Boxborough

Boxborough is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,996 at the 2010 census. The town name is often spelled "Boxboro" on highway signs and official documents, but the correct spelling is, in fact, Boxborough. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 10.4 square miles (27 km), of which, 10.4 square miles (27 km) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km) of it (0.48%) is water. Boxborough is bordered by Littleton to the north, Acton to the east, Stow to the south, and Harvard to the west. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,868 people, 1,853 households, and 1,271 families residing in the town. The population density was 469.7 people per square mile...