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Bolton, Worcester, MA
The town of Bolton, one of the many communities that has evolved over the past three and a half centuries from the large Lancaster purchase of 1643, is located at the eastern edge of Worcester county, twenty kilometers (12.4 miles) northeast of Worcester. The Nashua River forms part of the town's western boundary. townofbolton.com
Bolton includes: West End, Fiddler's Green, and Fryville.
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- 1682 - Bolton is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1738 - Bolton is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1845 - BOLTON. [Pop. 1,186. Inc. 1738.]
Bolton once included the greater part of Berlin, and with. Berlin once belonged to Lancaster.
The land is elevated, and its hills separate ...Read MORE... - 1848 - Bolton
This town was taken from the old town of Lancaster, and was incorporated in 1738 by the general court, when it received its present name. It was...Read MORE... - 1854 - Bolton
Bolton, a post-township of Worcester county, Massachusetts, 27 miles W. by N. of Boston. Population, 1263.
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. - 1883 - Bolton Fair
The Bolton Fair was established in 1883. 
1885 - The fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of Samuel Brown Hayes and Miss Rebecca Hosmer was celebrated at their residence in Bolton, Mass.,
lately, where they have lived fifty years. Mrs. Hayes was the fourth daughter of the late Nathan David Hosmer, of Acton, and is the fourth child in...Read MORE...- Bolton Massachusetts, 1890
Bolton is an agricultural town, situated on elevated land of remarkable scenic beauty, in the easterly part of Worcester County, 30 miles west of...Read MORE... - 1895 - Bolton
Bolton, a post-township of Worcester co., Mass., on the Nashua River, and on the Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg Railroad, 43 miles by rail W. by N. of...Read MORE... 
The Holman Mansion, Bolton, Mass.
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Houghton High School, Bolton, Mass.
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Main St. Bolton, Mass.
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Bolton, a post-township (town) of Worcester co., Mass., on the Nashua River and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 43 miles W. by N. of...Read MORE...
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1682 - Bolton is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1738 - Bolton is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1845 - BOLTON. [Pop. 1,186. Inc. 1738.]
Bolton once included the greater part of Berlin, and with. Berlin once belonged to Lancaster.
The land is elevated, and its hills separate ... Read MORE...
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1848 - Bolton
This town was taken from the old town of Lancaster, and was incorporated in 1738 by the general court, when it received its present name. It was... Read MORE...
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1854 - Bolton
Bolton, a post-township of Worcester county, Massachusetts, 27 miles W. by N. of Boston. Population, 1263.
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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1883 - Bolton Fair
The Bolton Fair was established in 1883. 
1885 - The fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of Samuel Brown Hayes and Miss Rebecca Hosmer was celebrated at their residence in Bolton, Mass.,
lately, where they have lived fifty years. Mrs. Hayes was the fourth daughter of the late Nathan David Hosmer, of Acton, and is the fourth child in... Read MORE...
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Bolton Massachusetts, 1890
Bolton is an agricultural town, situated on elevated land of remarkable scenic beauty, in the easterly part of Worcester County, 30 miles west of... Read MORE...
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1895 - Bolton
Bolton, a post-township of Worcester co., Mass., on the Nashua River, and on the Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg Railroad, 43 miles by rail W. by N. of... Read MORE...
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1916
Bolton, a post-township (town) of Worcester co., Mass., on the Nashua River and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 43 miles W. by N. of... Read MORE...
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