Along the town's main historic district, early businesses built many structures that still form Wickenburg's downtown area.

U. S. Route 66 provided a slight boost to the town's economy in the 1950s, but construction of the divided highway through the town resulted in the destruction of many of the storefronts, sidewalks, and residential streets, forever altering the aesthetic qualities of the downtown area.

Some of the town's notable features include the newly restored train depot ( which houses the Colfax Museum and Chamber of Commerce ), the downtown shops on Main Street, and Colfax High School, which serves a large surrounding area.

This is seen as a major link for the further revitalization of downtown Southington and the town's village of Plantsville.

The tracks for the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway bisect the downtown, with the Scenic Railway itself operating out of the town's historic 100 year old depot.

The town's center lies seven miles from downtown Fitchburg, 29 miles north of Worcester, and fifty miles northwest of Boston.

The town's major business districts are located downtown and on either side of town.

The Erskine Fish, the concrete statue that is the world's largest Northern Pike and the town's principal tourist attraction, is located on a grassy lawn in a small park on the shore of Cameron Lake, just down the street from downtown Erskine.

The town's walkable downtown is recognized by the National Trust for Historic Preservation " Main Street Program .”.

Unfortunately, several historic buildings were lost in the decades preceding this effort, including several homes, store buildings, the Depot, and a very substantial structure that once served as the town's school, Town Hall, and Masonic Lodge, though the school later moved in the early 1900s to a frame building that served as a school until 1951 in a residential area, of which little remains, which was located across Scotts Creek from downtown.

The town is looking to be revitalized and it will surely change the face and identity of this town for the future, including addition of more parks along the river, new construction in the downtown area, and perhaps a more varied economy rather than the town's historic tourist-driven economy.

Hints are said to be encoded in the location of the town's many downtown churches, the positions of which, if plotted on a map, form roughly the same pattern as the stars in the constellation Orion.

Among the commercial downtown landmarks are the town's original movie house, the Narberth Theater, now a double-screen theater ; Ricklin's Hardware Store ; Mapes ' Five and Ten, now with two locations and the last of area's independent variety stores ; and The Greeks Bar and Restaurant.

Part of the opening sequence of the 1992 film School Ties was filmed in downtown Northampton due to the town's preservation of older buildings, which fit with the 1950s setting of the film.

The two areas, however, were closely related and interdependent as is evidenced by the town's first telephone line at the turn of the twentieth century being run between the railroad depot downtown and the Hotel Perkins uptown.

On July 18, 1900 ( despite a city ordinance which mandated fire-proof materials for downtown buildings-there had been fires in 1890 and 1898 as well ) fire destroyed half of the small town's business district.

Despite the town's growth, Irmo does not have an actual downtown area.

Since most of Copperas Cove has been built after 1950, the extent of the town's walkable, historic downtown is considerably smaller than nearby, less-populated communities, such as Lampasas or Gatesville.

Winter at Norwich University, the town's main employer, located just south of downtown

While Temple City's Las Tunas Drive served as the downtown for the Arnold Family's fictitious hometown, Rosemead High School stood in for the town's high school.

The town is also served by a rail trail along a former CN Rail line, connecting Collingwood to the towns of Owen Sound and Barrie, with a spur heading north through the town's central business district, to the large grain elevators at the downtown wharf, where trains would formerly load and unload onto ships.

In 1994, the downtown area was significantly enhanced with the construction of the Rotary Club Clock Tower, which incorporated a clock from the town's former Post Office, and a bell from the demolished Town Hall.

He built the six-story Montauk Improvement Building in downtown Montauk ( which is still the town's tallest occupied structure — as zoning has forbidden highrise structures ), the Montauk Manor ( which was a luxury hotel ), dredged Lake Montauk and opened it to Block Island Sound to support his Montauk Yacht Club and the associated Star Island Casnio as well as the Montauk Downs golf club.

Most Teleños are Catholic ; the town's main Catholic church is Iglesia San Antonio, just across the river from downtown Tela.

In 1846 Matthew B. Goodwin, jeweler and watchmaker, became the town's first telegrapher in a dwelling he built for himself and his business `` two doors north of the Equinox House '' or `` one door north of the Bank, Manchester, Vermont ''.

In 1996 a small memorial park north of the town's business district was dedicated to him.

Several Disney business units continue to occupy the town's office buildings, and two utility companies, Smart City Telecom and Reedy Creek Energy Services, both operated from Walt Disney World, provide services to the town.

The regular large influx of tourists and sightseers is recognised by most of the town's business operators as being the major source of prosperity.

Though not universally liked by the townspeople, the Earps tended to protect the interests of the town's business owners and residents, although Virgil's brother Wyatt helped keep a Cowboy from being lynched after he accidentally killed Tombstone Marshal Fred White.

The town's rich traditional retailing mix of high quality independent stores is a tribute to retaining long-standing and loyal business while simultaneously building a new customer base with the continued attraction of some of the biggest names in national retailing.

Artist Stephen Hutchison and his wife, Marcia, purchased the town's anchor business and architectural gem, The Copper Queen Hotel, from the Phelps-Dodge mining company in 1970 after the company had failed to find a local buyer.

But in recent years a partial resurgence of defense contracts and a diversified mixture of small business and professional activity have stabilized the town's economy.

In 1933, much of the town's central business district was destroyed by the Long Beach earthquake, and one person was killed.

The town's central business district contains several 19th century commercial buildings, many of which were built during the railroad boom of 1888 – 1914.

A small general store run from a " rough board shanty " just north of the railroad was the town's first business, but this was joined by many more as the town grew.

The town's business is presided over by a three-person town board and a town clerk.

The town's first home was erected in March 1871 by Scott Shipman, and its first business opened in June of that year, a small general store run by Henry D. Clark.

The town's other large business is a fertilizer and agricultural sales facility northeast of town, built in 1975 and currently operated by Westland Co-Op.

Melbourne suffered the worst disaster in the town's history when a fire consumed the whole business district in 1903 and then in 1981 the southern end of town was destroyed by a tornado.

Maize State Bank, the town's first financial institution, opened in 1901, and, by 1908, a business community had emerged.

This did not hamper the town's growth, however, and by the end of 1912 the business section was rebuilt offering better facilities than before.

In 1782, a sawmill and gristmill were erected at Goodwin's Mills, which developed into the town's only business and trade center, despite the fact that some of the village is actually located in Dayton.

The town is experiencing a transformation into a thriving business and commercial center, thanks to development of office buildings and the town's recent reconstruction.

" Standish, who owned the town's first business ( a sawmill ), had the name changed back.

The small town's economy is supported primarily by small business, agriculture research and production.

National and municipal officials launched the Q-4 Project and Tango initiatives that, amongst other measures, included moving the town's largest coffee shops to the outskirts, where they continue to do business in a former rest stop.

Senatobia received its charter as a municipality in 1860, thirteen years prior to the creation of Tate County and one year prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, during which the town's business section was burned twice by Federal troops.