History of Milton, Massachusetts, USA

Journey back in time to Milton, Massachusetts, USA

• 1636 - Milton is settled
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1662 - Milton is incorporated
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1845 - MILTON. [Pop. 1,822. Inc. 1662.]
  Milton, called by the Indians, Uncataquisset, was originally a part of Dorchester, and probably not named in honor of John Milton, the Great...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Milton
  Milton, a post-township of Norfolk county, Mass., 8 miles S. from Boston. Pop., 2241.
  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.
  
  
•  1871 - New Public Library
  The town of Milton, Mass., with a population of less than 3,000, has voted $5,000 to establish a public library, and an equal amount has been raised...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1886 - "Anna and Wendell Phillips" is to be the inscription on the tombstone of the famous Abolitionist and his wife, at Milton, Mass.
  
  St Joseph Herald
  Saint Joseph, Michigan
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• Milton Massachusetts, 1890
  Milton is an old suburban town of much scenic beauty, lying in the northeasterly part of Norfolk County. It is bounded on the north by Boston...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Milton
  Milton, a post-township, in Norfolk co., Mass., on the Neponset River, and on a branch of the Colony Railroad, 7 or 8 miles S. of Boston. It contains ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Observatory, Blue Hill Reservation. Milton, Mass.
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  Athletic Field from Brook Road, Milton Academy, Milton, Mass.
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• 1906
  Milton, a banking post-village in Milton township (town), Norfolk co., Mass., on the Neponset River and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 8 ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Milton Water Front, 1907
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  Village Inn, Milton Lower Mills, Milton, Mass. (1907)
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  Girl's School, Milton Academy
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  Gilbert Stuart School
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  Eliot Memorial Bridge, Blue Hill Reservation
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  High School and Fire Station, 1910
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  Picturesque Milton, Mass.
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  Business Section Adams Street Showing Milton Masonic Building
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  Hughes Infirmary, Milton Academy
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  Boating on Milton Pond
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• 1938 - "Long Island Express"
  The "Long Island Express" was first detected over the tropical Atlantic on September 13, although it may have formed a few days earlier. Moving...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1960 - March 3-5 -Eastern Massachusetts greatest March snowstorm of record -
  The storm produced record 24 hour snowfall totals of 27.2 inches at Blue Hill Observatory, 17.7 inches at Worcester, and 16.6 inches at Boston. Winds ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1960 - September 12 - Hurricane Donna produced wind gusts to 138 mph at Blue Hill Observatory MA
  
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