History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA

North Brookfield, Massachusetts
Worcester county. This town is on elevated ground: it is of good soil, well cultivated, well watered, and very pleasant. It has a fine fish pond, and lies 68 miles W. from Boston, and 18 W. from Worcester: taken from Brookfield in 1802. Population, 1830, 1,241; 1837, 1,509. The agricultural products sent to market are very considerable. The manufactures of the town consist of boots and shoes, woolen cloth, leather, &c., the value of which for the year ending April 1, 1837, was $525,224; of which $470,316 was for boots and shoes.

This was once the north part of Brookfield.

Boots and shoes are manufactured here to a very great amount,
and the agricultural products sent to market are very considerable.

Distance from Worcester, 18 miles ; from Boston, 58.

This town was originally the second parish in the town of Brookfield; it was incorporated as such in 1750. It was incorporated as a town in 1812. The first meeting house in this town was raised in 1749, and completed after a few years. This house was occupied for public worship till January, 1824, when a new one, situated about half a mile north of the old one, was completed. The church in this town was gathered in 1752, and Rev. Eli Fobes, D. D., was ordained their minister the same year. Dr. Fobes was succeeded by Rev. Joseph Appleton, in 1776. The next minister was Rev. Thomas Snell, D. D., who was ordained in 1798.

The following is a southern view of the central part of North Brookfield, showing part of the Congregational church on the right, and part of the town-house on the left. The village, which has mostly been built up in the course of about ten years since, consists of about 30 dwelling-houses, and 2 churches, 1 Congregational and 1 Methodist. Deacon Tyler and Mr. Ezra...

North Brookfield, a post-township in Worcester co., Massachusetts, 65 miles W. by S. from Boston. Population, 1939.

North Brookfield is an enterprising, public-spirited and prosperous farming and manufacturing town in the southwestern part of Worcester County, 67 miles southwest of Boston. It is bounded on the north by New Braintree, east by Spencer, south by Brookfield, and west by West Brookfield and New Braintree.

The assessed area is 12,942 acres, including 2,658 acres of forest. The geological formation is ferruginous gneiss. The land is elevated and broken; but the soil is moist and deep. Apple orchards are numerous. Batchellor's Hill in the northeast, overlooking Brook's Pond, and Buck Hill, near the line of West Brookfield, are the two most commanding eminences. Horse-pond Brook, in the northeast, is an affluent of Five-mile River, which runs from Brook's Pond to Furnace Pond, at the southeast corner, and drains the eastern part of the town. Moore's Brook drains the southern; Coy's Brook the southwestern; and Sucker Brook the northwestern, parts of the town. These streams afford some...

North Brook'field, a post-village in North Brookfield township, Worcester co., Mass., about 15 miles W. of Worcester, and 3 miles N. of the Boston & Albany Railroad. It contains 4 churches, a public library, a savings bank, and a shoe-manufactory. Pop, of the township in 1880, 4459; in 1890, 3871. A railroad connects this place with East Brookfield on the Boston & Albany Railroad.