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Needham, Norfolk, MA
It was officially incorporated in 1711. Originally part of the Dedham Grant, Needham split from Dedham and was named after the town of Needham Market in Suffolk, England, a neighbor of the English town of Dedham. kids.kiddle.co
Needham includes: Highlandville (Needham Highlands), Bird's Hill Station, and Charles River Village.
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- 1680 - Needham is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1711 - Needham is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1839 - Needham
Needham, Massachusetts
Norfolk county. This town is nearly surrounded by the waters of Charles river. It contains numerous valuable mill seats. There are in the town 6 paper mills, a cotton factory, and manufactures of shoes, hats, and window blind hinges:—annual value, about $150,000....Read MORE... - 1845 - NEEDHAM. [Pop. 1,488. Inc. 1711.]
Needham was originally a part of Dedham.
Charles River forms the greater part of its boundary, and enables it to have factories of paper, and woollen and cotton cloth.
Distance from Dedham, 4 miles; from Boston, 12.
An Elementary Geography for Massachusetts Children by William Bentley Fowle and Asa Fitz, 1845 - 1854 - Needham
Needham, a post-township in Norfolk co., Massachusetts, 14 miles W. S. W. from Boston, intersected by the Boston and Worcester railroad. Population, 1944.
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. - Needham Massachusetts, 1890
Needham lies in the northern part of Norfolk County, its boundaries marked on three sides (except a mile or two at the southeast) by the circuitous lane of Charles River. Newton and the West Roxbury district of Boston lie on the east, Dedham and Dover on the south, the latter also on the west, and...Read MORE... - 1895 - Needham
Need'ham, a post-village in Needham township, Norfolk co., Mass., on the New York & New England Railroad, 12 miles S.W. of Boston. It has several churches, a savings bank, a newspaper office, and manufactures of hosiery, knit goods, blind-hinges, swing- and hammock-chairs, vinegar, and cigars. Here ...Read MORE... 
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Great Plain Avenue, Business Section, Needham, Mass.
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Needham, a post-village in Needham township (town), Norfolk co., Mass., on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 12 miles SW. of Boston. It has manufactures of hosiery, knit goods, blind-hinges, etc. Here are fine gardens and beautiful scenery. The town is bounded on the S. and the NE. by the...Read MORE... 
Great Plain Ave., Looking East, Needham, Mass.
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Great Plain Avenue, Business Section, Needham, Mass.
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Great Plain Ave., Looking East, Needham, Mass.
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1680 - Needham is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1711 - Needham is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1839 - Needham
Needham, Massachusetts
Norfolk county. This town is nearly surrounded by the waters of Charles river. It contains numerous valuable mill seats. There are in the town 6 paper mills, a cotton factory, and manufactures of shoes, hats, and window blind hinges:—annual value, about $150,000.... Read MORE...
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1845 - NEEDHAM. [Pop. 1,488. Inc. 1711.]
Needham was originally a part of Dedham.
Charles River forms the greater part of its boundary, and enables it to have factories of paper, and woollen and cotton cloth.
Distance from Dedham, 4 miles; from Boston, 12.
An Elementary Geography for Massachusetts Children by William Bentley Fowle and Asa Fitz, 1845
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1854 - Needham
Needham, a post-township in Norfolk co., Massachusetts, 14 miles W. S. W. from Boston, intersected by the Boston and Worcester railroad. Population, 1944.
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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Needham Massachusetts, 1890
Needham lies in the northern part of Norfolk County, its boundaries marked on three sides (except a mile or two at the southeast) by the circuitous lane of Charles River. Newton and the West Roxbury district of Boston lie on the east, Dedham and Dover on the south, the latter also on the west, and... Read MORE...
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1895 - Needham
Need'ham, a post-village in Needham township, Norfolk co., Mass., on the New York & New England Railroad, 12 miles S.W. of Boston. It has several churches, a savings bank, a newspaper office, and manufactures of hosiery, knit goods, blind-hinges, swing- and hammock-chairs, vinegar, and cigars. Here ... Read MORE...
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1906
Needham, a post-village in Needham township (town), Norfolk co., Mass., on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 12 miles SW. of Boston. It has manufactures of hosiery, knit goods, blind-hinges, etc. Here are fine gardens and beautiful scenery. The town is bounded on the S. and the NE. by the... Read MORE...
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