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Leyden was first settled in 1737 as part of "Fall Town," which also included Bernardston and Colrain. The town was set off from Bernardstown in 1784, but it was not incorporated until February 22, 1809. The town was named for the city of Leiden, Netherlands, refuge of the Pilgrims before colonizing the Americas. townofleyden.com
Leyden includes: Beaver Meadow
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- Leyden was first settled in 1737 as part of "Fall Town", which also included Bernardston and Colrain.
www.wikipedia.org - 1809 - The town of Leyden is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1845 - LEYDEN. [Pop. 632. Inc. 1809.]
Leyden was taken from Bernardston.
It was named in honor of that town in Holland, where the Pilgrim Fathers resided during their exile...Read MORE... - 1848 - Leyden
This town was incorporated in 1809. It was formerly a part of Coleraine, and is now divided from that town by Green river, which, passing through...Read MORE... - 1854 - Leyden
Leyden, a post-township of Franklin co., Massachusetts, bordering on Vermont, about 44 miles N. from Springfield. Pop., 716.
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. - Leyden Massachusetts, 1890
Leyden is a small, mountainous farming town situated midway of the northern side of Franklin County, having the State of Vermont on the north,...Read MORE... - 1895 - Leyden
Leyden, a post-village of Franklin co., Mass., in Leyden township, 9 miles N. of Greenfield. It has a church. Pop. of the township, 524.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott 
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Leyden, a post-village of Franklin co., Mass., in Leyden township (town), 9 miles N. of Greenfield. Pop. of the town in 1900, 379.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
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Leyden was first settled in 1737 as part of "Fall Town", which also included Bernardston and Colrain.
www.wikipedia.org
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1809 - The town of Leyden is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1845 - LEYDEN. [Pop. 632. Inc. 1809.]
Leyden was taken from Bernardston.
It was named in honor of that town in Holland, where the Pilgrim Fathers resided during their exile... Read MORE...
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1848 - Leyden
This town was incorporated in 1809. It was formerly a part of Coleraine, and is now divided from that town by Green river, which, passing through... Read MORE...
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1854 - Leyden
Leyden, a post-township of Franklin co., Massachusetts, bordering on Vermont, about 44 miles N. from Springfield. Pop., 716.
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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Leyden Massachusetts, 1890
Leyden is a small, mountainous farming town situated midway of the northern side of Franklin County, having the State of Vermont on the north,... Read MORE...
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1895 - Leyden
Leyden, a post-village of Franklin co., Mass., in Leyden township, 9 miles N. of Greenfield. It has a church. Pop. of the township, 524.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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1916
Leyden, a post-village of Franklin co., Mass., in Leyden township (town), 9 miles N. of Greenfield. Pop. of the town in 1900, 379.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
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