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Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Fun fact: Robert Goddard launched the first ever liquid fueled rocket in Auburn.
Included in Auburn are: Stones Crossing, Stoneville, Webster Junction (Oxford Heights), City Line, Maywood, and Pondville.
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- 1714 - Auburn is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1778 - Ward is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1837 - Ward renamed Auburn
- 1839 - Auburn
Auburn, Massachusetts
Worcester county. Until 1837, this town had been called Ward, in honor of General Ward, of the revolutionary army. It was...Read MORE... - 1845 - AUBURN. [Pop. 1,183. Inc. 1778.]
This small town was a part of Worcester, Sutton, Leicester, and Oxford. Until 1837, it was named Ward, in honor of Artemas Ward, who was...Read MORE... - 1848 - Auburn
This town was formerly part of Worcester, Sutton, Leicester, and Oxford, incorporated a town by the name of Ward in 1778; so named in honor of...Read MORE... - 1854 - Auburn
Auburn, a post-township of Worcester co., Mass., about 5 miles W. by S. of Worcester, intersected by the Western railroad and Norwich and Worcester...Read MORE... - 1859 - Auburn
AUBURN, a township in Worcester co., Massachusetts, 5 m. S by W of Worcester. Pop. 669.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859 - Auburn Massachusetts, 1890
Auburn is a pleasant little town near the centre of the southern half of Worcester County, 50 miles southwest of Boston. It is connected with...Read MORE... 
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Postcard- 1895 - Auburn
Auburn, a post-hamlet of Worcester co., Mass., in Auburn township, on the Norwich & Worcester Railroad, 5 miles S. of Worcester. It has 2 churches...Read MORE... 
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John C. MacInnes' Summer Residence
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Auburn, a post-village of Worcester co., Mass., in Auburn township (town), 5 miles S. of Worcester, its banking point. Pop. of the town in 1900, 1621.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher 
The Elms, Auburn, Mass
Postcard- 1926 - Rocket
The first successful liquid fuel rocket launched by Dr. Robert Goddard in Auburn.
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Auburn, Massachusetts, USA
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Auburn, Massachusetts, USA
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 - John C. MacInnes' Summer Residence)
John C. MacInnes' Summer Residence
Auburn, Massachusetts, USA
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 - The Elms, Auburn, Mass)
The Elms, Auburn, Mass
Auburn, Massachusetts, USA
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1714 - Auburn is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1778 - Ward is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1837 - Ward renamed Auburn
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1839 - Auburn
Auburn, Massachusetts
Worcester county. Until 1837, this town had been called Ward, in honor of General Ward, of the revolutionary army. It was... Read MORE...
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1845 - AUBURN. [Pop. 1,183. Inc. 1778.]
This small town was a part of Worcester, Sutton, Leicester, and Oxford. Until 1837, it was named Ward, in honor of Artemas Ward, who was... Read MORE...
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1848 - Auburn
This town was formerly part of Worcester, Sutton, Leicester, and Oxford, incorporated a town by the name of Ward in 1778; so named in honor of... Read MORE...
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1854 - Auburn
Auburn, a post-township of Worcester co., Mass., about 5 miles W. by S. of Worcester, intersected by the Western railroad and Norwich and Worcester... Read MORE...
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1859 - Auburn
AUBURN, a township in Worcester co., Massachusetts, 5 m. S by W of Worcester. Pop. 669.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
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Auburn Massachusetts, 1890
Auburn is a pleasant little town near the centre of the southern half of Worcester County, 50 miles southwest of Boston. It is connected with... Read MORE...
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1895 - Auburn
Auburn, a post-hamlet of Worcester co., Mass., in Auburn township, on the Norwich & Worcester Railroad, 5 miles S. of Worcester. It has 2 churches... Read MORE...
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1916
Auburn, a post-village of Worcester co., Mass., in Auburn township (town), 5 miles S. of Worcester, its banking point. Pop. of the town in 1900, 1621.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
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1926 - Rocket
The first successful liquid fuel rocket launched by Dr. Robert Goddard in Auburn.
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