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Address: Topsfield, MA, USA

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Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

The Agawam tribe inhabited Topsfield prior to and during the British colonization in the early seventeenth century. They were one of the Algonquian peoples.

The General Court of Massachusetts renamed the place Topsfield in 1648, undoubtedly after Toppesfield, England, a small parish in the county of Essex north of London.
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Topsfield includes: Sweeneyville and Town Hill.

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1635 - Topsfield is settled

Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
1650 - Topsfield is incorporated

Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
"Parson Capen" House, Topsfield, Mass., 1684
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In 1803, Governor Caleb Strong chartered the Newburyport Turnpike Corporation, a profit-making venture that proposed building a toll road straight from Newburyport through Topsfield to Boston.
Proponents of the turnpike claimed it would be a far more efficient way between the two endpoints, cutting travel time from six to four hours. Work...Read MORE...
Lamson Bridge Over Ipswich River, Topsfield, Mass., Built 1814
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1818 - Topsfield Fair
The Topsfield Fair was established in 1818 by the Essex Agricultural Society.
1845 - TOPSFIELD. [Pop. 1,059. Inc. 1650.]
Topsfield, before its incorporation, was a part of Salem, and called New Meadows.
The soil is hilly, although the chief village is...Read MORE...
1854 - Topsfield
Topsfield, a post-village of Essex co., Massachusetts, about 20 miles N. E. by N. from Boston, contains 1 or 2 churches and an academy. Population,...Read MORE...
1868 - Interesting Marriage
The Salem (Mass.) Gazette says: "On Tuesday of last week Mr. Wm. Blodgett, a resident of Topsfield, who severed creditably in the army in the late...Read MORE...
Topsfield Massachusetts, 1890
Topsfield is a pleasant old farming town in the central part of Essex County, 25 miles from Boston on the Danvers and Newburyport line, Western...Read MORE...
1906
Topsfield, a post-village in Topsfield township (town), Essex co., Mass., near the Ipswich River and on the Boston and Maine R., 25 miles N. by E. of ...Read MORE...
Academy, 1909
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The Common
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Congregational Church
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B & M Depot
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Hood's Pond
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Town Hall
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Public Library
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