Official Name: | Metcalf |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Nickname: | Springville[1] (de facto name circa 1850) |
Etymology: | Named for landowner Stephen Metcalf Jr., who lived at the intersection of Summer & Washington St. throughout the mid-19th century[2] |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Massachusetts |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Middlesex |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation M: | 74 |
Elevation Ft: | 244 |
Coordinates: | 42.1833°N -71.4453°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 01746 |
Area Code: | 508 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 611709[3] |
Metcalf (rarely, Metcalfs) is an unincorporated village and former railway stop located in the town of Holliston in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The village does not have its own post office, and was formerly a stop for the Boston and Albany Railroad. Today it is characterized its historic pump house and several historic structures abutting the crossroads of Washington St. and Summer St.. Historically the village also had a schoolhouse and several small farms, but remains a residential community today with some light industry, and the local Fatima Shrine.
Metcalf does not have any borders defined by the United States Census Bureau, and throughout its history has lacked any defining boundaries aside from its central point at the intersection of Washington Street and Summer Street in Holliston, which is corroborated by the U.S. Geological Survey. From its appearance on several atlases the village appears to lie well within Underwood Street to the north and east, the Cedar Swamp at its west, and the Medway-Holliston border to its south.[3] [4]