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History of Buckland, Massachusetts, USA

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• 1779 - The town of Buckland is settled and incorporated
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1845 - BUCKLAND. [Pop. 1,084. Inc. 1779.]
  A part of Buckland was taken from Charlemont. Clesson's River, a small stream, runs into the Deerfield, which forms the northern boundary of the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1848 - Buckland
  This town was incorporated in 1779. A part of its territory was within the limits of Charlemont. The first minister of this place was Rev. Josiah...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Buckland
  Buckland, a post-township of Franklin county, Massachusetts, on the S. side of Deerfield river, about 100 miles W. by N. from Boston. Population,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1859
  BUCKLAND, a township of Franklin co. in the state of Massachusetts, U.S., 104 m. NW of Boston, on the S side of Deerfield river. Pop. in 1840, 1,084.
  A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
  
  
•  1866 - A FEROCIOUS MANIAC
  [Yes, this sad story was actually in the newspaper in 1866 - unbelievable!]
  
  There is a maniac now living in Buckland, Mass, named Josiah...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1889 - Gold!
  Farmers in Franklin County, Mass., were greatly excited on the 1st over the discovery of gold among the Buckland hills.
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
  January 5, 1889
  
  
• Buckland Massachusetts, 1890
  Buckland is a pleasant farming town in the western part of Franklin County, 125 miles from Boston on the Fitchburg Railroad. This road crosses the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Buckland
  Buckland, a post-township of Franklin co, Mass, 10 miles W. of Greenfield, is on the Troy & Greenfield Railroad, and is bounded on the N. by...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Clessons Valley Road, Buckland, Mass.
  
  
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  Wayside Inn, S. B. Taylor - Buckland, Mass.
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  The Three Roads, 1910
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  Buckland Grammar School
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• 1916
  Buckland, a post-township (town) of Franklin co., Mass., 10 miles W. of Greenfield, is on the Boston and Maine R., and is bounded on the N. by the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Mary Lyon House
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  Congregational Church and Grange Hall
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