Form of Government: Selectmen, Executive Secretary, Open Town Meeting
2000 Population: 13,100
Fun Facts!
1. Wayland was named after Francis Wayland, a preacher and president of Brown University, who established the first free library in Massachusetts in 1848.
2. Wayland was a quiet and peaceful farming community for many years and did not have its first stoplight until 1951.
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