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The town was made up of a large part of land from Shrewsbury and the remainder from Lancaster [3] and was known as the North Parish of Shrewsbury from 1742 until 1786, when it was incorporated as Boylston. [4] Boylston was named after Ward Nicholas Boylston (1747–1828), [5] [6] a benefactor of the town. The fund he set up in 1797 finally ...
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Pepperell is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.The population was 11,604 at the 2020 census. [1] It includes the village of East Pepperell.Pepperell is home to the Pepperell Center Historic District, a covered bridge, and the 1901 Lawrence Library.
The area was first settled in 1735 and was officially incorporated in 1771. In addition to the main village of Williamsburg near the center of town, the town includes the villages of Haydenville and Searsville. Haydenville is now recognized by the Haydenville Historic District. The Mill River flows southeast from Williamsburg village, where the ...
In 1897, the Nashua River in the town of Clinton was impounded by the Wachusett Dam, causing 6.5 square miles (17 km 2) to be flooded in the towns of Boylston, West Boylston, Clinton and Sterling. Over 2,200 acres (8.9 km 2) of West Boylston's land was used for the reservoir, the most of any town. This disrupted the center of town and most of ...
Grafton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.The population was 19,664 at the 2020 census. [1] The town consists of the North Grafton, Grafton, and South Grafton geographic areas, each with a separate ZIP Code.
What is now Leicester was originally settled by the Nipmuc people and was known by them as Towtaid.On January 27, 1686, [2] the territory of eight square miles was purchased for 15 pounds by a company of nine proprietors engaged in land speculation: Joshua Lamb of Roxbury, Nathaniel Page of Bedford, Andrew Gardner of Roxbury, Benjamin Gamblin of Roxbury, Benjamin Tucker of Roxbury, John ...
Haverhill (/ ˈ h eɪ v r ɪ l / HAY-vril) is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.Haverhill is located 35 miles (56 km) north of Boston on the New Hampshire border and about 17 miles (27 km) from the Atlantic Ocean.