Westborough is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United
States. The population was 18,272 at the 2010 census. The town
is governed under the New England open town meeting system,
headed by a five member elected Board of Selectmen whose duties
include licensing, appointing various administrative positions,
and calling a town meeting of citizens annually and whenever the
need arises. Before recorded time, the area now known as
Westborough was a well travelled crossroads. As early as 7,000
B.C., prehistoric people in dugout canoes followed the Sudbury
and Assabet Rivers to their headwaters in search of quartzite
for tools and weapons. During the period from 1200-1600 A.D.,
seasonal migrations brought Nipmuc Indians to hunt and fish near
Cedar Swamp and Lake Hoccomocco. Using Fay Mountain as a
landmark, Indians crisscrossed Westborough on well worn paths:
the old Connecticut Path leading west from Massachusetts Bay;
the Narragansett Trail leading south, and the trail (along the
present Milk Street) leadi