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  History of Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA

Journey back in time to Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA

(South Lancaster)

Visit Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• 1643 - Lancaster is settled
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1653 - Lancaster is incorporated
  
  Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
  
  
• 1676 - February 10 - Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all men in Lancaster Mass
  
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• 1845 - LANCASTER. [Pop. 2,019. Inc. 1653.]
  Lancaster is the oldest town in the county, and was called Nashoway by the Indians, who early invited white settlers from Watertown.
  
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• 1848 - Lancaster
  The settlement of this town goes far back into the early history of Massachusetts. According to Winthrop, the plantation of Nashaway was undertaken...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Lancaster
  Lancaster, a post-village of Worcester county, Massachusetts, on the Worcester and Nashua railroad, and on the West Branch river, near its junction...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1889 - KILLED IN A WRECK.
  Worcester, Mass., Sept. 21. - An accident occurred on the Boston and Maine Railroad between Lancaster and South Lancaster about 3:30 o'clock this...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• Lancaster Massachusetts, 1890
  Lancaster is the oldest and one of the most beautiful towns in Worcester County. It lies on the Nashua River, 35 miles northwest of Boston. On the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Lancaster
  Lancaster, a post-village and summer resort of Worcester co, Mass., is finely situated in Lancaster township, on the Nashua River, near the junction...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Seven Bridge Road
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  Along Main Street, Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1906
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  Lancaster Elm, Largest in N.E., Mass., 1907
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  A Street Scene; Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1907
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  Old Grist Mill (1909)
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  Lancaster, Mass. April Shower Scene on Nashua River, 1910
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  Unitarian Church
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  Lancaster, Mass. Thayer Pond, 1912
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  Gould's Apothecary Shop, Lancaster, Mass.
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• 1916
  Lancaster, a post- village and summer-resort of Worcester co., Mass., is finely situated in Lancaster township (town), on the Nashua River, near the...Read MORE...