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 the

Town’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 in

1950, later high technology firms, flourished in the Route

128 belt around the city of Boston.