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Clarksburg, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
Clarksburg was first settled in 1769 by Captain Matthew Ketchum, Nicholas Clark and others. Clarksburg was officially incorporated in 1798.
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History, News and Stories of Clarksburg, Massachusetts, USA

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1764 - Clarksburg is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1798 - Clarksburg is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1845 - CLARKSBURG. [Pop. 370. Inc. 1798.]
This town was named after the family of Clark, which is numerous in the settlement.
The mountain land is cold and rocky. A branch of the ... Read MORE...
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1854 - Clarksburg
Clarksburg, a township of Berkshire county, Massachusetts, 105 miles N. W. by W. from Boston. Population, 384.
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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Clarksburg Massachusetts, 1890
Clarksburg lies in the form of a parallelogram, seven miles long and two and a half miles wide, at the northern border of Berkshire County, about 120 ... Read MORE...
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1895 - Clarksburg / Briggsville
Clarksburg, a township of Berkshire co., Mass., on the Vermont line. Pop. 686. It contains Briggsville.
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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1916
Clarksburg, a township .(town), of Berkshire co., Mass., on the Vermont line. Pop. in 1900, 943.
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
1926 - Wind Storm
Gale Plays Havoc with Trees, Wires And Windows, Causing Heavy Damage
Blast of Hurricane Proportions Strikes North Berkshire, Damaging Buildings and... Read MORE...
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