[1] Wilmington was first settled in 1665 and was officially incorporated in 1730, from parts of Woburn, Reading, and Billerica.

Butter, a Scottish Covenanter who fought against Cromwell in the English Civil Wars, was brought to Woburn as an indentured captive.

He achieved his freedom, as did all indentured service, after nine years, then relocated to the opposite side of a large swamp (“the boggy part of Wooburne” “across the river") in what is now Wilmington.

Minutemen from Wilmington responded to the alarm on April 19, 1775, and fought at Merriam's Corner in Concord.

Chartered in 1792, opened in 1803, it provided freight and passenger transport between the Merrimack River and Boston.

Middlesex County in particular was famous for its hop yards, and Wilmington was the first place where the culture grew to a fever pitch.

[2] When Lowell was built in the 1820s, the canal became a primary means of transporting cotton to and from the mills.

A spur track known as the Wildcat connects the Haverhill and Lowell divisions, following the path of the old Wilmington & Andover Railroad, the corporate ancestor of the Boston & Maine.

The town is frequently divided into distinct areas, including Silver Lake and North Wilmington.

Wilmington High's mascot is the wildcat and its athletic teams participate in the Essex League, which the town recently changed to.

Wilmington students also have the option of attending Shawsheen Technical High School.

Companies based in Wilmington include Analog Devices, Charles River Laboratories, Onto Innovation and UniFirst.

The Lowell Commuter Rail Line stops at Wilmington Station in the center of town, while the Haverhill Commuter Rail Line serves North Wilmington Station located two miles further east.

[24] Although the bus route does in fact enter Wilmington, outbound trips always refer to its terminus point as "North Woburn"; the route's northern terminus also happens to be the only MBTA bus stop within the entire town of Wilmington.

[25] Inbound service on MBTA Bus Route 134 travels from Wilmington's southernmost extremities to Wellington Station in Medford to connect with Orange Line subway trains.