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FRANKLIN — Several homes had to be evacuated Sunday morning after a large brush fire on Populatic Street began ... Millis, Norfolk, North Attleborough, Plainville, Sharon and Walpole assisted at ...
In pre-Colonial times, the land was the site of the Bay Path, a major Native American trail to Narragansett Bay, the Seekonk River, and Boston.English settlers arrived in the area in 1634 [6] and established the settlement of Rehoboth—which included the modern day municipalities of North Attleborough, Attleboro, Somerset, Seekonk, as well as parts of Rhode Island—from land sold to them by ...
By the 1690s the area had enough settlers to warrant incorporation, and Attleboro was incorporated in 1694. Land in the Old Town area was allocated for a church and minister, and the first church was built adjacent to the Bay Path (now Old Post Road) in 1711. A militia training ground and animal pound were also established nearby. A path, now ...
Attleboro's first town center, now known as Old Town, was located a few miles south of North Attleborough's town center. The development of industry led the present town center to take shape in the mid-19th century. A few surviving residences in the area (the oldest dating to c. 1780) are a reminder of the area's agrarian past.
Government buildings in several states were evacuated Thursday following bomb threats, causing brief disruptions for the second day in a row in some places. ... a town of fewer than 900 people ...
The Commonwealth Avenue Historic District is a historic district on Commonwealth Avenue on the north side from Stanley Street to beyond Robinson Street in North Attleborough, Massachusetts. The area encompasses a variety of stylish 19th-century houses, as well as two 19th-century industrial buildings, depicting the proximity of wealthy ...
People from North Attleborough, Massachusetts (16 P) Pages in category "North Attleborough, Massachusetts" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
The Woodcock–Hatch–Maxcy House Historic District, also known as the Woodcock Garrison House, is located in North Attleborough, Massachusetts.Now a museum operated by the North Attleborough Historic Society, the oldest portion of this 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame house was thought to have been built c. 1670 by John Woodcock, but his house was demolished in 1806, and this house was probably ...