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Bernardston, Franklin, MA
Bernardston was originally part of the town of Colrain. Bernardston separated from Colrain and was officially incorporated in 1762, with the town of Leyden being separated from it in 1784 (it was not incorporated until 1809, however). Bernardston is named for Governor Francis Bernard, who was royal governor at the time of incorporation. In early maps of Massachusetts, Bernardston is shown as 'Bernard's Town'. wikipedia
Bernardston includes: Burke Flat
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- 1738 - Bernardston is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1762 - Bernardston is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1845 - BERNARDSTON. [Pop. 992. Inc. 1762.]
This town, with Leyden, was originally granted by the State to the officers and soldiers who were in the battle at Turner's Falls, in the town of ...Read MORE... - 1848 - Bernardston
In 1735, the general assembly of the province of Massachusetts Bay granted a tract of land six miles square, north of Greenfield, including the...Read MORE... - 1854 - Bernardstown
Bernardstown, a post-township of Franklin county, Massachusetts, on the Connecticut River railroad, 100 miles W. N. W. from Boston. Population, 937.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - Bernardston Massachusetts, 1890
Bernardston lies midway of the northern border of Franklin County, 96 miles northwest of Boston. It has Vernon and Guilford, in Vermont, on the...Read MORE... - 1895 - Bernardston
Ber/ nardston, a post-hamlet of Franklin Co., Mass., on the Connecticut River Railroad, 7 miles N. of Greenfield. It has 4 churches, a public...Read MORE... 
West Mountain, Bernardston, Mass.
Looking west from the Hotel, The Read.
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Main Street, Bernardston, Mass.
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Ber'nardston, a post-village and township (town) of Franklin co., Mass., on the Connecticut River R., 7 miles N. of Greenfield. Pop. of the town in...Read MORE... 
Gladioli in Bloom at Bernardston Inn, Bernardston, Mass.
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Bernardston, Massachusetts, USA
West Mountain, Bernardston, Mass.
Looking west from the Hotel, The Read.
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Bernardston, Massachusetts, USA
Main Street, Bernardston, Mass.
Postcard
Bernardston, Massachusetts, USA
Gladioli in Bloom at Bernardston Inn, Bernardston, Mass.
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1738 - Bernardston is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1762 - Bernardston is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1845 - BERNARDSTON. [Pop. 992. Inc. 1762.]
This town, with Leyden, was originally granted by the State to the officers and soldiers who were in the battle at Turner's Falls, in the town of ... Read MORE...
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1848 - Bernardston
In 1735, the general assembly of the province of Massachusetts Bay granted a tract of land six miles square, north of Greenfield, including the... Read MORE...
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1854 - Bernardstown
Bernardstown, a post-township of Franklin county, Massachusetts, on the Connecticut River railroad, 100 miles W. N. W. from Boston. Population, 937.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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Bernardston Massachusetts, 1890
Bernardston lies midway of the northern border of Franklin County, 96 miles northwest of Boston. It has Vernon and Guilford, in Vermont, on the... Read MORE...
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1895 - Bernardston
Ber/ nardston, a post-hamlet of Franklin Co., Mass., on the Connecticut River Railroad, 7 miles N. of Greenfield. It has 4 churches, a public... Read MORE...
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1916
Ber'nardston, a post-village and township (town) of Franklin co., Mass., on the Connecticut River R., 7 miles N. of Greenfield. Pop. of the town in... Read MORE...
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