North Uxbridge, Massachusetts

North Uxbridge
North Uxbridge, Business District
North Uxbridge, Business District
North Uxbridge is located in Massachusetts
North Uxbridge
North Uxbridge
Location within the state of Massachusetts
Coordinates: 42°05′15″N 71°38′28″W / 42.08750°N 71.64111°W / 42.08750; -71.64111
CountryUnited States
StateMassachusetts
CountyWorcester
Elevation
266 ft (81 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
01538
GNIS feature ID611038[1]

North Uxbridge is a village and a post office in the town (township) of Uxbridge in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The postal zip code is 01538. It is classified as a community or populated place (Class Code U6) located at latitude 42.088 and longitude -71.641 and the elevation is 266 feet (81 m). North Uxbridge appears on the Uxbridge U.S. Geological Survey Map. Worcester County is in the Eastern time zone (GMT -5) and observes DST. North Uxbridge is located approximately 36 miles west-southwest of Boston, and 15 miles southeast of Worcester. The town meeting in 1885 set aside North Uxbridge as a "special district", since its population had exceeded 1000 people.[2] North Uxbridge appeared as a separate Census tract in the 1960 census, with a population of 1882.[3] In 2013, an Uxbridge DIY show, The Garage, with Steve Butler, went worldwide from Steve's garage in North Uxbridge.[4]

  1. ^ "North Uxbridge, Massachusetts". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  2. ^ (source: Mae Wrona, Uxbridge, Images of America, Arcadia Press, 2000.)
  3. ^ Census 1960
  4. ^ Uxbridge DIY Show goes worldwide from Steve Butlers Garage, November 23, 3013, WCVB Boston