill leader William Prescott), wished to name the new settlement Prescott, but the Massachusetts General Court considered such a request from a common freeman presumptuous, given that at that time, not even a governor had held the honor of naming a town after himself. Prominent Massachusetts military leader Simon Willard served as an advisor to the company and eventually settled in Lancaster for a period, and provided guns to the local tribe by order of the Massachusetts General Court. The town was officially incorporated and renamed "Lancaster on the Nashua" in 1653. Several of the company were blacksmiths or gunsmiths, including, Herman Garrett, and as early as 1653 a settler, George Adams, was whipped for selling guns and alcohol to the Indians in the area. In 1643 Lancaster was first settled as "Nashaway" (named after the local Nashaway Native American tribe) by a group of colonists known as the Nashaway Company who may have initially been interested in iron deposits in the area. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 8,441. Incorporated in 1653, Lancaster is the oldest town in Worcester County. Lancaster is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, in the United States.
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