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Granville, Hampden, MA
Granville was first settled by English colonists in 1736 and was officially incorporated in 1754, after the end of the Indian wars in 1750. Early settlers could get a 100-acre (0.40 km2) lot for free, providing they built a house and "put four acres in English hay". Perhaps the most famous resident of that era was Oliver Phelps, whose purchase of 6 million acres (24,000 km2) in western New York (Phelps and Gorham Purchase) following the American Revolutionary War remains the largest real estate purchase in US history.
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- 1736 - Granville is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1839 - Granville
Granville, Massachusetts
Hampden county. This is a mountainous township, 110 miles W.S.W. from Boston and 14 W. from Springfield. It contains good soapstone and 1,500 sheep. The wool sold in 1837 for $2,572. There are some manufactures in Granville of pocket books, boots, shoes, leather, and...Read MORE... - 1845 - GRANVILLE. [Pop. 1,414. Inc. 1754.]
Granville once included a part of the town of Tolland.
The surface is mountainous, and is watered by a branch of Little River, which runs into the Westfield, and one of Farmington River, which runs into the Connecticut.
The inhabitants depend upon agriculture.
Distance from ...Read MORE... - 1848 - Granville
This town was incorporated in 1754, and included in its original limits the present town of Tolland. Rev. Moses Tuttle appears to have been the first minister. He was settled in 1747, and continued pastor here about six years; he was succeeded by Rev. Jedediah Smith, who was ordained in 1756. Mr....Read MORE... - 1854 - Granville
Granville, a township of Hampden county, Massachusetts, 100 miles W. S. W. from Boston. Population, 1305.
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. - 1859
GRANVILLE, a township in Hampden co., in Massachusetts, 120 m. S by W of Boston. Pop. 1,414.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859 - Granville Massachusetts, 1890
Granville is a large mountainous town in the southwestern part of Hampden County, about 115 miles southwest of Boston. It has Blandford, Russell and Westfield on the north, the last and Southwick on the east, Tolland on the west, and Granby and Hartland, in Connecticut, on the south. The area is...Read MORE... - 1895 - Granville
Granville, a township of Hampden co., Mass. Pop. 1240. It contains Granville Corners, East Granville, and West Granville.
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 
Maple Street looking East
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The Gorge Road
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Herbert E. Winchell's Store, Granville Center, Mass.
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Granville, a post-township (town) of Hampden co., Mass. It has manufactures of toys. The banking point is Westfield. Pop. in 1900, 1050.
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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Maple Street looking East
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The Gorge Road
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Herbert E. Winchell's Store, Granville Center, Mass.
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1736 - Granville is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1839 - Granville
Granville, Massachusetts
Hampden county. This is a mountainous township, 110 miles W.S.W. from Boston and 14 W. from Springfield. It contains good soapstone and 1,500 sheep. The wool sold in 1837 for $2,572. There are some manufactures in Granville of pocket books, boots, shoes, leather, and... Read MORE...
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1845 - GRANVILLE. [Pop. 1,414. Inc. 1754.]
Granville once included a part of the town of Tolland.
The surface is mountainous, and is watered by a branch of Little River, which runs into the Westfield, and one of Farmington River, which runs into the Connecticut.
The inhabitants depend upon agriculture.
Distance from ... Read MORE...
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1848 - Granville
This town was incorporated in 1754, and included in its original limits the present town of Tolland. Rev. Moses Tuttle appears to have been the first minister. He was settled in 1747, and continued pastor here about six years; he was succeeded by Rev. Jedediah Smith, who was ordained in 1756. Mr.... Read MORE...
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1854 - Granville
Granville, a township of Hampden county, Massachusetts, 100 miles W. S. W. from Boston. Population, 1305.
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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1859
GRANVILLE, a township in Hampden co., in Massachusetts, 120 m. S by W of Boston. Pop. 1,414.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
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Granville Massachusetts, 1890
Granville is a large mountainous town in the southwestern part of Hampden County, about 115 miles southwest of Boston. It has Blandford, Russell and Westfield on the north, the last and Southwick on the east, Tolland on the west, and Granby and Hartland, in Connecticut, on the south. The area is... Read MORE...
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1895 - Granville
Granville, a township of Hampden co., Mass. Pop. 1240. It contains Granville Corners, East Granville, and West Granville.
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
Granville, a post-township (town) of Hampden co., Mass. It has manufactures of toys. The banking point is Westfield. Pop. in 1900, 1050.
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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