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Northborough, Worcester, MA
The areas surrounding Northborough were first settled by Nipmuc Indians. Europeans set up a plantation on May 14, 1656, following a petition for resettlement from the people of the Sudbury Plantation to the General Court of the Bay Colony. On January 24, 1766, the district of Northborough was established within neighboring Westborough. On August 23, 1775, the district became a town, and on June 20, 1807 part of neighboring Marlborough was annexed to Northborough. kids.kiddle.co
Northborough includes: Talbot, Woodside Mills, and Chapinville.
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- 1672 - Northborough is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - General Henry Knox and his troops passed through here in the winter of 1775-76 with a load of 59 cannons pulled by teams of oxen.
The cannons were captured from the British at Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point. They were transported from Lake Champlain to Dorchester Heights,...Read MORE... - 1845 - NORTHBOROUGH. [Pop. 1,248. Inc. 1766.]
Northborough was so called because it was taken from the north part of Westborough, after Westborough was taken from Marlborough.
This...Read MORE... - 1848 - Northborough
This was the north part of the town of Westhorough, the main part whereof was set off from Marlborough in 1717. It was made the second precinct, or...Read MORE... - 1854 - Northborough
Northhorouoh, a township in Worcester co., Massachusetts, 35 miles W. of Boston. Population, 1535.
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. - Northborough Massachusetts, 1890
Northborough is a pleasant town in a hilly region near the middle of the eastern side of Worcester County, 35 miles west of Boston by the Northern...Read MORE... - 1895 - Northborough
Northborough: north'bür-rüh, a post-village in North borough township, Worcester co, Mass, on the Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg Railroad, 36 miles W....Read MORE... 
Main Street looking West, Northboro, Mass.
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1908 - Trolley Accident on Worcester Road.
Northboro, Mass., Feb. 21. - Thirteen persons were hurt, three of them seriously by the derailment of a trolley car bound from Worcester for Marlboro ...Read MORE...
Town Hall Building, Northboro, Mass.
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Main Street looking West, Northboro, Mass.
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1672 - Northborough is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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General Henry Knox and his troops passed through here in the winter of 1775-76 with a load of 59 cannons pulled by teams of oxen.
The cannons were captured from the British at Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point. They were transported from Lake Champlain to Dorchester Heights,... Read MORE...
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1845 - NORTHBOROUGH. [Pop. 1,248. Inc. 1766.]
Northborough was so called because it was taken from the north part of Westborough, after Westborough was taken from Marlborough.
This... Read MORE...
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1848 - Northborough
This was the north part of the town of Westhorough, the main part whereof was set off from Marlborough in 1717. It was made the second precinct, or... Read MORE...
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1854 - Northborough
Northhorouoh, a township in Worcester co., Massachusetts, 35 miles W. of Boston. Population, 1535.
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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Northborough Massachusetts, 1890
Northborough is a pleasant town in a hilly region near the middle of the eastern side of Worcester County, 35 miles west of Boston by the Northern... Read MORE...
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1895 - Northborough
Northborough: north'bür-rüh, a post-village in North borough township, Worcester co, Mass, on the Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg Railroad, 36 miles W.... Read MORE...
1908 - Trolley Accident on Worcester Road.
Northboro, Mass., Feb. 21. - Thirteen persons were hurt, three of them seriously by the derailment of a trolley car bound from Worcester for Marlboro ... Read MORE...
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