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Ayer, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
"Ayer, air, or Ayer Junction, a post-village of Middlesex co., Mass., in Ayer township, near the Nashua River, and on the Worcester & Nashua Railroad where it crosses the Fitchburg Railroad, 35 miles W. N.W. of Boston, and 15 miles S.W. of Lowell, at the junction of the Stony Brook and Peterborough & Shirley Railroads. Ayer has 5 churches, a bank, a newspaper office, a high and a graded school, an iron-foundry, and manufactures of carriages, farming-implements, leather, lumber, &c. The name of its post-office is Ayer, Pop, in 1880,,1881; in 1890,2148."
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
Included in Ayer are: Camp Devens, Devens, Fort Devens Station, Mitchellville, Pingreyville (Pringeyville), Sandy Pond, Shaker Village, and Willows.
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"Ayer, air, or Ayer Junction, a post-village of Middlesex co., Mass., in Ayer township, near the Nashua River, and on the Worcester & Nashua Railroad where it crosses the Fitchburg Railroad, 35 miles W. N.W. of Boston, and 15 miles S.W. of Lowell, at the junction of the Stony Brook and Peterborough & Shirley Railroads. Ayer has 5 churches, a bank, a newspaper office, a high and a graded school, an iron-foundry, and manufactures of carriages, farming-implements, leather, lumber, &c. The name of its post-office is Ayer, Pop, in 1880,,1881; in 1890,2148."
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
Included in Ayer are: Camp Devens, Devens, Fort Devens Station, Mitchellville, Pingreyville (Pringeyville), Sandy Pond, Shaker Village, and Willows.
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- 1668 - Ayer is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - Originally part of Groton, Ayer was incorporated February 14, 1871
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1872 - DESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATION AT AYER. ALL THE BUSINESS PART OF THE PLACE DESTROYED.
Ayer, Mass., April 14.
A fire broke out in the building owned by SAMUEL REED, at 11:30 last evening, destroying all the buildings on the north side...Read MORE...- Ayer Massachusetts, 1890
Ayer is a progressive railroad town in the northwestern part of Middlesex County, 35 miles from Boston. Groton lies upon the north Westford and...Read MORE... - 1895 - Ayer
Ayer, air, or Ayer Junction, a post-village of Middlesex co., Mass., in Ayer township, near the Nashua River, and on the Worcester & Nashua Railroad...Read MORE... - 1908 - Skated On Thin Ice.
Ayer, Mass., Jan. 3. - While skating on Sandy pond, William Baker, sixteen years old, and Howard Reynolds, aged fourteen years, broke through the ice ...Read MORE... 
Globe Hotel and Main Street, Looking West, Ayer, Mass.
Main Street, Looking East
Town Hall- 1916
Ayer, air, or Ayer Junction, a banking post-village and township (town) of Middlesex co., Mass., near the Nashua River and on the Boston and Maine...Read MORE...
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Globe Hotel and Main Street, Looking West, Ayer, Mass.
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1668 - Ayer is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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Originally part of Groton, Ayer was incorporated February 14, 1871
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
1872 - DESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATION AT AYER. ALL THE BUSINESS PART OF THE PLACE DESTROYED.
Ayer, Mass., April 14.
A fire broke out in the building owned by SAMUEL REED, at 11:30 last evening, destroying all the buildings on the north side... Read MORE...
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Ayer Massachusetts, 1890
Ayer is a progressive railroad town in the northwestern part of Middlesex County, 35 miles from Boston. Groton lies upon the north Westford and... Read MORE...
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1895 - Ayer
Ayer, air, or Ayer Junction, a post-village of Middlesex co., Mass., in Ayer township, near the Nashua River, and on the Worcester & Nashua Railroad... Read MORE...
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1908 - Skated On Thin Ice.
Ayer, Mass., Jan. 3. - While skating on Sandy pond, William Baker, sixteen years old, and Howard Reynolds, aged fourteen years, broke through the ice ... Read MORE...
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1916
Ayer, air, or Ayer Junction, a banking post-village and township (town) of Middlesex co., Mass., near the Nashua River and on the Boston and Maine... Read MORE...
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