Berlin is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,380 at the 2000 census.

History
Berlin was first settled in 1665 and was officially incorporated in 1812.

Berlin lies in a low range of hills between the Nashua River Valley and the Assabet River Valleys. Incorporated in 1812, the town was a residential and agricultural community, growing mixed hay grains and raising cattle. For a period after the American Civil War, Berlin was home to a large shoe factory, and shoe manufacturing and lumbering provided non-agrarian jobs. The town soon moved into specialty market gardening, sending...

Berlin is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,380 at the 2000 census.

History
Berlin was first settled in 1665 and was officially incorporated in 1812.

Berlin lies in a low range of hills between the Nashua River Valley and the Assabet River Valleys. Incorporated in 1812, the town was a residential and agricultural community, growing mixed hay grains and raising cattle. For a period after the American Civil War, Berlin was home to a large shoe factory, and shoe manufacturing and lumbering provided non-agrarian jobs. The town soon moved into specialty market gardening, sending 41,000 bunches of asparagus to market in 1885, growing hops and raising chickens. By 1940, 83,600 dozen eggs were produced annually by the poultry farmers of Berlin.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 16.1 square miles (33.9 km²), of which, 12.9 square miles (33.5 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (1.22%) is water. Berlin is adjacent to Hudson and Marlborough to the east, Bolton to the north, Clinton and Boylston to the west, and Northborough to the south.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,380 people, 872 households, and 666 families residing in the town. The population density was 184.1 people per square mile (71.1/km²). There were 893 housing units at an average density of 69.1/sq mi (26.7/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.61% White (U.S. Census), 0.17% African American (U.S. Census), 0.08% Native American (U.S. Census), 0.97% Asian (U.S. Census), 0.38% from Race (United States Census), and 0.80% from two or more races. Hispanic (U.S. Census) or Latino (U.S. Census) of any race were 0.50% of the population.