Needham was incorporated in 1711 and has experienced numerous changes over its history. Located 10 miles southwest of Boston and 29 miles east of Worcester, Needham is close to all of the metropolitan activities sport teams, theatre, fine dining and shopping. Needham’s fine schools and public services have contributed to theTown’s growth as one of the more desirable suburbs of Boston.

 

Today Needham is primarily a residential suburban community with one of the nation’s first industrial parks in1950, later high technology firms, flourished in the Route128 belt around the city of Boston.