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| | Preserve America Community: Uxbridge, Massachusetts |
 | | Preserve America is a White House initiative in cooperation with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; the U.S. Departments of Defense, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, and Education; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities; and the President's Council on Environmental Quality. |
 | | Uxbridge (population 11,156) was founded in 1727, and, for almost 100 years, its economy was based principally on agriculture. |
 | | The mill complex is only one of a multitude of historic properties in Uxbridge; 375 homes and buildings, plus railroad, canal, and aqueduct structures, have been identified as historically significant by the Massachusetts Historical Commission. |
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