TOWN OF BERLIN
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BERLIN lies in a low range of hills between the Nashua and the Assabet River Valleys.
Incorporated in 1812, the town was a residential and agricultural community, growing mixed hay grains
and raising cattle. For a period after the Civil War, Berlin was home to a large shoe factory, and shoe manufacturing
and lumbering provided non-agrarian jobs. The town soon moved into specialty market gardening, sending 41,000 bunches of asparagus to market in 1885, growing hops and raising chickens. By 1940, 83,600 dozen eggs
were produced annually by the poultry farmers of  Berlin. Today Berlin is a pleasing mix of past and present.
It continues to embrace its tradition as it cautiously sets in
motion plans for its future.
FACTS ABOUT BERLIN

Incorporated as the District of Berlin in 1784
Incorporated as the Town of Berlin in 1812


AREA............................................. 13.18 square miles
ELEVATION at the base of the Town Hall steps...........326.5'
POPULATION......................................................2680
REGISTERED VOTERS........................................................1,871
TOWN ROADS
................................................46 miles

First Parish Church - Federated
http://fpcberlin.org/
24 Central Street
(978)838-2575
Worship: Sundays 10 am
(July & August 9:30 am)
St Joseph the Good Provider
Catholic
52 West Street
(978)838-9922
Mass Schedule: Satruday: 5;30 pm
Sunday: 8:30 am & 10:45 am