Prior to 1890 messages sent by wire from Southborough or Fayville were dispatched from the offices of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and from Southville or Cordaville through the office of the Boston and Albany railroad in either village. On October 4, 1890, the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company was first granted the privilege of extending its system through the town from the Framingham line to the Marlborough line. The lines extended along the old turnpike road from the Framingham line to Pleasant Street in Fayville; thence, along Cherry and Central Streets to Willow Bridge Road, thence along Boston Road to Southborough Center; then along Main and School Streets to Marlborough Road and the Marlborough line. The telephone system was extended to Cordaville (Woolen Mills) and Southville in 1900.