Hudson, Massachusetts

Hudson, Massachusetts
Town
Wood Square
Seal
Location in Middlesex County in Massachusetts
Coordinates: 42°23′30″N 71°34′00″W / 42.39167°N 71.56667°W / 42.39167; -71.56667
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Middlesex
Settled	1698
Incorporated	1866
Government
• Type	Open town meeting
• Executive Assistant	Thomas Gregory
• Board of Selectmen	Michael Burks Scott R. Duplisea Fred P. Lucy II James D. Quinn Shawn Sadowski
Area
• Total	11.8 sq mi (30.7 km2)
• Land	11.5 sq mi (29.8 km2)
• Water	0.3 sq mi (0.9 km2)
Elevation	263 ft (80 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	20,092
• Density	1,747.1/sq mi (674.2/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Code	01749
Area code	351/978
FIPS code	25-31540
Website	www.townofhudson.org

Hudson is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, with a total population of 20,092 as of the 2020 census. Before its incorporation as a town in 1866, Hudson was a neighborhood and unincorporated village of Marlborough, Massachusetts, and was known as Feltonville. From approximately 1850 until the last shoe factory burned down in 1968,^[1] Hudson was a mill town specializing in the production of shoes and related products. At one point, the town had 17 shoe factories,^[1][2] many of them powered by the Assabet River, which runs through town. The many factories in Hudson attracted immigrants from Canada and Europe. Today most residents are of either Portuguese or Irish descent, with a smaller percentage being of French, Italian, English, or Scotch-Irish descent. While some manufacturing remains in Hudson, the town is now primarily residential. Hudson is served by the Hudson Public Schools district.