Middleborough, Massachusetts
The town was first settled by Europeans in 1661 as Nemasket, later changed to Middlebury, and officially incorporated as Middleborough in 1669. The names Middlebury and Middleborough were actually derived from the city of Middelburg, Zeeland, the westernmost province of the Netherlands. Middleborough was once a large producer of shoes and is still home to the Alden Shoe Company, one...