History of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, USA

Lunenburgh, Massachusetts
Worcester county. The soil of this town is good, the surface uneven and watered by some branches of Nashua river. Considerable amount of books are printed and bound in this town, and there are some manufactures of palm-leaf hats, chairs, cabinet ware, leather, boots and shoes. Lunenburgh is a very pleasant town: 42 miles N.W. from Boston and 24 N. from Worcester. Incorporated, 1728. Population, 1837, 1,250.

This town was named in compliment to King George the Second, who had been Duke of Luneburg, not Lunenburg.

Lunenburg originally included Fitchburg, and with it was called Turkey Hill.

The town is watered by two branches of the Nashua, its situation is elevated, its soil is good, and agriculture is the chief employment of the inhabitants.

Distance from Worcester, 25 miles; from Boston, 40.

This town was granted by the general court, in 1719, to a number of persons, upon their petition, for a valuable consideration; reserving, however, school and ministerial lands. The grant included the whole of the present town of Fitchburg. It was called Turkey Hill (from a hill in the middle of the tract which was once frequented by wild turkeys) until the time of its incorporation, in 1728; when the name of Lunenburg was given to it, in compliment to George II., who the preceding year came to the British throne, and was styled Duke of Lunenburg, as having in his German dominions a town of that name. Many of the first settlers were emigrants from Ireland and Scotland. A church was formed here in 1728, and the Rev. Andrew Gardner ordained pastor, a few months before the incorporation of the town. He was dismissed in 1732, and was succeeded the next year by Rev. David Stearns, who died in 1761. He was followed by Rev. Samuel Payson, ordained in 1762, died in a few months. Their next...

Lunenburg, a post-township of Worcester co., Massachusetts, on the Fitchburg railroad, about 38 miles W. N. W. from Boston. Population, 1249.

Lunenburg is a pleasant farming town in the northeastern corner of Worcester County, 42 miles from Boston. The Fitchburg Railroad has a station in the south part of the town, and a daily coach connects the centre with Fitchburg Depot. The town is bounded on the north by Townsend, on the east by Shirley, on the south by Lancaster and Leominster, and on the west by Fitchburg.

The assessed area is 15,940 acres, but the entire extent is about 30 square miles. There are some 7,800 acres of forest, consisting mostly of oak, chestnut and pine. Nichols Hill in the south, Robbs in the east, and Hunting Hill in the northeast, are the chief elevations. There is a large pond in the southeast and two smaller ones at the west of it. The principal streams are Malpus Brook in the north, Pearl Hill Brook in the west, and the streams connecting the ponds,— all tributaries of the Nashua, which forms in the adjoining town south. On these are several saw and grain mills. The outcropping rocks are...

Lunenburg, a post-village in Lunenburg, Worcester co., Mass., 4 1/ 2 miles E. of Fitchburg, and miles W.N.W. of Boston. It has 2 churches. The township has a station (Lunenburg) on the Fitchburg Railroad. Pop. of the township, 1153.