Natick, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Natick is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, west of Boston. Its southern section lies along the Charles River, while Lake Cochituate forms part of its northern landscape. Indigenous communities lived in the area long before John Eliot and Native leaders established a colonial praying town in 1651. Massachusetts incorporated Natick as a town in 1781. Its contemporary landscape includes residential neighborhoods, a town center and commercial development along Route 9.