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Harvard includes: Shaboken, Shaker Village, and Still River.
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- 1704 - Harvard is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1732 - Harvard is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates - 1845 - HARVARD. [Pop. 1,571. Inc. 1732.]
This town was taken from Lancaster, Stow and Groton, and named
in honor of Rev. John Harvard, the noble founder of Harvard College, who died in Charl...Read MORE... - 1848 - Harvard
This town was taken from Lancaster, Stow, and Groton, principally from the two former. It was incorporated in 1732, and named Harvard, in memory of Re...Read MORE... - 1854 - Harvard
Harvard, a post-township of Worcester co., Mass., on the Worcester and Nashua railroad, 25 miles N. by E. from Worcester. Pop., 1630.
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. - 1859
HARVARD, a township in Worcester co., in Massachusetts, U.S., 32 m. NW of Boston, skirted on the W by Nashua river. Pop. 1,571.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859 
1868 - Mary Woodward on Trial
Mrs. Mary Woodward, of Harvard, Mass., has been held in $1,000 for trial on a charge of inhumanly treating her step-son, six years of age. It was test...Read MORE...- 1886 - Once Rich, Now Poor
There was, it is said, admitted to the Harvard (Mass.) poor-house the other day a man who at one time was partner in a large manufacturing concern in ...Read MORE... - Harvard Massachusetts, 1890
Harvard is a fine farming town forming one of the north east angles of Worcester County, and is 38 miles from Boston. The Worcester and Nashua Railroa...Read MORE... - 1895 - Durham
Harvard, a post-village in Harvard township, Worcester co., Mass., on the Worcester & Nashua Railroad, 25 miles N.N.E. of Worcester. It has 3 churches...Read MORE... 
Indian Museum, Harvard, Mass.
"Fruitlands Museum is a cluster of small historic buildings in Harvard, Massachusetts on the former site of the unsuccessful utopian community Fruitlands. The buildings were constructed in 1910 and added to the... Read MORE...
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The Old Red Mill
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Dickson's Landing, The Lake, Harvard, Mass., 1908
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The Shaker Museum, Harvard, Mass.
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Harvard, a post-village of Harvard township (town), Worcester co., Mass., on the Boston and Maine R., 25 miles NNE. of Worcester. The town is bounded ...Read MORE... 
Bromfield School, Harvard, Mass.
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The Nashua River and Bridge in the Distance, Harvard, Mass.
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Harvard, Massachusetts, USA
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The Old Red Mill
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"Fruitlands Museum is a cluster of small historic buildings in Harvard, Massachusetts on the former site of the unsuccessful utopian community Fruitlands. The buildings were constructed in 1910 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 as the Fruitlands Museums Historic District...
Fruitlands, inspired by Transcendentalism and Amos Bronson Alcott's ideas of societal reform, was established on 90 acres purchased by Charles Lane in May 1843. People interested in joining the community began moving in the next month and the site was optimistically named "Fruitlands" despite having only a small cluster of apple trees. The community was based on self-sufficiency, using no hired labor and growing all the food they needed themselves. The community ultimately failed because of the difficulty in growing crops. Community members began moving away as early as October 1843; Lane and Alcott abandoned it in January 1844..." wikipedia)
Indian Museum, Harvard, Mass.
"Fruitlands Museum is a cluster of small historic buildings in Harvard, Massachusetts on the former site of the unsuccessful utopian community Fruitlands. The buildings were constructed in 1910 and added to the... Read MORE...
Harvard, Massachusetts, USA
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Dickson's Landing, The Lake, Harvard, Mass., 1908
Harvard, Massachusetts, USA
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The Shaker Museum, Harvard, Mass.
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Bromfield School, Harvard, Mass.
Harvard, Massachusetts, USA
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The Nashua River and Bridge in the Distance, Harvard, Mass.
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1704 - Harvard is settled
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1732 - Harvard is incorporated
Massachusetts City and Town Incorporation and Settlement Dates
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1845 - HARVARD. [Pop. 1,571. Inc. 1732.]
This town was taken from Lancaster, Stow and Groton, and named
in honor of Rev. John Harvard, the noble founder of Harvard College, who died in... Read MORE...
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1848 - Harvard
This town was taken from Lancaster, Stow, and Groton, principally from the two former. It was incorporated in 1732, and named Harvard, in memory of... Read MORE...
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1854 - Harvard
Harvard, a post-township of Worcester co., Mass., on the Worcester and Nashua railroad, 25 miles N. by E. from Worcester. Pop., 1630.
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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1859
HARVARD, a township in Worcester co., in Massachusetts, U.S., 32 m. NW of Boston, skirted on the W by Nashua river. Pop. 1,571.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
1868 - Mary Woodward on Trial
Mrs. Mary Woodward, of Harvard, Mass., has been held in $1,000 for trial on a charge of inhumanly treating her step-son, six years of age. It was... Read MORE...
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1886 - Once Rich, Now Poor
There was, it is said, admitted to the Harvard (Mass.) poor-house the other day a man who at one time was partner in a large manufacturing concern in ... Read MORE...
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Harvard Massachusetts, 1890
Harvard is a fine farming town forming one of the north east angles of Worcester County, and is 38 miles from Boston. The Worcester and Nashua... Read MORE...
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1895 - Durham
Harvard, a post-village in Harvard township, Worcester co., Mass., on the Worcester & Nashua Railroad, 25 miles N.N.E. of Worcester. It has 3... Read MORE...
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1916
Harvard, a post-village of Harvard township (town), Worcester co., Mass., on the Boston and Maine R., 25 miles NNE. of Worcester. The town is bounded ... Read MORE...
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