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Petersham, Worcester, MA
Petersham was first settled in 1733 and was officially incorporated on April 20, 1754. The town's lands were expanded greatly by the building of the Quabbin Reservoir in 1938. When the towns of the Swift River Valley were disincorporated, Petersham and neighboring New Salem benefited the most, with Petersham receiving all of the former town of Dana, much of the town of Greenwich, and a small portion of the former town of Prescott east of the Middle Branch of the Swift River. wikipedia
Petersham includes: Ledgeville and Nichewaug.
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- 1733 - Petersham is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1754 - Petersham is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1839 - Petersham
Petersham, Massachusetts
Worcester county. Petersham is a very pleasant town, elevated on a swell of fertile land, and presenting a fine prospect of many of the neighboring towns. It was first settled about the year 1732, and was called by the Indians Nashawang. Swift river waters a part of the...Read MORE... - 1845 - PETERSHAM. [Pop. 1,775. Inc. 1754.]
This town was granted to certain persons as a reward for services in the Indian wars, and it was called by its Indian name Nichewaug, till its incorporation.
The land is elevated, and the inhabitants are principally farmers.
Swift River waters the town, and. affords sites for...Read MORE... - 1848 - Petersham
This was an original grant made by the general court, in 1732, to John Bennet, Jeremiah Purley, and others, as a compensation for services done by them in the Indian wars, under Capt. John White, of Lancaster. Some time after the grant, the proprietors purchased the soil of the Indians, for a...Read MORE... - 1854 - Petersham
Petersham, a post-township in Worcester co., Massachusetts, 67 miles W. by N. from Boston. Population, 1527.
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. - Petersham Massachusetts, 1890
Petersham is a beautiful town occupying high land in the northwest part of Worcester County, 75 miles west of Boston by the highways. The nearest railroad stations are those of the Fitchburg Railroad in Athol and of the Massachusetts Central Railroad in Barre. Phillipston bounds this town on the...Read MORE... - 1895 - Petersham
Pe'tersham, a post-village in Petersham township, Worcester co., Mass., 9 miles S. by E. of Athol, and about 28 miles N.W. of Worcester. It has 3 churches, the Highland Institute, and a manufactory of powder-kegs. Pop. of the township, 1203.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott 
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Petersham, a post-village in Petersham township (town), Worcester co., Mass., 28 miles NW. of Worcester. It has a manufactory of boxes. Pop. of the town in 1900, 853.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906 
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1733 - Petersham is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1754 - Petersham is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1839 - Petersham
Petersham, Massachusetts
Worcester county. Petersham is a very pleasant town, elevated on a swell of fertile land, and presenting a fine prospect of many of the neighboring towns. It was first settled about the year 1732, and was called by the Indians Nashawang. Swift river waters a part of the... Read MORE...
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1845 - PETERSHAM. [Pop. 1,775. Inc. 1754.]
This town was granted to certain persons as a reward for services in the Indian wars, and it was called by its Indian name Nichewaug, till its incorporation.
The land is elevated, and the inhabitants are principally farmers.
Swift River waters the town, and. affords sites for... Read MORE...
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1848 - Petersham
This was an original grant made by the general court, in 1732, to John Bennet, Jeremiah Purley, and others, as a compensation for services done by them in the Indian wars, under Capt. John White, of Lancaster. Some time after the grant, the proprietors purchased the soil of the Indians, for a... Read MORE...
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1854 - Petersham
Petersham, a post-township in Worcester co., Massachusetts, 67 miles W. by N. from Boston. Population, 1527.
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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Petersham Massachusetts, 1890
Petersham is a beautiful town occupying high land in the northwest part of Worcester County, 75 miles west of Boston by the highways. The nearest railroad stations are those of the Fitchburg Railroad in Athol and of the Massachusetts Central Railroad in Barre. Phillipston bounds this town on the... Read MORE...
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1895 - Petersham
Pe'tersham, a post-village in Petersham township, Worcester co., Mass., 9 miles S. by E. of Athol, and about 28 miles N.W. of Worcester. It has 3 churches, the Highland Institute, and a manufactory of powder-kegs. Pop. of the township, 1203.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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1906
Petersham, a post-village in Petersham township (town), Worcester co., Mass., 28 miles NW. of Worcester. It has a manufactory of boxes. Pop. of the town in 1900, 853.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
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