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History of Williamsburg, Massachusetts, USA

Journey back in time to Williamsburg, Massachusetts, USA

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Visit Williamsburg, Massachusetts, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• 1735 - Williamsburg is settled
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1771 - Williamsburg is incorporated
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1845 - WILLIAMSBURG. [Pop. 1,309. Inc. 1771.]
  This town was once the west part of Hatfield, and was granted to heirs of volunteers against those Indians who destroyed Deerfield in 1704.
  
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• 1854 - Williamsburg
  Williamsburg, a post-village in Hampshire co., Massachusetts, 95 miles WY. by N. from Boston. It contains 3 or 4 churches, and several manufactories. ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1874 - TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE !! BURSTING OF A WATER RESERVOIR IN MASSACHUSETTS !! EVERYTHING CARRIED BEFORE THE TORRENT !!
  FOUR VILLAGES ALMOST DEMOLISHED !!
  NEARLY 200 LIVES LOST !!
  ABOUT $2,000,000 WORTH OF PROPERTY DESTROYED !!
  
  Northampton, Mass., May 16. - Not...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• Williamsburg Massachusetts, 1890
  Williamsburg is a hilly town, devoted to farming and manufactures, in the northern border of the west section of Hampshire County, 103 miles west of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Williamsburg
  Williamsburg, a post-village in Williamsburg town ship, Hampshire co, Mass., on Mill River and the New Haven & Northampton Railroad, 8 miles N.W. of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Williams House
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  Grange Hall, Town Hall and Church
  Williamsburg, Mass.
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• 1906
  Williamsburg, a post-village in Williamsburg town ship (town), Hampshire co., Mass., on the Mill River, 8 miles NW. of Northampton. It has...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Main St. looking East, Williamsburg, Mass.
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